-=READ THE GUIDES=-

Welcome to the Gunpla/Plamo General!

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

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

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

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

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

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

-=OTHER RESOURCES=-
>Gundam lineart (There's a lot!):
pastebin.com/22jyPB6q
>Dalong's gunpla reviews and documentation:
dalong.net
>Schizophonic's gunpla/plamo reviews:
schizophonic9-2.com
>KenBill Blog's gunpla/plamo reviews:
blog.kenbill.com
>Past Groupbuilds:
flickr.com/photos/197891373@N06
>Monthly Restock List:
old.reddit.com/r/gunpla/1mbk3ei

Prior thread: >>23412445

-=ARTILLERY GROUPBUILD=-

Build a mecha or vehicle that uses long-range heavy-weapons such as Cannons, Missiles/Rockets, Railguns, or any other type of siege weaponry. Some clarifying rules
>The weapon can either be placed anywhere on the build (Shoulder-mounted, under-slung, etc), or in a separate side-build (Such as an artillery system utilized by a larger mech).
>Side-builds can include things like howitzers, self-propelled artillery, missile platforms, and the like.
>Alternatively, the mech can act as a spotter, loader, or some other role to support Artillery fire.
>Despite technically being a long-range weapon, Sniper Rifles are a no-go.

Send your entries to gunplaplamo@gmail.com with at least 5 photos of your finished build along with any WIP photos and a description of your entry.
START: 4/13/25
END: 7/31/25

Show me your WIPs!

Neat ZAKU III from twitter

HG Psycho Gundam MK IV G-Doors when?

>>23416173
That's just a shitty seed zaku

>>23416165 (OP)
>Monthly restock list
>Reddit
You subhuman faggots are beyond saving

>>23416175
Seed Zakus are the best Zakus.

Amazing entries so far, i'll add mine for fun, but i'm pretty disappointed i haven't been able to learn good painting even after all this time.

What matters is having fun tbf

>>23416204
Basically skinwalkers.

>>23416203
good, please leave

Group build extended to 2026

What's the best Freedom kit? The base Freedom not the Strike Freedom or the movie variant of it.

>>23416230
all gunpla is freedom

>>23416230
go look at them on dalong and pick the one you like most there are a ton of Freedoms to pick from

>>23416230
Freedom 2.0 MG but it's not 100% anime accurate.

>>23416203
what do you want us to do? find our own insider that somehow has access to the monthly order forms?

>>23416232
Did that a while ago and discovered the RG has kinda shitty wings that I can't get tight and can't glue as they need to move.

>>23416235
It looks like they got the vibes right at least. I'll have to think on if it works for me.

>>23416237
The HGCE has more stable wings
The chink statue 1/100 has very stable wings but they're redesigned

>>23416241
Oh they made a kit modeled after the CN statue? I guess that is one way of making sure it can at least stand.

Looks like somebody axe kicked my P-bandai order....

>>23416237
It looks incredible so I don't mind. It's consistently ranked as a top tier MG too.

>>23416248
Could be worse

>>23416249
If I get it I'll probably just think about it like a ver Ka

>>23416248
Not as horrible as what happened to mine. I filed for a refund on it.

HGUC Mk V soon I can feel it

>>23416263
2038

I talked shit about USAGS and my package came with what appears to be fist shaped dents all over.

>>23416263
katoki would never allow his beloved franchise to bear the shame of being released in a toyetic scale

Year 2025, July 31st, a few days before the Artillery Groupbuild award ceremony's tragedy...

>>23416277
They haven't even shipped mine yet it's been 4 fucking days.

>toyetic
and another word for the word filter

>>23416285
post filter and thighs

>gundam summer fest ends in 11 hours
>only good kits were from drop 1 and sold out in milliseconds
I will never own the HGUC moon gundam equipped with long rifle

>>23416166
>END: 7/31/25
Anyone ITT who's good at math can tell me how many days left until this deadline? Thanks

>>23416236
you sould have linked to a filipino facebook group that isn't even readable without letting zuck poz your neg hole

The dawn of the shitpost groupbuild is almost upon us brothers.

>>23416281
I'm going to blow it up, hide the results, then blackmail the OP into showing the results I want.

Waifu groupbuild next, mecha based on a girl of your choice (Mecha Musame not allowed)

>>23416298
About 2 weeks + 24 hours.

Good luck on the last second groupbuild stretch boys

>>23416324
y-you too

Don't care.
I will NEVER buy a gbitch kit.
I will NEVER buy a gcucks kit.
I WILL buy more Wing kits.
I WILL buy more Seed kits.
I WILL buy more IBO kits.
I WILL buy X kits (when I'm in the mood for it).

I hope the next theme is gonna be viable for me to submit my failed artillery entry which was formerly a failed entry for 2 other previous themes, I just love procrastinating so fucking much.

>>23416328
same but crippling unmedicated ADHD and depression

Nothing is stopping me from submitting my artillery groupbuild in the next groupbuild!

>>23416331
>Artillery magical girl
Kek I was going to post a picture of Sakura with a gun to represent that but there exist none

>>23416331
>next groupbuild theme is...
>Anything other than Artillery!

>>23416333
>builds regular artillery cannon but with a scope on it so it's a sniper now

Giant weapons is the next theme, time traveler btw.

>>23416332
I want to paint up a Caliburn like Nanoha/Raging Heart

post your unfinished builds that you gave up on due to laziness.

>>23416262
>refund for a dented box
but why

>>23416353
but it's an unstarted build
i was gonna turn the seedgoog into a desert colors gelgoog cannon

>>23416349
can't wait to see 5 Barbatos customs

>>23416349
i can reuse my melee theme that I didn't build and make Guy Helmuth's greatsword dom

>>23416350
i was going to do my hi nu like that but i scrapped the idea because making 6 custom funnels made me want to kill myself
>>23416332

>>23416360
it's a necessary laziness, like how that one anon has a zaku with a bazooka mounted on it's shoulder for the artillery theme.

>>23416362
>Sakura with a gun
There we go
>pointed at Tomoyo
OH NO

>>23416363
give me at least a little credit, I did do some modifications beyond just slapping a bazooka to him

no one: groupbuild theme is x
most creative guy in the world: hmm UCgrunt, light weathering, x tacked on

Last year we had halloween/horror theme, and it was a big failure, so this year we should skip it and go for the christmas theme.

>>23416369
shoulda put a scope on the handle's end so it was a fold-down targetting sensor perfectly positioned for the monoeye to look through

>>23416373
that's a good idea, I hadn't thought of that

>>23416372
religion theme

>>23416377
building a mecha mecca

>>23416379
That would be just gqux Psycho gundam

>>23416379
cube Haro..

>>23416377
Zaku II with a cross on his shoulder, coming right up

>>23416203
https://harmonizers-jp.com/
There, enjoy moonrunes restock list. Geeze.

>>23416327
good. It's good to put a limit on yourself and not go with "current thing" or else you'll turn into a consoomer and buy everything

>>23416289
what country you in big dog

>>23416369
>bazooka
>artillery
so many disqualified entries this time around

>>23416398
>shoulder mounted weapon
close enough

>>23416400
>shoulder mounted sword/flamethrower/pistol would count as artillery

They should make more RG kits.

>>23416402
as long as it doesn't have a scope. because then it'd be a sniper

how in the FUCK is a bazooka not artillery

>>23416408
its an infantry weapon

>>23416408
A bazooka is a firearm

I sure hope no one made a space-type entry

>>23416411
that's clearly a shoulderarm

>>23416413

>>23416416
THIS AINT THE NAVAL ARTILLERY GROUPBUILD MAH NIGGA!!!

>>23416416
naval artillery is distinct from artillery and is a separate category. enjoy your disqualification, bucko

>>23416408
it's a direct fire weapon.
artillery is supposed to be indrect fire. but the actual groupbuild rules are much looser.
there's also actual history for shoulder mounted bazookas

>>23416383
>MG Mass Production Rick Dias is getting a reprint.

YES.

>>23416419
>it's a direct fire weapon
okay but what if my guy has shit aim?
is it now indirect fire ?

>Alternatively, the mech can act as a spotter, loader, or some other role to support Artillery fire.
my build as a direct line to the artillery unit and tells them jokes

>>23416422
it's not about aim, it's about being able to hit someone who doesn't have line of sight to you. you've gotta be able to arc it over terrain.
not that fighting without line of sight is much of a concern for mobile suits. they're kinda too big for that shit anyways.

>>23416419
>artillery is supposed to be direct fire
not really no, that's just how it works on Earth most of the time

>>23416398
the bazooka is a misdirection and the real artillery is the MLRS pods on each leg

Redpill me on AGE kits.

>>23416435
they've AGEd well

>>23416435
the MGs are rock solid
HGs are hit or miss

>>23416436

>>23416436
>>23416440
HG Legilis any good? I hate the double thumbed hands but the design overall is kinda cool.

So imagine if I handle my topcoated kit a bit to change its pose, then don't wash my hands
Am i then gonna go blind if i rub my eyes or get dick cancer if i scratch my balls?

>>23416446
the vegan designs suffer the most

>>23416446
It's alright.

I hope Kaiyodo will release this kit someday. We need more Crest of Iron kits.

>>23416448
Nah you can jerk it afterwards as long as the kit is dry (from the top coat, can be wet from other things)

>>23416355
The box was torn on both corners and the some pieces were shattered.

>>23416436
Yeah they continue to AGE well on the shelves.

>>23416449
I bought HG Ghirarga before and it was the biggest mistake i did, and probably the ground zero of my disillusion with Bandai.

what will be the next rg they make?

>>23416501
master gundam, barbatos or something from seed

>>23416501
led mirage

>>23416508
real grade not real gay

>>23416413
>>23416416
Please... no... I just finished...

>>23416501
Master. Im willing it into existence

>>23416501
7/11 RX-78-2

>>23416501
Gelgoog

>>23416501
Victory Gundam

Got my paycheck for the month. What airbrush should I get as my first? Are the hoses mostly standard? I have a tanked air compressor in my Amazon cart already.
Also a full face N95 mask for myself correct?

>Butch Femme

https://x.com/magimegido/status/1950862999197196447

So since the orange one is taxing us for buying from Japan to protect American industry, what are some good American gunplas and plamos as an alternative to Japanese ones?

>>23416548
>using masks
its an average mistake rookies make

>>23416553
your new hobby is working until you drop dead

>>23416561
>working until you drop dead
Welcome to the real world

Search your heart /gpg/

>>23416570
We already talked about this, it's not happening.

>>23416570
The monkeypaw curls.

>>23416570
Unkosul Days group build. Make it happen.

>>23416501
>>23416504
>>23416525
Please. Guys, I'm on my hands and knees.

>>23416576
next groupbuild isn't happening? damn

>>23416594
You can check out if you want, but we're not doing a shitpost groupbuild.

>>23416570
>indian group build
I guess I can enter pic related.

So shitposts aren't allowed on the theme ballot, but we allow shitposts to enter the groupbuilds. I see how it is. . .

>>23416599
None of the group build WIPs here resemble shitposts. The funny shitpost-y builds don't pop up in actual voting poll.

>>23416604
A (well-crafted) shitpost won the fantasy groupbuild!

>>23416548
GSI Creos PS289

>>23416570
>Needing to use AI to make your shitposts
Sad!

>>23416548
>N95
that's for 'rona. not good for painting as it still lets 5% of airborne paint particles through for you to breathe, and double bad for lacquers as it doesn't protect against organic vapor

in burgerland the specification you want is "P100" for acrylics or "OV/P100" for acrylics and lacquers

>>23416611
That's what makes it extra shitposty.

>>23416457
Why is Artpla so expensive? it's not even articulated

What knife handle and blade do you use? I was thinking of a Fiskars easy release and Xacto Z but I see some worrying comments about the blades not staying tight.

>>23416620
Tamiya design knife (not Craft Knife) with the small olfa blades included.

>>23416620
i bought the dspiae one because i am a chinaboo and it was cheap
the shaft is triangular so it doesn't roll around
never had any issue with blade loosness

>>23416626
Why did you choose the design knife over the craft knife? Does it have any advantages?

can i still submit? i fucking finished but too lazy to take pictures

>>23416620
generic chinese handle and a box of non-sterile scalpel blades

>>23416620
non descript no brand i got in a bundle
i'm like 10 kits in and the blade is seriously nicked at some places but it still works just fine

>>23416636
still the 31st in trump country, which I think is the reference time

>>23416636
Hey, it's still 7/31. You got like... at least until tomorrow afternoon before I start posting entries.

>>23416620
Some random ass exacto knife. It's not great but it's been good enough for cleaning up nubs. I'd definitely want something better for scratch building or modification though.

>>23416165 (OP)

Welp i don't think i'll submit my entry this time, but i think i might submit it on it's own later on. I've just not gotten confortable painting my Guncannon, which is my first ever kit. I'll wait till i can buy another.

>>23416669
Are these guys just awful at taking pictures? This thing looks like a blob of hexagons.

is zabanya artillery

>>23416671
i don't think i would submit either if i hadn't started painting my entry yet, good call

>>23416634
I find the smaller, sharper blades easier to work with. Also note that Olfa sells a knife that's basically the exact same (usually for cheaper)

I should buy a zaku

>>23416682
Eh, it's just a small part of the build, i could get painting done quickly today earlier on. The rest was absolutely finished though.

>>23416166
Sent!

>>23416697
what the hell

>>23416501
More Seedkino.

>>23416501
RG Tickbalang

>>23416671
>I'll wait till i can buy another.
Because of the paintjob? can't you just strip it?

>>23416570
if this ever actually happens I'm making a Fat Cat RX-78-2Centz

>>23416501
Turn X MG reprint they were planning cancelled. Turn A RG for 2026. Cow not included.

>>23416705
>shitpostbuild that doesn't even waste a kit since you can just paint over the primer once contest is done
genius

>>23416701
Do Gochizos not count as artillery?

>>23416704
I could yeah, you're right lmao

Blowing up yo shit twin

>got notice that my solomon Kshatriya was shipped
noice but seeing some videos that shit is huge, I don't even know where I will put it

>>23416712
gotdam, nice

>Artillery
>Has a huge dildo mounted on the shoulders.

>>23416710
just throw the pieces in a jar full of IPA overnight then scrub with an old toothbrush. don't know what paints you used but these should remove everything aside from some primers

>>23416608
Thanks for the suggestion.

>>23416615
OV/P100 then as you guys have been saying lacquers if in the US.

Also finished this guy. Not as terrible building as you guys said, but this is also the most dynamic pose I could get it in. Better than the Victory I built a long time ago at least. Wish they made a non transforming MG of the V2 as I bet the Assault Buster makes this 10x worse. Also first time water decaling in a while and it was funner than I remember.

>>23416728
I love the V2

>>23416719
It's a missile lol

should i get the one on the right or the one on the left?

>>23416713
That's out already? I thought it wasn't going to be released until the end of the year.

what if bandai was making a mg Kshatriya but then chinks made like 3 of them right before

>>23416743
This didn't stop the PGU nu

>>23416741
its been like a week or so since it was fully released

>>23416735
wait for EG

>>23416501
big zam

>>23416741
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfoITyIRE90

wonder what will be their next release

also, is that bootleg FA Hyaku Shiki out yet?

>>23416165 (OP)
I always wanted to make a Barbatos that looked like a hunter from bloodborn/ highwayman/ witch hunter.

tricorn hat and a collar buttoned up to the eyes. convert the katana to a 1 handed saber, make the big gun look like a flintlock, and somehow make it look like its made out of wood and brass. pure 17th century kino.
Unfortunately dont have the space to get all airbrushy. do have some experience with historical models tho.

>>23416732
Such a nice design. Although on the MG here you can't move the Minovsky Drive Wings/backpack. Can't remember if they did in the show.

Also the core fighter size difference with the Victory is crazy.

>>23416768
The emitters themselves don't really move much. The light of the wings move without the emitters moving.

>>23416761
If they follow their previous kit they will probably do a clear parts+ expansion bits to allow you to convert the kit into the Kshatriya into the Repaired version. Like how they had the GP02 clear parts+MLRS backpack to make the GP02A (Type-MLRS)

Then they'll start working on the next kit.

>>23416770
What the fuck is that.

>>23416771
What do you mean

Be honest. Are you getting the PGU Nu?

>>23416774
Hell no. I don't want to spend a new PC worth of money to make a kit that can barely pose.

Also I don't have the time to spend an entire year or more building one kit with the chance of screwing it up at some point

>>23416769
I see. I think I was thinking of the old 1/100 HG from 94, which I just found while putting the other box away.

Can't be bothered to figure out how to put the AB parts on. Oddly it can stand by itself a bit easier than the MG. Also the fuck was I doing with the panel lining when I built it forever ago.

>>23416777
They really screwed up with the price I think, in no world is a kit worth $650 unless it fucking moves by itself

>>23416774
Eventually yeah.

>>23416770
oh you are right, they did made the MLRS addon for their GP02 so I can totally see them making the parts for the repair version fo the kshatriya

>>23416774
Without question _no

>>23416747
This is the same as the regular version but gold plated right?

How much does painting models transfer over to gunpla? I assume painting larger sections is a good deal different. I do use spray cans for model priming tho.

>>23416790
I trust the aliexpress temu chinks to ignore this

>>23416771
The Kshatriya Repaired. If you've watched Unicorn they gave a damaged Kshatriya some bootlegged repairs. It got boosters for better mobility and most of its beam weaponry, including on the funnels, was switched out with ballistics to wreck anything with an i-field

kshatriya's knee covers look like bird heads
you cannot unsee it now

>>23416787
ye

>>23416790
>removed from shipments from all countries
god damnit

What is a gundam model kit that you think everybody should have?

>>23416774
No. It's just too expensive for a suit that isn't my absolute favorite.

>>23416790
How many times do you have to get banned to get the message? Fuck off.

>>23416774
Why did they decide to make it so expensive? PGU gramps was like 2-300 and even that felt like too much. And then they went and doubled that lmfao.

>>23416803
>banned
but that hasn't happened once?
clearly you voted for tariffs on your japanese robot toys

Missing anything outside of needing surfacer/paint/thinner/top coat

theoretically, if the bandit scamco would invest into a factory in the us would you fags be a part of it?

>>23416801
gouf custom
it's just a classic zaku, but better in every aspect

>>23416801
The one that they like

>>23416808
no, plamo is already my cheapest hobby

>>23416803
You sound so mad right now lol

>>23416807
spray pot
mixing cups
pipettes
dropper bottles to put finished prethinned mixes and stuff like surfacer that you use regularly
spoons to test colors on before putting them on the model
some thinner from the hardware store to clean your airbrush
some brushes to clean the inside of your airbrush, just flushing thinner through it won't always get rid of everything

>>23416790
Damn I hope surugaya has one last sale campaign because I need to build up my backlog before pedo tariffs kick in

>>23416816
spray pot?

>>23416801
SD Knight Gundam

>>23416801
MG Jegan. Looks fine and the build was really enjoyable.

>>23416819
did I stutter?

>>23416817
easy, don't say mean words about dolan or that other anon will have a melty (while paying tariffs)

>>23416822
I don't know what you mean by that. The spray pots that are coming to mind are like the kind I use to spray weeds with, and an airbrush seems to fulfill the same role here.

>>23416820
qrd

>>23416807
Besides what the other anon said:

A shitload of small glass bottles
A set of pipe cleaners
Glass eye droppers with detachable bulbs (better to clean and reuse than buying one-time use plastic pipettes and creating a shitload of waste)
A shitload of alligator clips (with optional Plasti-Dip)
2-3 large latch lid jars, 100-200mL capacity
Gallon tin of lacquer thinner from Home Depot or Lowe's
Several nail polish racks

>>23416819
You spray into this after putting thinner/airbrush cleaner into your airbrush
Also serves as an airbrush holder if you don't want to buy a separate one

>>23416825
Ah I see. You usually use spray pots for cleaning, and also just as an airbrush holder. You blow your loads into the pot while cleaning so you save your filter. Not strictly necessary I guess but in practice you’re gonna want it.

>>23416789
You tell me. I don't do minifigure painting but I do handpaint gunpla and other scale models.
Minifigures are not articulated, Gunpla are, always remember this. You'll have to paint and varnish pieces that often grind against each other, which is not really a problem when you aibrush laquers but it absolutely can be when you handbrush waterbased acrylics. I'd recommend doing a lot of sanding on moving pieces and parts that fit together and move, this way you'll either prevent fitting issues during assembly or stiff movement/paint rubbing off.
>I assume painting larger sections is a good deal different.
It's not, just thin your paint and do multiple coats with a large brush. If you can paint a plastic spoon without leaving brushstrokes you can do the same on a Master Grades.
Beware of metallics on large surfaces though, I recommend you just drybrush these.

>>23416790
Expect the worst, hope for the best. Things of this nature have been applied then removed so many times within these last 8 months it's impossible to know what's going to actually happen or how long it will actually stick.

>>23416810
Love my HG Gouf Custom. I'm still surprised how damn sturdy it is despite its age compared to some newer kits I have.

>>23416829
>>23416831
>>23416828
That makes much more sense. I was just planning on using random cardboard boxes since I didn't know this existed.

Also got the majority of this now. Planning on just experimenting with some basic paint on spoons and top coating some old snapped kits to start with. Will worry about the extra bottles/racks when I start collecting paint colors.

>>23416834
>varnish oftern
that makes sense
>It's not, just thin your paint and do multiple coats with a large brush.
good to know, so similar principle
>Metal on large surface
yah that seems like the shine particules could really not distribute well. Ive had some success with aircan chrome which a lot of the knights in the image started off with.

Pic related are some bloodborne minis im working on atm. Like I said above, I want to do a 17th-18th century looking barbatos. which will also require some scultping/3d printing work.

>>23416835
>Love my HG Gouf Custom
Same. Even if he's kinda limited when it comes to poses, it doesn't even matter because he just looks so damn cool from any angle.

>>23416790
>americans get a taste of being europeen without any of the benefits
I couldn't imagine having to no pay VAT with your healthcare costs

>>23416846
B-but we got a tax cut for billionaires so it all evens out right?

Okay, I will buy the MkV and Ex-S from P-Bandai. Pray for me so I'm not making a terrible mistake out of this.

Boxfort Chads win again!

>>23416850
Only the MK-V is worth it

>>23416829
>>23416836
remember to fill the bottom of the sprayout pot with water first, that part isn't obvious.

>>23416850
>ex-s
mistake ($70 markup on pban version for recolor + 5 beam rifle parts from the booster version)
>mk-v
good decision

>>23416858
But I like the Ex-S and it will be my first kit of it. But I guess if I buy it, Bandai will release a V2.0 just to mess up with me

I finished my backlog today. I'm not sure what to do now.

>>23416863
just buy the regular 1.5, it's $70-80 cheaper

>>23416866
Okay. Time to get the Mk-V and the Ex-S later.

>>23416790
>>23416803
>de minimis gone
>15% tariff on japan again
relevant to gunpla/plamo.
i pray to allah and to the soul of joseph smith that any man who raises taxes on me will be immolated by divine judgement lightning

>>23416807
The goggles are a bit overkill.

>>23416870
migapede jannies already deleted it despite it being on topic

>>23416807
>>23416816
>>23416828
And people wonder why nobody paints. This is a huge investment.

>>23416880
Eh I kinda wanted a pair anyway after almost splashing some UV resin on my face when taking some D&D minis out of the printer.

>>23416816
>mixing cups
>pipettes
Just eyeball it.

>>23416168
>>23416839
Multiple drybrush coats of metallic over black look basically airbrushed if done correctly: picrel is the Ordine moderoid which is my current WIP, it's painted entirely by hand using Acrysion metallic green/blue

>>23416880
What if he gets taken to the digital world while building Amplified Dukemon?

>>23416883
only because gpg is full of airbrush-or-nothing fags that look down on the humble paintbrush.

>>23416885
So where do you mix your paints? In the airbrush cup? And how do you transfer paint from one container to another?

>>23416890
In my dropper bottles.

>>23416892
Yeah that’s retarded

>>23416816
>pipettes
i bought a pack of these but it was a waste of 5 dollars. unthinned acrylics are too thick to properly suck up with a pipette, it's a huge pain in the ass and takes way longer than it should.

I agree with this anon >>23416892

>>23416900
>unthinned acrylics
brain fart, i meant unthinned lacquers
still haven't tried acrylic paints

>>23416168
Finished assembling the Vidar's frame. I wish more kits had this much articulation in the neck. It'll be a while before I get the decals done and assemble the rest.

>>23416900
>shitcrylics
Hopefully that anon won’t be as retarded as you and get some real paint

>>23416905
aieeeeee

>>23416905
We will see what my local store has in stock. Not going to bother ordering online for practice paint

>>23416905
>real paint
You mean waterbased acrylics?

>>23416910
>We will see what my local store has in stock
More than likely your mom and pop isn't going to have lacquers unless it's a dedicated hobby store that carries Tamiya paints. Hobby Lobby only carries water based acrylics I believe.

>>23416859
I was unaware I was suppose to do this and got a nice pot of active lacquer fumes

>>23416912
I didn't look at details, but they had a large Tamiya rack, Varjello rack, Mr Hobby, and a Testors.

>>23416890
I mix them on my table. Like straight on it. My table is my pallet.

>>23416915
delicious. remember to give it a celebratory huff at the end of a project

>>23416889
>look down on the humble paintbrush.
That's because no one here handpaints (and posts work) aside from me.

Are 1/144s or 1/100s better? I feel like 1/144s look like toys but 1/100s a lot of times are too big.

>>23416922
At this point it doesn't matter. 1/100 is dead. You will buy ze tiny ass kits.

>>23416923
Thank gawd I'm a UC boomer and almost everything I want is in 1/100.

>>23416778
>>23416924
Yes, glorious HG 1/100

>>23416922
1/100 has no future. 1/144 is here to stay.

>>23416735
i love the MG more over the RG

>>23416923
>>23416926
Why don’t these fuckers make big toys anymore? There’s still some mobile suits that I like which don’t have MG yet.

>>23416886
I handpaint, but never drybrush. Looks good, what should i know about drybrushing metalics? I have some Vallejo Gunmetal grey, blue and natural steel that I plan on using on a bootleg Kampher. Ive had decent success in the past, but never did drybrushing

>>23416168
>>23416892

>>23416924
There are a fuck ton of zeta and onwards suits that aren't in 1/100. Even as a UC purist you don't have nearly enough options.

>>23416801
Sazabi ver ka

>>23416931
It's not as profitable. It's that simple. Small kits are cheaper to make, cheaper to ship, cheaper to store, and can be marked up to similar prices as 1/100 used to be.

>>23416735
Funny, I'm building right right now

>>23416801
An HG WFM kit, they really are the pinnacle of the line.

>>23416935
>There are a fuck ton of zeta and onwards suits that aren't in 1/100
I said what I want. Personally, I don't care if there's not a Galbaldy β MG or whatever but I'm sure that's someone's grail.
>you don't have nearly enough options
There's a lot though!

>>23416924
>>23416935
As a fan of 90s gundams mg is just brutal. There’s basically only a couple original mold model kits for each show except for endless waltz

>>23416883
In the long run, it's still much cheaper than rattle cans, and the total cost of all those things is still less than $500 USD.

Put it this way, this is still cheaper than being a bicycling enthusiast, where a decent cycle can cost $1000 easily.

>>23416962
Bicycle enthusiast also gets in shape so they actually get something out of it. You just get a bunch of robot toys to play with. Although the bicycle enthusiast also suffers from low t due to the bicycle seat fucking up their nuts

>>23416961
All the EW kits use the same frame aside from wing zero. That's why.

I never remove nubmarks. I've built two perfect grades and they are full of nubs that make them look like dung eater's armor

>>23416969
How does that work with Heavyarm's chest guns?

>>23416962
Yes this hobby is cheaper than guns which is cheaper than cars. Still doesn't feel great to have to shell out around 500 just to get started painting.

>>23416974
Layered on top, it's a thin section with two doors that stick out.

>>23416801
MG Providence. Amazing kit all around, legit 10/10 for me

>>23416977
Really wish it could hold the gun better

>>23416974
They're just built on top of the frame with the armor.

>>23416975
You probably could have dropped like $75 from my cart by going with cheaper options, let alone not getting a tank compressor. I just went for the "I won't hate myself 3 months in when I replace this" tier which is my usual spot for hobbies.
Also I spent $1k on a new gun safe in Jan as I ran out of room in the existing.

>>23416978
Thats fair,I have it in the evil villan pose, arms held up at its sides, elbows bent with all the Dragoon bits out on the effect parts. Nice to see another anon here that has built it.

>>23416985
Pretty much all the SEED MGs are pretty cool. Aegis will always be a favourite even if I think the redesign kinda did it dirty.

>>23416801
RG Z'gok, HG Dreadnought Gundam, MG Ball (non-ver ka) and PG Zeta

>>23416992
Dreadnought is actually surprisingly based for what it is. Head needs a lot of annoying cleanup though

>>23416990
I hate how floppy the blades on the aigis get over time but it's a cool kit otherwise.

>>23416994
All I know is mecha gaikotsu called it the worst hg ever

Why is the Goog always sold out.

>>23416801
Something with LEDs, so PG/MGex Unicorn, or PG Exia. I did Unicorn and it was really fun and satisfying, and unlike anything else I had built before

>>23416982
That's the main problem with this hobby, the steep entry price can cause a lot of regret if you end up not getting into it. Me, I have no regrets because I've been building Gunpla since I was ten years old, and being able to do proper paint jobs is a dream come true now that I'm a working adult with expendable income. But for others, it can be a daunting decision especially if they're not sure if they're even that enthusiastic about Gunpla.

>>23417007
>PG Exia
Still haven't figured out what went wrong with my LEDs. Never got to see them on with the armor as they broke somewhere between the shoulder and head armor.
Was a really fun build though. Honestly PG Exia was easier than the RG Nu to build.

>>23416921
Well, I did post my first ever paint like a week ago. All by hand painted and want to keep practicing.

>>23417011
That's why you don't start with pushing painting, just like you don't start with PGs.
Encourage people to buy HGs and just snap them. Then show how to get rid of nubs and panel line. Then you show some of your fancier paint stuff and ask if they want to go down the rabbit hole (can start them with cans if they aren't local to you).

>>23417011
imo it's easy to gradually step your way into painting. it's more or less the route i took. two years from start to airbrush:
snapshitting --> topcoat + panel line --> handpaint color correction --> spray cans --> commit to airbrush

Anyone here have RG Tallgeese II?
Are the "Gundam eyes" molded in for the visor part or do I have to rely on the stickers for it?

>>23417013
That sucks. Can't you replace them? I used kosmos on my unicorn, half the price and usb powered

>>23416997
Must be a great kit then.

https://x.com/moshow_toys/status/1949288742520606856
huh looks like a v thor and gov variant

>>23416921
>>23417014
My groupbuild entry was also painted by hand. Normally I'd use a spray can for the topcoat but this time I brushed it on
>>23416697
>>23416709

>>23417022
The eyes are a clear part that you have to paint or use stickers.

>>23417031
Yeah, but I was wondering whether the individual eyes are molded in on the clear part so that I can paint them easily, since I doubt I can paint the black part around the "eyes" properly if it's just one flat surface.

>>23417024
It actually was a Kosmos kit. It breaking right as I finished made me not want to disassemble further than just to check the connectors. Also didn't want to do a full disassemble in case everything got loose. I'm guessing I broke a wire inside the rubber in the stand as I had to jam 2 4 wire cables in the space Bandai used 1 3 wire as far as I can tell. Not willing to buy another Kosmos kit without knowing that for sure yet.

Do many RGs come with pilot figures? I got the Exia and it has a microscopic figurine, is it a regular thing or uncommon?

This may be an odd question, not sure if anyone will be able to answer, but do we know how the Federation in UC organizes their mobile suit units? How many are in a squad, and what's their mix (how many Guncannons or heavy units per GMs, for example?) I want to build a grunt squad of HG Jestas and Jesta Cannons, but I'd like to know if there's supposed to be a 3-1 split or whatever.

>>23417037
They stopped including em at some point.

>>23417039
The standards change overtime and the EF is a clusterfuck of smaller divisions with their own rules but typically speaking MS squads are usually 3 MS. But there's precedent for whatever you want really.

>>23417042
Hmm. Maybe a Jesta, Jesta Cannon, and Rezel then!

>>23417037
>>23417041
RG Zeong was the first to not have one, and every RG since (8 post zeong) hasn't had one.

>>23417051
Gundam circumcision

>>23417051
Please understand, we had overworked intern to assemble the exia for promo shots

>>23417027

>>23417052
talk about jewtypes

>>23417051
Gunpla is freedom.

>>23416934
i'll gloss this and do the rest of the logo tomorrow

>>23417066
>>23416934
based Gyan enjoyer

>>23417051
>>23417053
dalong managed to do the same thing lol

>>23416886
What's your thinning ratio when painting regularly (ie. not drybrushing)?

Getting the HGUC Alex, what am I in for!!!

>>23417155
A very dated kit, which makes it great to show off your skills at fixing shit.

>>23417158
But people said it aged well

someone was caught 3D scanning the PGU Unlashed Nu Gundam at an event.

>>23417162
it was because of the Tristan being a variant of the old Alex that's why it got the bad rep.

>>23417169
The who, no, people said the Alex was good

The O reprint is REAL!

>>23417174
it was good for its time, but it's very dated now.

>He doesn't speckle glaze his effect parts

>>23417181
Fuck!!!

>>23416446
>While the Legilis is a bitchin' looking suit, it's not worth it's current price. (thanks to Bandai not reissuing it) Oddly enough, the Red PBandai variant is cheaper and easier to find than the standard white version, at least that was true when I bought it.

>>23417176
Meh, I bought the bootleg a year ago at a third of the current asking price. Good luck to you, but I never saw the point in expending so much money on a shitty 2005 kit that was released in 2010.

>>23416978
No model of that suit could hold it's gun properly. The gun's length just clashes with the should design too much

>>23417185
The sculpt is decent, but you will need paint and you will either need to accept or fix the issues that come with it being 20 years old. It's articulation is what you would expect for a kit of it's age and it's in dire need of seamline fixing.

>>23417194
I thought its articulation looked passable...

>>23417196
It depends on your definition of passible. It's got a single joint 90 degree armbend, peg shoulders with no forward or back, and an alright leg bend. Pretty good for a 20 year old kit but definitely dated today.

>>23417199
The shoulders suck ass but the knee and ankles seem alright, I was going to content myself with the fact that any butterfly shoulder joints would have been unusable with the chobham armor anyway.
>Zaku I released just two years later
>insane elbow and knee bend
>shoulder joints
How can the Federation even compete?

>>23417212
With the Hazel HGUC kit which BTFO everything for almost a decade

>>23417216
I've literally never seen this in my entire life, what the fuck

>>23416570
my entry

>>23417220
and you never will
Premium Bandai reprints only, kneel to Fujioka and buy the soon to be announced Kelderek kit

>>23416770
AYIIIIEEEE KSHATRIYA REPAIR REPRINT WHEN.

>>23416618
Articulation has nothing to do with price.

Is there a chance of there ever being an HG Tallgeese, or is the RG completely adequate? I've no issues with getting the RG but I worry the Leos would feel a bit left out.
>>23417224
>completely normal kit
>when it's reprinted it's only on p-bandai
Disgusting.

>>23417220
HGUC Hazel used to be quite common back then, but ever since they went full retard on the p-bandai exclusivity, they never reprinted it as retail ever again.

https://x.com/tamokayama/status/1951120476723622383
>G-fred already shelfwarming
ITS OVER!

>>23417246
Trolling or retarded?

>>23417227
last time i saw a Kshatriya Repaired was.... 2016.

>>23416932
Use a drybrush (obviously), put a tiny amount paint on the palette and load the brush, rub the brush on a piece of paper/cloth until little to no paint remains on the brush, then slap it on the part (don't worry about being rough).
wait a few minutes between coats.
>vallejo gunmetal and natural steel
Unless you mean Vallejo Metal Color, throw these away.
Never thin metallics when you use them, good ones are very liquid and don't need that. I recommend Vallejo Metal Color, Mr Hobby Acrysion and Ak 3rd Gen
>>23417145
I just wing it, but I'd say 1:1. I don't use wet paletes and only thin paints with their branded thinner, not water.
IMO loading your brush carefully is more important than any thinning ratio, If you can see the bristles you are probably fine.

>>23417166
based I fear

>>23417014
>>23417030
Good then, keep improving

>>23417251
>keeps a constant restock of the regular kshatriya
>But not the variant

Bandai please, just one restock.

>>23416921
Poleanon also paint by brush.

>>23417237
licensing issues with dengeki hobby prevents them from selling aoz kits as regular retail

>>23417324
I have noticed how almost every liscencing with Bandai tend to go sour. Same with Fullmetal Panic and Patlabor.

>>23417301
I would love to be a contrarian and ask for a reprint, but Kshatriya repair ruins everything good about the robot. Yeah it is another giant thruster tank. Hurray, we can see some of its innerframe. The most hideous abomination came from Unicorn.

>>23416883
your boxfort probably cost more than this and you can skip the mask and goggles

>>23416884
yeah you 100% need eyepro/gloves for resin.
that acquired allergy is no joke

it's alive

gerbera tetra

>>23417176
MG Rezel reprint out now?

>>23417330
There's nothing good about the normal Kshatriya.

>>23417339
finally

>>23417346
You might as well buy FA Unicorn and then paint it green.

>>23417339
Holy shit took them fucking long enough. It's been years

>>23417324
What licensing issues prevented them from selling Shuffle alliance suits as retail?

They really made a kit for every Kyokai Senki design huh

Retail Altron box art.

>>23417368
ohh so this was Gundamkitscollecrion was talking about when he said Wing p-bandais are getting a retail retcon! i wonder if this release is just a USA exclusive or other countries would get it too.

>>23417368
pbandai scalpers right now............

>>23417372
i do wonder actually. Wing is the biggest in asia before Seed came along and WIng Zero EW is still the most loved design there, makes no sense to keep making it Pbandai if it is that popular

>>23417368
>no Japanese text anywhere on box
what a weird kit.

>>23417368
>$57.50
Holy fuck please tell me these are Canadian pesos

>>23417376
They are specifically meant for the north American market, same as the Dragonar-1 and the Lancelot Albion

>>23417368
>we made this peeb retail
>at scalper prices!

>>23417339
>Still mo steel haze ortuz.

Whats even the point?

>>23417368
>make the PB HG kits retail
>RG Tallgeese I TV, II and III are still PB
Should've gone all the way.

>>23417337
>you can skip the mask and goggles
Goggles maybe but he 100% can't skip the mask with that dinky chink spray booth

youtube's AI dub sounds pretty solid, i might finally be free of cringekotsu and mook reviews

>>23417378
i've seen NA-targeted Bandai products being sold at our local mall before (SEA), so i think there's a good chance these Wing kits would appear here too.

>>23417377
>>23417381
https://www.hobbyco.com.au/products/hg-1-144-altron-gundam?_pos=1&_sid=c778708f2&_ss=r
Australian currency.

>>23417393
>he watches trannykotsu in 2023+2
ZakuAurelius and MJ2005 or nada.

>>23417393
gaikotsu only ever reviews the current bandai thing so he becomes entirely redundant once you've built couple bandai kits

>>23417387
yeah he can. those things extract all the fumes unless you don't change the filter often enough

>>23417393
The ai dub sucks balls, and any video that has it should also have subtitles anyways.
I was already watching Japanese builders, I didn't want fucked up audio on them. Had to figure out how to turn that shit off.

>>23417383
The point is you have to fucking wait for it like everyone else.

>>23417412
I have that exact booth and I need to run the booth for 30+ minutes after painting to extract all the fumes, and I still can't paint without getting a headache if I don't wear a mask

>>23417418
I have a regular desk fan set up behind me, blowing towards the booth which helps a lot actually getting all the stray fumes into the booth

>>23417418
stop spraying at 30psi through a 0.5mm needle
i don't have that booth exactly but i have a cheap chink booth with a 180cfm fan and it extracts all the fumes properly unless you overload it by spraying at 30psi through a 0.5mm nozzle with the trigger pulled back or don't change the filter

Now that we areckose to the next group project vote, we should not only propose the idea, but also post the planned build for the idea.
For example:
Chimera Corps group build
Build a custom OYW suit (mainly Gelgoogs) and add a experimental equipment. Personal markings and emblems are encouraged.
If the theme wins, I'll build a Gelgoog with a experimental miniaturised I-Field shield.
The colors will be white and orange, and the emblem will be a cartoonish turtle giving a tumbs up with a broken spear bouncing off it's back.

>>23417421
all the way back*

>>23417421
I spray at 15cfm through a 0.4mm needle and the booth can't handle it

>>23417399
I watch zak, mj, joe, littlebigrobots and wirupla but they don't produce enough content to keep me sated so sometimes i have no other choice but to watch kotsu

>>23417393
lol it's fucking awful. On mobile I use a cracked yt version for background audio and I would have to update the app to be able to turn it off

>>23417428
running out of things to watch and being forced to make do with gaikotsu is a sign to spend more time painting and less time watching shit

Time to send the groupbuild entry

>>23417421
>>23417427
I'm that guy. That one has a 25W fan so it should be like 200 CFM as it looks like 120mm, and PC fans do like 100 CFM at 6W.

Is it better to do matte or shiny like metallic or candy or pearl?

T Link Connect! Metal Genocider Mode!

>>23417453
AAAAAAIAIIIEEEEE BIG PAINT PLS I DONT WANT TO PAINT DURING MY MEALS

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOO

>>23417481

I am like 70% certain we will get a gundam mk ii ver ka within the next couple years. It makes sense following zeta and zz ver kas

>>23417479
watch anime

>>23417496
Anything you’d recommend?

>>23417499
Tekkaman Blade

>>23417500
It got 7.43 on mal, not bad for an older anime. Think I’ll try it out

just bought this for $22

>>23417499
have you seen all the old mecha shows? galient, l-gaim, dunbine are some of my favourites

>>23417499
Mobile fighter G gundam.

>>23417505
It is a mixed bag. Either you love it or hate it with no inbetween.
The mechs look good however.

>>23417508
I’ve watched a few. Some of them are kind of mid in my experience. I thought dunbine started out cool and the mecha design was good but after they went to earth it was trash. L-gaim was better. Haven’t seen galient.

>>23417491
>Triple dipping on the same robot designs
Yeah I can see it, bandai are **** like that.

>>23417514
>The mechs look good however.
Pic unrelated? Those are pretty generic

>>23417514
Looks like bubblegum crisis but also something else?

>>23417481
chinkGOD kino

>>23417526
I'm thinking of buying MG Tallgeese II DABAN next. the Bandai one is 4x the price! what a rip-off!

>>23417534
post Epyon pics after you build it if you can, I'm curious about that one

>>23417517
yeah that's a common complaint of dunbine. galient is kino.
some more suggestions if you haven't seen them: nadesico, full metal panic, dai guard, macross

>>23416501
Gourai

>>23417534
Honestly for tallgeese ii if you paint you can probably just get the original tallgeese and modify the head parts a bit. This is the only runner that’s changed for them and it’s all head parts

>>23416501
kinda actually surprised that they haven't made a RG Genesic GaoGaiGar. it just shows that GaoGaiGar is just a meme and also the RG was shit

if i could wish for the next RG, they should release a RG VF-1, it would benefit from those advanced MS joints they are doing instead of quick transformation HG or whatever the fuck they did with the MG

>>23416501
ZZ gundam.

>>23417589
>if a show is not as popular as the most profitable mecha franchise of all time it's a meme
Kill all zoomers.

>>23417520
Yeah i'm pretty sure you should stick to your quirky wholesome Gelgoog.

>>23417609
thanks, I will

>>23417589
RG GaoGaiGar had two print runs. it actually did pretty well for an SRW robot kit as far as i'm concerned.

>>23417597
Most of Gundam elitists are millennials

>PG Trans-Am 00 Raiser
No thanks

>>23417618
>Gaogaigar
>SRW
Newfags should get the rope.

>more exiaslop

First gunpla with proper tools used.
Any tips for improvement?

>>23417644
Paint it

>>23417644
Paint. Panel line. Top coat.

>>23417630
i know GaoGaiGar is from the Braves franchise but i always assumed he's released as a kit as part of the SRW line looking at Bandai's other Super Robot releases

>>23417618
Evangelion, a mecha franchise that sells infinitely more character goods than mecha toys gets more RG releases reprints and pbandai release than GaoGaiGar. that just means Evangelion mecha is more desired and sell better than GaoGaiGar.

because if GaoGaiGar mecha sells well, there should already have been pbandai star gaogaigar, option sets like the pliers etc, a Gaofaighar release or even the Genesic. it just means no one wants GaoGaiGar at RG, GaoGaiGar is SMP level

>>23417655
Nah the brand on the kit is from the show, not SRW. Bandai also released RG Goldymarg and HG Choryujin which are from the same line and scale. Wish we could get the fembots from Final too.

>>23417661
Bandai did made the sisters for Super Mini Pla. Looks pretty anime accurate imo.

>>23417644
Lokks pretty good. Now you just need to panel line the thing. Turn A benefits from it a lot. You can also get some green paint and fill in the symbol on the head since it's the only part that needs any color correction.

>>23417644
old gunpla looks so fucking bad.
I only buy 2015++

>>23417665
>Super Mini Pla
I meant a new kit on scale with the current GGG line. They're never getting a RG but having at least a decent HG of them like Choryujin would be cool.

>>23417644
I have looked at Turn A so many times and still couldn't stomach it. This looks like an AI generated mecha, before AI art was even a thing.

>>23417674
>>23417676
get filtered

>>23417676
>looks like an AI generated mecha
Elaborate

>>23417676
Same. It's so fucking ugly.

>>23417681
He can't because he doesn't even understand what he's saying.

>>23417681
Basically it is a heavily distorted RX78-2, except the vfin is on its chin and the crotch resembles a circumcized penis. AI tend to make weird results like that due to the data amalgamation it contains.

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

>>23417688
Nice. Prompt?

>>23417695
>Prompt?
Syd Mead, 2002.

What P-Bandai kits that you want to turns into retail release?

>>23417697
All of them because fuck pbandai.

>>23417693
>heavily distorted RX78-2
Wow, just like tons of other gundams!

>>23417676
Turn X is much better

>>23416589
Is that chang Devil Gundam available anywhere? I'd love to get my hands on a decent DG kit.

>>23416570
Obese mahou shoujo?

>Muh Hollywood Jewish design!
Turn A fags deserve no reprint.

>>23417688
>>23417696
>designed by a w*stoid
That explains it a lot. Literal goyslop lmao

Do you guys ever feel like RGs need MORE greebles?

>>23417697
>RG GaoGaiGar
wait. it had a 3rd print run?

>>23417725
i actually like the left side's colour (i'm not jay2cents btw)

>>23417727
The kit released in 2022. It is not even that old.

>>23417693
Basically the Zeta is a heavily distorted RX78-2, except it has sagging breasts and the crotch resembles an elongated penis. AI tend to make weird results like that due to the data amalgamation it contains.

>>23417725
RGs aren't even that greebly. They're usually just designed to look "cooler".

RGs are too small

Planning big things with my next paintjob.

>>23417743
Except Zeta doesn't vfin on its chin, so it still looks like something human would create.
In conclusion, Syd Mead is dogshit and so are his designs.

>>23417718
common win for glorious nippon

>>23417750
You're too small.

>>23417674
if you think it looks bad you are simply a bad modeler

>>23417752
looks like shit, doesn't even have any photo etch. you should be making something actually difficult like a 1/350 scale Bismarck, like a real modler

>>23417765
I might do all that later if I feel like it.

>>23417754
>Post a cool design
>Thinks it is a gotcha
You could have posted something from Kyokai Senki you dumb faggot.

>>23417693
>the crotch resembles a circumcized penis
problem, slugdick?

>>23417772
it's not a gotcha, I was being genuine

>>23417772
>Posting something from a cool series
>Thinking it would be a gotcha

>>23417778
>>23417772
bait

>>23417777
Quads confirm, gcucks is literal feces.

>>23417772
>cool design

>>23417697
I'm so happy anyways to see them becoming retail releases.

>>23417785
Yes

>>23417775
Try harder Schlomo

>>23417788
Lol zoomers need to get the fuck off this board

>>23417788
this shit looks like it would fall apart on a light breeze, brittle as fuck, zero presence

>>23417697
I think all Gunpla should be p-bandai only actually

p-bandai is a fucking scam
I fucking hate bandai and its artificial scarcity bullshit
DABAN ROCKS

>>23417795
>zero presence
Enough about Turn A

>>23417795
>nooo mecha must be slow clunky and fat

>>23417798
Still waiting for the Changs to bootleg more stuff.

>>23417799
turn a being shit still doesn't make cucks good

>>23417803
Turn A was actually very good

>>23417801
Turn A is not even fat. It is a skinny figure with a fat head, which is repulsive.

>>23417807
Based

>>23417809
I feel like some of you are so braindead from the internet that your eyes don't even see any more. The Turn A isn't fat like the Sumo is but it definitely isn't skinny.

>>23417807
You mean tumblr a?

>>23417815
The show takes place thousands of years in the future and in the americas. There's gonna be brown people.

>>23417815
i always liked the girl (?) in black and red, what suit does she pilot

>>23417824
Bandit and later the turn a

I like both Turn A and GQX designs

>>23417824
>>23417826

>>23417831
would look better if it was painted like samus

When did this general get taken over by zoomers? Is it still summer vacation for them? Turn A has always been considered one of the high points of the gundam franchise.

>>23417831
Eeeerm... AI-generated much? BIG YIKES

>>23417844
>has always been considered one of the high points of the gundam franchise
But enough about Seed.

>>23417852
Gundam sneed is also good.

>>23417857
Based

>>23417844
They decided today is a shitpost today and this is the shitpost topic for today.

>MG is $105
>HG is $41
Why are gunpla so expensive?

>>23417865
Orange man

/m/ approved gundam series:
>g gundam
>turn a
>gquuuuuux
>seed
>seed freedom
redditslop gundam:
>08th ms team
>seed destiny
>build fighters
>wing

>>23417844
we start getting antsy if we go more than a couple days without an argument about literally nothing

>>23417864
Cope. Turn A will never be good.

>>23417865
>Rp
What currency is this?

>>23417873
Bro, expand your vocabulary beyond room temperature retard. Thanks.

>>23417874
rapebucks

>>23417880
Cope harder, "bro".

>>23417865
>Blue Barbatos
WHAT THE FUAAAAAAAAAARRRRRK

>>23417870
The whole Turn A faggotry came from reddit, anon.

>>23417885
>Ask him to expand his vocabulary
>Proceeds to repeat the same word

>>23417874
Rupees. Anon is literally indian

>>23417886
>$135
>sold out
I want...

>>23417870
trvth nvke

>>23417886
>Red Providence
YOOOOOOOOOO I didn't know there's so many limited edition custom shit.

>>23417886
i wish peeb was reserved for these, only has value for nopaints

KinoAurelius

>>23417896
There are an alarming amount of recolors. I've been posting about wanting a Gun-Ez recently and there are like 4 variants of it.

>>23417887
Turn A was positively talked about here in 2011. That's why I bought the MG then.

>>23417900
guys let's review this magazine hmm yeah cool paper, awesome

>>23417906
I wish he'd start reviewing bootlegs.

>>23417906
all in all, just a little bit more owesome than what we would've seen before

For me, it's Barbatos Rex. More YouTubers should be like him.

>big plamo rex

I like her big dumb face.

>>23417918
I wish she had disproportionately huge tits

>>23417920
Considering how many Megami Device kits do have big tits you can probably just slap them on her.

>>23417920
You can buy some huge third party boobs on ebay.

>>23417913
I wish he had a blog or something so I could quickly find and reference high res photos of all the spoons he's painted and not always have to skim through his ramblings

>>23417926
I just wish he had playlists. There's so much great information.

>>23417913
I thought he got hacked.

>>23417904
>Here
The restock list links to reddit, anon. There is no wall between "4chan user" and "redditor", they have been the same turd, different toilet for a long time now. And remember the recent hack? Every normiefag journals claim 4chan's possible downfall will make every " le evil racist nazi 4channer" leaking out to other sites, but no differences was found. They have been normiefags since forever.

RedditGODS win again

>>23417933
it only took him like a week to get his channel back and restore all the videos

>>23417368
So Deathscythe hell is also getting a retail release along with this guy? When will they be available? I haven't heard anything about this.

>>23417924
>>23417923
do you know if they are compatible with the desire maiden? i think most of them are for the AUV body types

>>23417947
Yeah iirc all the peebs wing boys, that was speculated months ago

>>23417951
It says on Koto's website that she's compatible with Block 2 bodies.

>>23417953
Do we know the release dates? Altron's must've been quite recently, but what about the other's?

>>23417958
are blocks 1.5 and 2 compatible or not?

>>23417966
I don’t have any block 2 Megami Device kits, but I’d assume not without some tinkering.

slapped a monoeye on girlpla for votes, I'm counting on you

>>23417990
Based. You have my support

>>23417676
>>23417851
Actual ai generated robot

>>23417393
I used the ai dub to watch crafta's review of the Nyaan kit, and it said that the masturbation of the kit is especially good.

>>23417996
and it looks cooler than turn a, sad

>>23417998
lmfao this is precisely the video that made me post
then he said he'll just say gross stuff if he keeps talking

>>23417996
I loathe these AI generated things. Every single time I see them I go
>I have seen this somewhere before
but then I can't remember. This looks like a carbon copy of something else but I just can't remember specifically.

>>23417996
>109k likes
Dead internet theory?

>>23418007
We have had a name for that for years now, botting.

>>23417697
Phantom or Ghost of Crossbone Gundam.

Imagine how much less shitposts there would be in here if all the shitposters were for some reason occupied with making shitpost builds.

>>23418012
sorry man I've been waiting all day for my chinkGOD Destiny to arrive and I ain't got nothing else to build at the moment

>>23417697
>altron
>deathscythe hell

When will they be available for us gaijins?

>>23417896
>me as I shitpost in /gpg/ while not posting my builds while mocking other's builds.

>>23417597
im a zoomer and the majority of my painted kits are from an eroge released in 2006

>>23418012
You ain't telling me to build as I stack more to my boxfort.

>>23418012
>>23418025
Despite what anyone might say, a shitpost will forever nets you more (You)s than any pic of any build, including the thread quality cops' (You)s

>>23417694
okay this actually does look like a happy meal toy. would probably look great with a purple candy coat though

>>23418026
Interesting, post 'em.

So, these were mis-shipped to my dad. I have zero interest in new Star Wars stuff. Anyone want them? I will trade for like literally any HG gunpla

>>23418021
In the spring, they were already on non-P Bandai online retailers. I'd imaginr in a month or two they'll be on physical store shelves.

>>23418004
This one specifically looks like Pacific Rim mashed with random artstation sketches

>>23417907
He's livestreaming snapbuilding that bootleg FA Hyakushiki kai kit though

I am also posting my build since other people are.
This is a non-artillery photo I took of her that I might not have sent.

>>23417412
I have that same chinese foldable spraybooth and i can smell the lacquer if i spray into it without the mask sealed properly

>>23418064

>>23418033
Also, all being from 2006 isn't entire true because 3 are from later entries and 2 never had any official appearances outside of magazines.

>>23418044
but will he review it tho

Look, all I'm saying is if we had a shitpost groupbuild I think the overall volume of shitposts would actually go down.

>>23418080
>shitpost this shitpost that
nigger post some builds then

Look, all I'm saying is if we had a shitpost groupbuild I think I would show you what the gogg is truly capable of.

>>23418081
You can check a collection of my works on my reddit page, Mr_horsie, thanks for inquiring.

>>23418080
It has to be a high effort shitpost build though, the judge of that would be groupbulge dude himself. Things like giving your Zaku some delicious human flesh colored thighs and a bulge, not something really low effort like taping the torso of a kit onto a toy car like one person tried to do for a 30MM entry if I recall, many years ago.

>>23417697
MG F90 kits
All post-Hazel AOZ kits

>>23418134
I mean, if he painted the shitpost into something coherent then it shouldn't be a problem. I saw several kitbashes that look just as stupid.

https://x.com/gpo144/status/1951249206435561653

>>23416883
Once you got every essential things you wont really need to buy anything else besides paint and thinner.

>Zakuaurelius admitted that he prefer Ma.K over Zaku
It's over.

>>23418151
There are still many things I dislike about the gcuckold zaku, such as that stupid octagon for the arms, but I kind of like this zaku tank with it.

Huh, without the FA parts, it looks pretty grounded compares to the usual Changs redesigns.

>>23416168
my boy has arms. should get the beam magnum and the last few details done tomorrow and he's done

I've been a snapfag so now I'm looking to slowly ease into new stuff like panel lining. I did some research and apparently the thing to do is rescribe the lines with a broach (chisel?" and then put cement in the lines. Do I need a specific type of broach/chisel to do this? Some sources said I needed a pull broach or a hook blade instead of a push broach?

>>23418080
No it fucking wouldn't. Encouraging shitposting would only increase the volume of awful posts, people would take it as free reign to be truly godawful. Fuck off with your shitpost groupbuild idea already, it's never gonna happen.

>>23418165
Which Unicorn is this? The regular or the ver ka?

>>23418170
>Encouraging shitposting would only increase the volume of awful posts
I mean, i wouldn't call any of the builds here as masterpieces. They look passable at best.

>>23418173
this is the OVA one that came with the MS cage

>>23417697
So, does that mean, that every wing kit, that was released as a piss-bandai, will get a retail kit just the main boys?

>>23418170
Jee whizz mister groupbuild, there's no need to get so teste.

>>23416168
Finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I still have a lot to paint but the worst is behind me. I expected to have to cement the shoulder parts together and nothing else. Little did I know there's a fuckton of parts that need it. Hopefully I can do legs, stabilizers and weapons all together in the next paint batch

>>23418189
the red is looking really nice

>>23418191
It's flat candy red. Never did flat candy before and wanted to, that kit is perfect to do it

>>23418157
girlplaaurelius

Been sorting the pics i took yesterday during my date with the gf and my heart fucking stopped when I noticed who was stalking us
I left a bad review on USAGS two days ago

>>23418162
I should get a ZakuAurelius shirt

>>23418209
it's so fucking over for every one of your boxes

>>23418209
>Not clean shaven
>Too many hairs
Poorly made clone

to celebrate national girlfriend day, I'm gonna build a girlpla kit in my backlog

>>23418214
All the Zaku 2 MG variant reviews were merely hinting and Zak's cloning project.

>>23418222
which one?

>>23418223
USAGS is ran entirely by ZakuAurelius clones

Ah man, that was a good coma. Alright, time to start my groupbuild entry.

>>23418245
afraid you need 3 full months just to understand what the theme means

Efreet Groupbuild.
Build your very own super secret one of a kind Efreet variant

>>23418252
Grunt Custom Group build

>>23418276
*UCgrunt

>>23418281
Nah let people make Leo customs and GN-X Customs

>>23416168
AC went out last week and won't get replaced by my landlord until next weekend, so painting has been slow.

>>23418276
man, let's just get a simple custom grunt group build, I think it has been done before so probably have some more strict requirements like a simple repaint isn't gonna cut it.

>>23418295
Fuck it, not going to make it face the right direction

snapbuild groupbuild when

what's the likelihood of the re/100 gerbera ever getting a reprint

>>23418312
just get the bootleg

>>23418316
i don't like bootlegs

>>23418319
resign yourself to the suffering then

>>23418296
Maybe a grunt squad build where you have to make a command unit?
Otherwise be something like "upgrades to deal with next gen suits" ex a OYW GM needing to fight in the Gryps war.

black culture groupbuild

Ok. The Mk-V has been secured. Time to rebuild the box fort until I'm done with my certification exam.

>>23417674
based and true

>>23418333
making a jazz themed Atlas Gundam, easy

>>23417477
>tfw I missed the SMP Banpreios and SRX
Every day I cry myself to sleep.

>>23418345
unironically it's a pretty good theme, you could be funny or do some actual cool stuff

When does surugaya usually announce their free shipping and sales campaigns? Really looking to stock up on shit and hope it gets here before pedo tariffs at the end of the month. I hear the customs facilities are overloaded.

>>23418351
I don't thinking they have set schedule but announce free shipping periods every few weeks so just have patience.

>>23418238
arcanadea lumitea

>>23418358
Good choice, she is really cute.

>>23418351
i'm pretty sure they've been doing them almost every weekend this summer and they usually announce them on thursday or friday
not sure why there isn't one going right now though

>>23418370
Ok I just looked at their website and the last one said it went from these dates
July 26(Sat) 10 : 00 A.M. to July 31 (Thu) 6 : 00 P.M. (JST) until the order completion date
So going by this if we get one this time it will be in a few hours hopefully

groupbuild... extended

So, does anyone collect the old BB Senshi kits and making "canon" combinations from them, like with the SD Sengokuden Fuurinkazan Chapter kits transferring the elemental armors to the New Five Mushas that create a matching set with Musha/Neo Alex's Bujin armor?

>>23418333
Dats rite

GQ if it was good. Bandai really needs to stop putting the retarded gundam colors on everything

>>23418427
I don't mind its design. It is just that i'm so burnout by these hyper fixation on shapes, greebles and panels on modern mecha.

>>23418427
After having watched the anime, I prefer Fred's head.

>>23418427
where's the FUCKING Endymion Unit version going up for preorders? I wanna paint it like how you did

>>23418433
Agreed. I miss when mechanical design was about form and silhouette rather than cramming as much greeble and noisy details at the expense of the overall design unity

>updated kit looks worse than the original
Why is this so common? All they had to do was get rid of the stupid gold plating

>>23418467
>I miss when mechanical design was about designing tokusatsu heroes and aliens instead of machines

>>23418468
Is it the tiny head?

Gatling group build:
>give gatlings to your kit, the more the better (no heavyarms kits allowed)
make it happen

>Hobby Lobby finally having good kits
God damn. I was getting really tired of seeing the same wing rg and entry grade kits every time I came in

>>23418475
I don't appreciate Bandai retroactively making Zeta suits lanky and skinny in general
They did it to the Mk2, they did it to the Zeta, they did it to the Hyaku Shiki...

>old good
>new bad
>only 1970s bell bottom and waist is a valid mecha design

>>23418481
Yes, glad we're on the same page

>>23418476
i'm down with this, it's open ended enough
>>23418481
it's getting tiring reading pseuds going on tirades about this every day

>>23418481
I am generally a UC supremacist but admittedly I quite like the suit designs from WfM and Gqux too

>>23418467
Remember that "Jets are super robot nonsenses" meme? While i do think mecha should have a degree of complexity, they shouldn't have too many surface details. Just keep the form streamlined and simple.

>>23418471
>designing tokusatsu heroes and aliens instead of machines
And it should stay that way.

Group build pics today? and voting?

>>23418481
This but unironically.

https://x.com/30msisters/status/1951423979723563098

>>23418468
I love how Bandai keep gaslighting people into thinking Hyaku Shiki is a skinny twink, even though it looks like this.

>>23418498
FGO kits are finally a thing. Lancelot and Mordred kit, when? Also, Minamoto Tametomo, too pls.

>>23418166
This is one of those cases where there's a bunch of different tools and methods that all do the same thing so you might as well pick the one that feels more comfortable in your hand. Most advice you're gonna get is basically just 'this is what I do because I like it.' If possible, ask your local hardware/hobby store owner if you can try it out on some junk plastic to see what feels right to you

>>23418503
If BANDAI make a Morddred kit, I will never talk shit about the newest Gundam series ever again, no matter how slop.
Hell, I can go for a Kyokai Senki model or buy 10 Michaelis.

>>23418503
>Type Moon
Melty kits fucken when? I want a Mech Hisui in my collection.

>>23418489
Not a fan of chink greeble but there are valid arguments for making mecha not as completely smooth and featureless as a fighter jet. I just want details to be designed with an actual purpose
Like something like pic rel is pretty detailed and unorthodox but its basically made out of nothing but mechanical muscles made out of multi layered leaf springs, radiator fins everywhere for cooling, and some armor plates so it makes sense.
I think that's what's ultimately important to me, that the design is memorable and that each element feels like it has a purpose.

>>23418503
Melt and Lip would be my top picks personally. Give them a combiner gimmick.

>>23418509
You will buy lion fucker-Mashu kit and you will be happy with it.

>>23418498
NO FLIPPIN WAY

this is my 12/25. I’ve been waiting for this for so long…

>>23418508
Woke: Modred full armor with an option head to see her face
Broke: Apocrypha Mordred with civilian clothes to pander to waifufags

>>23418509
Need kohaku badly

>>23418511
Is this designed with an actual purpose?

>>23418492

>>23418498
>>23418503
literally who
these aren't the fgo hentai bitches i know

Crazy to think the physical modelkits of fgo characters will be 10 times cheaper than the money you spent to afford their png.
Odysseus kit pls.

>>23418498
TIME TO HOTGLUE THAT HAT

>>23418538
Yeah fr wtf is this weak shit. Where are the huge tits

>>23418538
She is literally the alternative universe version of Artoria. Her hentai have been around forever.

>>23418545
don't think so but i might be convinced with proof

>>23418541
Nah that safe horny shit doesn’t do it for me. I hope bandai isn’t too woke to give the fans what we really want

>>23418542
>Where are the huge tits
Wait for Plamatea to make kit for Lion King.

>>23418552
Default Castoria is modest, so dont get your hopes up.

>>23418532
yes. the armor looks intentionally designed to add protection to the outer most areas but in a way that minimizes material use and weight. it reminds me in some ways of formula 1 cars.

>>23418545
Altria*

>>23418532
The idea behind it is interesting but the execution is ugly. I appreciate them attempting to revisit the idea of a mobile suit built as a monocoque exoskeleton containing mechanical parts, rather than as a frame clad in armor, I guess.

>>23418558
No it looks like they added a bunch of random greeble to make it quirky for redditors to consoom

>>23418498
Rin kit when?

>>23418568
meant for >>23418511

In 10 years when Gcucks gets a master grade do you think they will give it an inner frame?

>>23418576
MG gives everything innerframe, including suits before MK 2.

>>23418566
I prefer Yamashita's old fanart to the style the series ended up using, imo

>>23418576
>when Gcucks gets a master grade
lol. It won’t get a master grade. It will be like g-reco. The black sheep of the uc family.

>>23418576
they'll either botch the design even further to cram one in, or it won't have one and retards are going to complain about le build experience

>>23418579
that thing looks awesome

>>23418580
what was the last series that was this short?

>>23418185
only the main Wing ones i believe. G-Unit is still being cucked to p-bandai hell

>>23418580
You're gonna look real silly in 2048 when g-self finally gets an mg (it will only exist in the digital brain space, not as a physical item.)

>>23418562
Shut up albert.

>>23418586
It's the designer's take on CCA. Yamashita's Sazabi makes a cameo in GQuX so it's technically "canon".

Alright let's get this show on the road. New thread.

>>23418585
>>23418585
>>23418585

>>23418587
Shortest is probably Build Metaverse. 3 episodes.

>>23418524
Armor Mordred is the right choice.
I want to buy the figma, but not only is expensive, but I also heard that it have some quality control issues. I would have to paint over, and that not really be a problem, but I rather buy gunplas by the same price.

Pretty spicy price for a 30MS kit.

>>23418606
Spicy price for a safe horny kit

>>23418427
looks like a color scheme i would pick when i was 15

>>23418379
no..

>>23418532
I like the propulsion tanks and the jet nozzles on the legs. Really makes it look like a nimble space unit.

>>23418576
Gcucks doesn't need a master grade. Just an FM

>>23419291
>propulsion tanks and jet nozzles on the legs
Sup Bro