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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/1mbk3ei
Prior thread:
>>23418585
Vote for your favorite entries in the Artillery groupbuild here:
https://forms.gle/72Ea8K9icWSJQ4nD8
Voting will last for the next two days. And respond to this post with theme suggestions for the next groupbuild! Refer to these posts
>>23418812 >>23419076 for suggestions already made.
>>23421098>the mg O flopped againnever going to get a reprint after this
>>23421098I would take three of those.
>>23421018>>23419076MascotAnon here, the slot for the participant to request their mascot is still open.
5 slots remains, and the next will get full colors version later.
One more additional slots for sketch and full color will be reserved for winner of the overall categories.
>>23419751>>23419781If it's a request for mascot with similar mood to the said logo, I think I might be able to manage it.
>>23420007here you go. Can you show me the photo once you add the mascot to it?
Also, the request for ghost have been accepted, but if possible, can you to post the WIP or pic not used by groupbuild dude for sake of formality?
>>23421103It's really not a good kit. I mean I still want one but it's kind of shit.
>>23421098Don't care, bought the Daban knockoff for a third of the asking price last year. A 2004 MG is not worth a hundred forty bucks.
>>23421103Nah, they'll just continue to slow-print it to drive up artificial scarcity so that they can get the most value out of the molds. Or at least up until they finally get the balls to design a MG 2.0 of the thing.
The unfortunate thing is that after this reprint, people will probably remember for at least a few years that the kit is a piece of gutter trash. Meaning that the next reprint won't be for another 5-ish years, until enough people forget and a new batch of Gunpla builders start building their collections and wondering when they can get a fabled and rare The O.
>>23421112It still baffles me to this day that they didn't even bother to include enough beam saber blades. It's just one more runner but nooo that would break the bank.
Anyone got the minis with the tcg pack here?
https://x.com/snowjya2020/status/1951707123181920756
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).
>>23421020Guess the kit from some of the remains
>>23421150Megalomaria Principal?
>>23421098Will these reach Euro stores?
>>23421166Probably not. I doubt it was reprinted in big enough numbers
>>23421109I thought you open requests only after voting results are in.
I got the Red Gundam yesterday and it's an amazing kit for a HG. Basically HGUC Moon Gundam quality imo, although it doesn't have an inner frame. Wish Bandai still made 1/100s, they could easy scale this thing up and it'd pass for a MG at a glance.
finally end of part 1, ill be taking a break from painting before starting part 2
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>>23421020Zabanya finished. The green looks very pretty in person, the highlights came out great but you basically can't see them in photos.
I really like how the GN decal fits on the right knee, I was planning to put it horizontally but then realized it was too long and it turned out to be perfect like this.
>>23421254Get some Intermediate Blue on that beam rifle, stat
>>23421261clean
what white do you use
>>23421261I hope they give us an MG in the next 30 years because 80% of the missile pods are not present on the kit.
>>23421263>what white do you useI ran out of steel white just before this kit so I mixed ex white and midnight blue around 30:1. Undercoat was nazca heavy mechanical surfacer. For a few of the larger surfaces I added a small highlight of pure white.
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>>23421264If I had finished it a few days earlier I probably would have submitted it for the groupbuild since the cannons fit the theme well enough but alas I didn't have time to finish
What are anon's thoughts on the MG Crossbone full cloth? Numerous short reviews state it's top heavy. other than that, is it good?
>>23421325Mine is coming tomorrow, but not sure when I'll get to building it.
>>23421174I usually try open my request when I have both the mascot ready and the entries are revealed with voting result being my personal deadline to finish all of the finalized mascot and open the request. I think I ended up finishing the mascot earlier than usual, and ended up opening the request earlier than usual.
I was considering delaying the remaining request slots after seeing your post after realizing that most participant might not be ready to make request yet, but I think I will keep it open, but save the next reminder until the voting result came in for now, assuming that I didn't ended up getting caught a range ban.
always start hating my builds when I have to pose them
>>23421128I like the models, but I feel like there needs to be better 1/24 scenery somewhere to pose them.
>>23421381>>23421109Oh, okay. In such case, I don't know how my entry will actually perform but could I then make request for mascot for Savage Wolf? Wolf-girl (like Holo) in military theme would be nice.
I think this one was not used by GP Dude (and yes, it's fluorescent paint).
Hey, i bought the RG Unicorn and i know that kit such a hand grenade so i kinda stop building it halfway...any tips whatsoever?
>>23421412>RG Unicorn>hand grenadelol, lmao even
>>23421412It's the least hand grenadey of the ones that transform. As long as you snap/trim/press enough it'll stay mostly in place.
>>23421415I have big hands anon...also i heard the shoulder & hip joints are tight asf, is it true? I'm new to RG but i like unicorn
>>23421412nothing makes sense in this post
how do you live your life
>>23421397Holo, as in Holo from Wolf and Spice right?
Also, do you want it in SD or holo's original proportion(what whatever that is close to it)
>>23421445Yes, the one and only, our wise Holo.
Both are fine, maybe SD then but if you would prefer actual proportions it will be fine too.
>>23421412The arm is infamous for breaking because people articulate it the wrong way. Look that up and you'll have no other issues.
Got a sword I want my kit to hold, but the hand is too large for the thin hilt. Due to other reasons I can't modify the hand nor the hilt, is there any other way of stopping the weapon from flopping around in the grip?
>>23421485a little loop of tape or glob of blu tack
>>23421488>>23421490in a more permanent way I mean, on a complete custom build
I feel like I'm asking for something that violates basic physics though
>>23421412I, too, give up the moment I face any difficulties in my life.
>>23421325I have one and I'd say skip it. Get the regular MG Crossbone or preferably the RG. The kit is too flimsy to reliable hold the Full Cloth weapons. You can always tighten the arm joints like I did, but the weapons come in that old style peg system and those are always a pain in the weapon is large enough.
>>23421325very delicate but it looks fantastic, easily my favorite MG ever
>>23421552(Anon that is having it delivered soon) That's a bit annoying to hear. Do you think it would still look nice if I just built it without the FC parts? Picked the FC vs the Ver Ka because the skull's molding.
They should make more RGs.
>>23421603We just had one and there's a billionth Wing variant on the way
>>23421603the line is only becoming more pointless imo as HGs get more detailed and with more gimmicks
it should be reserved to other licences like the evas and gaogaigar
>>23421610Even the most detailed HGs aren't close to RGs but I appreciate how quickly the HG line has improved in recent years. It's insane to compare HGs even a few years apart.
>>23421617>went from having well balanced proportions with a decent range of hands to c clip garbage, more hollow parts and forced panel lining in areas that used to be seams.Yeah HGs "improved" alright.
>>23421617the ai generated gundam releases (seed freedom) seemed like par for the course but the gbitch and gkiiiiiino kits have had pretty cool engineering besides the use of c-clips in the former
>>23421632>more hollow partsThere's fewer hollow parts in HGs now than ever before.
I gotta say the inner frame of this thing is very impressive
why do so many of you post from balconies
>>23421602I mean, it'd look just like a Crossbone Ver Ka with the more cartoony Hasegawa skull design. If you like the look you like the look.
But fixing the joints is pretty simple and as for the hands, try looking for third party MG hands on AliExpress or something. I myself haven't bothered.
>>23421648>>23421650Bandai MG inner frames look so complex these days I love it
>>23421660the thrill of my kit possibly getting knocked over and falling to it's death gives me a boner
>>23421660because there's no clean spot in my room to photograph
>>23421648>all this intricate inner frame >barely any mechanical detailing on itWhat's even the point
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Sorry for shit doodle, but which blade shape do you prefer? Used grey to mark where the edge is.
Trying to work out using SD BB Senshi Exia's GN Swords on a HG without it looking silly. Left is its normal silhouette, right is my idea how to tweak it and make it look more unique. Both look a bit strange, but at some point if I modify it too much it'd be just easier to make a brand new one outta plastic plates instead.
>>23421664By tightening then, you just put paint or something on the pegs to make them larger?
>>23421660Natural lighting and the sweet thrill of your kit falling off if you don't put it in a stable pose or if the wind blows too hard. pic related lol
any good japanese plamo channel that isn't focused solely on gunpla?
>>23421632You dont know what you're tallking about shut up.
>>23421690I like that yeah, thanks for the idea anon
Respond to this post with any other Groupbuild themes you want to see. So far the list is:
>Mahou Shoujou (Magical girl mechs)
>Squad (Vote on a paintscheme as a group and everyone uses that paint scheme for whatever they want)
>Giant Weapons (Hueg weapons)
>Loadout (Lots of weapons on a single mech)
>Zeon (Build anything Zeon/Neo-Zeon/etc)
>Tamiya (Build something using a Tamiya kit)
>Gundam Wing (Build something from Gundam Wing to celebrate it's 30th Anniversary
>Collab (Build a non-mech character out of mech parts)
>Support Vehicle (Build a mech and a vehicle that supports that mech)
>Starship (Build a spaceship
>Round (Build a round boi)
>Elemental (Choose an element and build a mech based off it)
>Duo (Build a pair of robots that compliment each other)
>Mythological (Build a mech themed after heroes, monsters, and gods from mythology)
>Scale Model (Build a mech kitbashed with a scale model kit like a tank or plane)
>Urban Warfare (Build something suited for combat in an urban environment
>Ma.K (Build something from the Maschinen Krieger series or something that matches the aesthetics of it)
>Armored Up (Build a fully armored mobile suit, or a power suit for a human)
>Junkyard (Build a mech built out of scrap parts
>Transformable (Build a mech that can transform between at least two modes
>Villain (Build a final boss-tier villain mech)
Feel free to keep suggesting ideas, as we only got two days left before I start up the voting for the next theme.
>>23421739Shinonome Umis channel is about gunpla and also her boobs.
>>23421767god I wish I was her
>>23421764Wouldn't spaceships fit the support vehicle theme?
>>23421764>build a mech out of scrap partsI've always found myself impressed by people who can kitbash/scratch build mechs from recycled junk but I honestly have no idea how to even get into that side of the hobby outside of extreme consumerism, dumpster diving, or fixing my 3d printer
>Mahou Shoujou (Magical girl mechs)
Zaku with a colorful skirt and a wand
>Squad (Vote on a paintscheme as a group and everyone uses that paint scheme for whatever they want)
Zaku with the paintscheme
>Giant Weapons (Hueg weapons)
Zaku with a big cannon
>Loadout (Lots of weapons on a single mech)
Zaku with a big cannon and two guns
>Zeon (Build anything Zeon/Neo-Zeon/etc)
Gouf
>Tamiya (Build something using a Tamiya kit)
Zaku wielding a tamiya hobby knife
>Gundam Wing (Build something from Gundam Wing to celebrate it's 30th Anniversary
Leo with some weathering
>Collab (Build a non-mech character out of mech parts)
Black Zaku (jin roh)
>Support Vehicle (Build a mech and a vehicle that supports that mech)
Zaku with a deployment truck
>Starship (Build a spaceship
Zaku with a flying saucer instead of legs
>Round (Build a round boi)
Dom with some weathering
>Elemental (Choose an element and build a mech based off it)
Blue Zaku
>Duo (Build a pair of robots that compliment each other)
Black Zaku and White Zaku
>Mythological (Build a mech themed after heroes, monsters, and gods from mythology)
Zaku with a trident
>Scale Model (Build a mech kitbashed with a scale model kit like a tank or plane)
Zaku with treads
>Urban Warfare (Build something suited for combat in an urban environment
Grey Zaku
>Ma.K (Build something from the Maschinen Krieger series or something that matches the aesthetics of it)
Zaku with no thinner
>Armored Up (Build a fully armored mobile suit, or a power suit for a human)
big Zaku
>Junkyard (Build a mech built out of scrap parts
Zaku with lots of weathering
>Transformable (Build a mech that can transform between at least two modes
Tripod Zaku
>Villain (Build a final boss-tier villain mech)
Red Zaku
>>23421764Criminal! Non military grunts that steal shit.
>>23421775There's overlap but not they're pretty difference since one lets you build an X-Wing while the other doesn't really.
>>23421777The main thing that helps is being able to get ahold of a bunch of cheap kits solely for the purpose of kitbashing. For instance, I had the HG Wing Zero and HG Destiny sitting in my backlog, but pre-ordered the RG Wing Zero TV once it was announced and managed to snag an RG Destiny on sale. Both of the HG kits were already bought on discount, so it was an easy choice.
You can also just go to AliExpress and buy bootlegs.
>>23421781>Round (Build a round boi)>Dom>not Aggjin, Zock, Agg or Gigan
>>23421764Beetleborgs group build
>>23421739I found this one through a couple muv-luv customs he did 3 or 4 years ago but it's still primarily gunpla.
>>23421821retard moment
https://youtube.com/@craftachannel
>>23421109Ghost anon here, thanks!
Here is a photo.
>>23420220I used the HG Crossbone Gundam X-0 Full Cloth, but I also have the MG Crossbone Gundam X-1 Full Cloth. I like the HG better because it's joints are sturdier and it can hold the weapons tight.
>>23421823yeah no I think it's the most watched one, already knew and yeah it's mostly gunpla
feels like zak did more koto reviews than the entirety of japan, or it's the search algo that's fucking me
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>>23421777Kit bashing/Scratch building is very fun, but it eats up a lot of time. You will need to glue together parts that were never meant to join, and you need to wait for the glue to cure/harden before gluing the next bit.
The parts of Mortarleg here is scavenged from:
MG Deathscythe
HGUC Z'gok-E
HGUC Marasai
Balden Arm Arms
30mm Backpack set
Various bits from Various kits
Styrene sheet and rods and strip.
It takes forever and its why I'm the slowest builder in these contests...
>>23421777Some kits come with a ton of spare parts. Even retail ones. Also bootlegs are a decent way to go about it
>>23421871ngl, I've been tempted for a while to buy the entire 30MM line just to see what's possible with it, but while the kits are individually cheap it adds up fast
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>>23421109had the idea for my Zaku's mascot being a prairie dog, standing up on his hind legs and give him a helmet and bazooka slung over his shoulder.
>>23421885Don't follow the same hole I did, like year ago or something I posted photo of all spare/optional parts, including several 30MS bodies and 30MM sets - all few boxes of them. Almost everyone wash shocked.
>>23421885https://x.com/aki_sat02020
This guy does crazy stuff with 30MM
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just ordered the Fat Cat upscaled RG and the Hemoxian Thor on ali. I'm in a very chinkino mood rn.
dunno where I'll actually put the fuckers but we'll deal with that later
This is the current backlog, what should be my next project?
>>23421834I really love the paint job on this, mind telling me what paint you used?
>>23421934Force Impulse, but paint it in Spec II colors.
>>23421117it was the most expensive mg of all time too. still too cheap for a second beam saber runner
>>23421539they have better undergating than bandai
>>23421739YUCHI does a lot of girlpla but also FSS
https://www.youtube.com/@yuchi0321/videos
>>23421764AoZ theme would've been nice if more people on /gpg/ cared about AoZ lore
>>23421781>big Zaku>not Zaku F2000
>>23421934take the five star pill
>>23421951I have no idea what is going on with AoZ other than apparently it's a Titans Test Team of expendables being given access to experimental prototypes that are even more experimental and prototype-ish than the prototypes we see in Zeta
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>>23421961NO FLIPPIN WAY
ARE THOSE MORE RECOLORS SO YOU DONT HAVE TO PAINT
>>23421951I almost suggested an AoZ theme but I really would rather build a spaceship so I suggested starship instead.
>>23421936The base to all was a primer > Mr Color Gloss Black.
The silver I used Mr Color Super Chrome Silver 2 > Mr Hobby, Mr Color Super Clear III UV Cut Gloss.
The "white" was a pre-shading with Mr Color Off White > Mr Crystal Color Moonstone Pearl > Mr Color Lascivus Clear White.
The red was a Tamiya Acrylic Clear red over the silver part.
I lost a piece from the P-Bandai HG GM Sniper. Can I harvest an equivalent piece from one of the other GM Sniper kits or am I SOL?
Or is there a website I can turn to? Plamokitbash doesn't have what I'm looking for.
>>23422026Specifically, B1 3. It's the back piece to the closed left hand.
>>23422035Extremely easy to steal another piece from any similar kit.
>>23422035Pretty sure every kit with the standard HG hands has this.
>>23422038>>23422044Oh dang, really? Sweet.
Thanks.
>Harro gweilo, you rike drawing of dinosaur gundam on twittah? Good, verry good, we make model of dinosaur gundam for you, is good price, very good price, you rike it rong rong time.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005009623862053.html
>>23422050what can i even say beside based and chadpilled? maybe thank you and may I have more
>https://youtu.be/MT4NlEn0aS4?si=KlJ4PY6lP6XXR494
How much painting do I have to do to get my very own gunpla waifu.
>>23422065Depends on how much enamel fumes you inhale.
Painted my first spoons. My local hobby store mislead me into think normal Mr Color was alcohol based acrylics, so I picked up some Aqueous WFM colors to do on an Aerial I have sitting around. Got a Varjello primer and a top coat (which isn't on yet).
Pretty sure I went a bit heavy as I was distracted by the spoons catching the air and spinning and needing to stop that.
>>23422009Sweet, โpreciate that anon. Like the colors and the shine on that.
>>23422065I would lovingly discipline her and make her go back to the humble brush and safe acrylics
>>23422072shouldve entered groupbuild
>>23422080spoons are the artillery of cutlery afterall
>>23422080Are spoons artillery?
>>23422066I would inhale the fumes direct from her tummy.
>>23421764handguns/pistols
>>23422077Not if she disciplines you back and make you embrace the lacquers and enamels.
>>23421764BIOMECHA THEME: Build a mecha/cyborg with a visibly biological component integrated into the machine (Robocop, Evangelion, Aura Battler, etc)
>>23422091I like this but don't have any kits for it yet, maybe in 2 or 3 gbs
>>23422091the entirety of this build will also be girlpla
Thinking of painting my old MG wing zero metallic, should I do it in GX metallic paints or do candy paint.
>>23422121I for one am completely fine with that
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>>23421764i'd vote for Tamiya to force /gpg/ into working on something out of their comfort zone and to filter snapshitters
>>23421984why fuck? is it in pbandai jail?
>>23421764Fusion groupbuild
two of the suggested themes are randomly selected
make a mecha based on both themes
>>23422091this is a great concept but i fear i lack the skill to paint meat robots
>>23422091sounds cool
can't do it
I can barely paint regular robots as is, I'm still in the "blast it in 2-3 base colors and do minor detailing afterwards"
>>23422091A girlpla group build that filters out the clanker fuckers. Hell yeah.
>check local website for 30MS parts
>hair part set I want is the only one they don't have
>>23422188I bought them out
>>23422143Don't do it to spite shitters, do it for our nigga
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has anybody used this? how does spraying this over a base coat compare to just using one of their prism pearls over primer or mr crystal color over a base coat?
>>23422088Boy, Im a massive pistolfag, I'd dominate with my custom guns.
>>23422238Oh I love gachimuchi
>>23421961The G-3 colours is always nice.
>>23421951Oh man, the amount kits that you will have to butcher just for this.
>>23421660I use my terrace for my outdoor shots
>>23421984Just paint a normal one
>>23421984What's different from the regular light type Guncannon aside from the gundan hammer? Can't you just paint the normal one
>>23422065>handpainting tips>it's just detail painting on airbrushed surfaces>nothing on painting larger surfaces, priming by hand or varnishingCute but dumb
>>23421020Just snapshidded my Red Gundam. It's gonna be a bit of a challenge to paint all the tiny details.
>Preordered the pb phenex.
So what am I in for?
http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/asg_b/
Hasegawa jumping in the girlpla bandwagon.
wake me up when Tamiya makes girlpla
>>23422295old man is dead, the son might do it.
>>23422283a Phenex made of peanut butter. It's very hard to assemble, I hear.
>>23422295This is why zak had him taken out. He just wouldn't do it.
>>23422091this would be cool af but only have like 3 entries
>>23422277do you guys not get rid of flash marks on initial build or are you just a shitter
I had a moment of weakness
>>23422387I do it before painting. There's no point in doing surface prep if it's just gonna gather dust for a couple days before I blast black on random edges
>>23422295They used to make kantai collection kits. Just the boats though, you only got a plate of the girl.
>>23422238why is the red gundam pink???
>>23422303Well shit from what Im seeing its not as undergated like the hyaku shiki and that underneath the coat its white plastic.
have any of you been to to those gundam building meetups? are they any fun?
>>23422410yeah I lost my virginity the first time I went to one
>>23422415was it with a guy or a girl?
>>23422290Hasegawa has been very diverse in genre for a long time now.
>>23421984You can literally recreate it with retail Lightcannon and Red Gundam's mace.
>>23422091Could someone do a Gundam but with visible muscle texture? Like with putty.
>>23422072>Painted my first spoons.You are now a real modeler.
>watching a nip painting a HG 00 Qan[T] in (You)tube
>notice how he just full blasts his paint and gets away with it
why are they like this?
>>23421902so much effort for such a mediocre result
Lets see you do better then.
Why dont you give (you) then.
>>23422474Lacquers are completely retard proof and anything you do with them will look well painted.
>40th anniversary of Zeta Gundam
>still no Gundam MK-II Ver. Ka MG announcement
wtf Bandai
>>23422536Nagano is still alive.
>>23421667Or better yet, a bird of prey thinks your little Gunpla is a potential meal and it swoops down and carryโs it off to parts unknown.
>>23422091Ready to make some HR Giger tier shit
>>23420273For that laser, I did it by gluing some red explosive effect cotton to a clear plastic rod. I spun it as I glued it, and sprayed a bit of orange and red ink over it. Then just super glued it right to the gun
>>23421902looks like a rejected IBO suit
>>23421902>one of the kitbash sources is the most expensive 30mm kit and that just for one part onlyjesus christ!
>>23422555not like he threw out all the other parts though, just more parts for another kitbash
>>23421934What's with the blank box on the top left bro
>>23422569>>23422568>>23422570God damn, I wanna do a cityscape diorama.
>>23422568>>23422569>>23422570This is the kinda shit that makes me look at my snapshit in shame.
>>23422574there was a walking castle model which imo is the most beautiful build presented there. i'm still looking for pics of that.
>>23422585Is this artillery?
>>23422587No, it's a train.
>>23422587i think sniper rifles don't count as artillery in /gpg/'s groupbuild, so by that definition, no.
>>23422575What's the orange one on the right, a Gustav Karl?
>>23422594Ah. Seems like a nice build.
>>23422588Why is my artillery group build posted there.
>>23421020Messing around with Kelderek loadouts
>>23422602Your artillery groupbuild is a little late anon
This is how Bandai see their customers
>>23422616Where did you find this photo of me?
>>23422616Um I'm not a wh*te collar drone
>>23422568>>23422569>>23422570oh hey I was there for day 1 and day 4, also those are really nice shots
>>23422615Damn can I get an extension
If I want to buy something on premium bandai jp do they charge upfront or when it ships?
>>23422638upfront
you can't order without a JP address though and if you've got that it seems weird you'd be asking here
>>23422260Very cool astray. Was fixing the leg a pain in the ass ?
>>23422641Not really, once I got the new frame parts cleaned up and painted it was just a matter of transferring the existing armor parts, wasn't cheap though. Two frame parts was a quarter of the kit's price when I bought it.
>>23422640Having a Japanese address isn't hard whether proxy or not. It's the card acceptance that's usually the issue
>>23421894You asked for it.
>>23422657Where do you get those small zip lock bags?
for new megami device releases, do they usually appear cheaper on yahoo or mercari immediately after release or is it best to preorder?
>>23421871Stuff like this is kind of cool though. It reminds me of if some kids or hobbists collected junk floating around in space
>>23422660Corvus Belli metal miniatures used to be packed in those so I have lots of them.
Is gaogao just another Daban alias?
>>23422686Gaogao is a different company from Daban IIRC. they're the bottom of the barrel when it comes to quality.
>>23422686https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1gi4y1L7oS/
>GaoGao (2009~2013) = Daban (2013~2018) is confirmed because they were registered under the same company at some point>TT Hongli (2001~2008) = GaoGao is speculation but likely true, their company owners have the same surnames and factories are just next door
>>23422705apparently Gaogao still exists to this day as XFS
>>23422700>they're the bottom of the barrel when it comes to quality.Depends on the kit, really. I mean they're not great or anything but I have a couple of HGs from them that are pretty decent for the price. I just wouldn't risk buying a MG or RG.
>>23422749a magical girl killed my mother and raped my father
I will never vote for them
>>23422749I voted so that I can submit my artillery mahou shoujo
>>23422763now show me it next to Nineball and White Glint
>>23422763Bandai's 30mm ver in comparison
>>23422749Please don't, I want excuse to skip GP.
>>23421278>>23421264>>23421261My boy. I always liked the progression of Dynames, Cherudim, Zabanya.
>>23421961>Still no Zaku 2.0>Still no Zeta 2.0>Still no Sinanju 2.0God fucking damn it.
>>23422763Much closer to in-game but still ever so slightly off.
>>23421764You forgot funposting
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>>23422782Nothing is 1:1, anon
>>23422443I did an organic Zogok putty. It's not hard.
>>23422801Either you die as a Zgok E or you live long enough to become a Zogok.
First paint attempt.
One thing I learn from this, I still need a paint brush.
>>23422807>I still need a paint brush.What were you painting this with then, your fingers?
the fuck is a scriber expensive for, big plamo
>>23422818premium chinese tungsteel folded a gorillion times to never dull on polystyrene
>>23422197I got a bottle of it last week, so I could play around with it myself. Life is busy for me right now, but I'll post results eventually.
Hello bros, just wanted to drop by and share this unexpected but welcome win in our local show.
>>23422823congrats good job
just finished the slog of painting all the while on my MG unicorn, now struck with the urge to paint my Sazabi ver.ka white too
RELEASE MEEE AAAAAAAAAA
>>23422823Congratulations!
>>23422831Painting the unicorn white when itโs already white is just stupid
>>23422823Wark-wark*
*TL note- 'wark-wark' means 'omedetou'
>>23422823Congrats, great kit choice too.
>>23422794how the hell neither respects the artist's wishes when 3D reference models should be readily accessible for them?
>>23422853how do you know the game was true to the artists wishes? it is entirely possible compromises were made taking the design from concept art to a 3D model in a game engine
>>23422878okay I believe you
>>23422154I like this idea desu
>>23422443Yeah in fact I encourage it
Funny things to say in /gpg/:
Snapshit
Paintlet
Blasting basecoats at 50 psi
Blasting black on random edges
Baseshitters
Slop
Chang
Changhands
Memehands
Chinkshit
Creative colors
Coast Guard colors
Clown colors
Titans color
Clown shoes
Shitcrylics
Kino alert
SHITtoki
GODtoki
Greeble
Anime accuracy
Hobby mafia
Redditnotes/memenotes
Mustard gas
Pagpag
Chinkcore
Chinkkino
I just finished my putty job and now my throat is itchy
Relevant scale
O MY ORANGE PEEL
Doctors recommend Mr Color
nice CLEAN build/paintjob
Painting in base colors with no shading looks like bare plastic topcoated
My kit is in customs
Box posting
Invoice posting
AoZ
Advance of Kino/advanced zeta's kino into slop
Longsnapping
Post snapchad kino
Post snapgod kino
Barzamfag
Backlog posting
Mogged
Mr Goylor
Ver.Kino
Posting freshly stocked kits and saying it flopped
Respecting the artists wishes
>>23422823>silverKWAB!
just kidding that's pretty nice
>>23422834White plastic is translucent as fuck
You'd know how different white paint looks compared to even topcoated plastic if you were a paintchad
>>23422953artillery is the new meaningless buzzword
>want to go to the craft store
>bus never showed up
>go to the hobby supply webstore
>login is fucked
ok then
>>23422996can't be helped you need to paint with your own blood :(
Question, I want to try making a mirror finish, and I heard its important to treat the surface before painting. But when I use primer, I get a rought surface. Should I sand the primer layer until I get a even surface, or just not use primer and prepare the plastic surface?
>>23422818Once you have it you'll never need another one for the rest of your life. Kinda like Tamiya panel liner accent
>>23422260God Amatsu Mina is SEX
I really should get myself one of the higher tier kits, the HG was my favorite for years and years
>>23423030First question is, are you using a fine surfacer like Mr Surfacer 1500 or any finishing surfacer? This will impact your mirror finish massively. Also sanding your primer is a thing if you really want that smooth finish.
>>23423036I use Mr Surfacer 1500, but sometime it clumps In the airbrush nozzle and sprays some residue.I may have a problem with my airbrush flow, but the sanding part was the thing I was most curious.
>>23423041are thinning it properly?
>>23422817Acrylic markers.
>>23423043I think I am, but I was using the Tamiya thinner for my projects and didn't get great results. I used the Mr Color recently and had great results with the paint.
>>23423053Which tamiya thinner is that? This is important, because tamiya has two one for their acrylic line and the other is for their lacquer line
>>23423057It was the lacquer one.
>>23423061you might not be thinning and mixing it enough then, or could also be that your primer is drying too fast inside your cup
>>23422283Fitting issues because of the coating.
>>23423064Is there any way to prevent primer from drying inside the cup ? Not the same anon but I feel like it happens on very hot days
>>23423068put a few drops of paint retarder, or use their leveling thinner which is a mix of both thinner and retarder. both tamiya and mr color have this kind of thinner
What do you anons use for mixing in? I've been using disposable shot glasses and jello shot cups (when I need lids), but they are a bit annoying for smaller amounts.
>>23423072I already use leveling thinner. May try adding a little retarder to it some time
>>23423101I freeball it in the airbrush cup
>>23423046What are Gundam Markers exactly? Waterbased acrylics? There's plenty of marker colors I have yet to see from Vallejo's and AK so I'm thinking of purchasing some markers just to use the paint with an actual brush
>>23421493If you can't modify the hilt, or modify the hand, your only real options are to glue it in place or put some space filler in the gap.
>>23422389Space Portanova is cool. Remarkably stable, I expected its stilt legs to be almost vestigial, but it actually stands really well.
>>23421764Someone else's suggestion from last thread I liked but might have been missed or discounted: spare parts/emergency refit, Ace mechs that have been refitted with mass production model parts either to save on costs or as a field repair. Ez-8 all the things.
>>23423101I use small paint trays bought from a local hobby shop, I've had chink ones rust on me so I use Mr hobby's
>>23423132Like a plastic paint pallet like you use when brushing?
Will they put rg tallgeese tv animation color and rg tallgeese ii on penis bandai for wing anniversary?
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I tried top coating today outside. I thought I didn't need a mask since I was outside. I ended up standing kind of down wind. Now the back of my throat feels funny I coughed a few times. Am I going to die?
I can't believe how fast pic relates goes empty. It wasn't cheap.
>>23423134No, I mean stainless steel ones like picrel.
I do use them as palletes from handbrushing alongside a ceramic one, plastic is harder to clean so I don't use it.
Does /m/ like this nu gundam?
>>23423129That's good to know because I forgot to buy any action bases.
>>23423101I have a roll of wax paper I bought almost a decade ago for 1.99 that I cut squares from to use as dry palettes
>>23423136>I can't believe how fast pic relates goes empty. It wasn't cheap.Stop buying these.
One I realized how expensive rattlecans of varnish and primer are I just started priming and varnishing by hand.
I'm not spending 60 bucks in cans every time I want paint a Master Grade
>>23423141better than katoki's
>>23423141>squished faceplate>round headcringe
I can still prevent the artillery groupbuild award ceremony tragedy...
>>23423101Used disposable and the metal trays. Each have their problems but I've found silicone cups to be the best. Let's you squeeze out all the paint and even turn it inside out to clean. Also paint sticks a lot less
>>23423141What does the inner frame look like?
>>23423150>One I realized how expensive rattlecans of varnish and primer are I just started priming and varnishing by hand.Airbrush primer is a lot cheaper, as is hardware store varnish and primer. I've personally been really impressed with hardware store primers and think they have come a long way in terms of color and finishes.
I have yet to find a matte varnish as good as the specialized stuff however. Have any anons tried different brands?
>>23423101I prethin in several bottles. 60/100mL for stuff I use all the time like primers, surfacers, white, black... For others I use 20 and 30mL bottles. Never had one go bad yet, some of them are 3 years old (refilled when needed, didn't leave them in a corner for 3 years) and still going strong. If I need a very small amount I'll put what I need directly in the airbrush cup and backflush to mix
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>>23423166Fucking bilibili won't let me increase the resolution within signing in.
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Mm5kzHEHD/
It doesn't look like there's room for an onahole.
>>23423169Cool and dandy but not everyone has the space and conditions to use an airbrush. I only have my desk in my own room and definitely won't spray stuff where I sleep.
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>>23423185most of my post was about pic related
>>23423189Sorry, saw the "airbrush primer" part. I apologize.
I'm building the RG Wing and I didn't know it was so small, it looks like a dwarf next to my other RGs
>>23423192Yeah it's like 1m taller than the Victory only. 90s Gundams were tiny to save money on kits.
Finally, the Kangz are plamo.
>>23423197>we wuz tank cren n shit!!!
>>23423167looks cute and all but i wish the 30ms line was a little more mecha and little less girl...
>>23423192Wth. Thatโs kind of lame
>>23423202>he can't even spellcheck 'crew' before hitting submitLol
>>23423209NTA but it is meant to be a mockery on Ugandan accent so he gets a pass for this.
>chinks keep maknig upscaled 1/72 kits:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2j36gY6lI0
>>23423245i will buy the upscaled 1/35 queen mansa when bandai finally makes a hg
>>23423205Yeah, kinda regret getting him tbqh
>>23423196I thought they were tiny because the fuck-huge super robots from ZZ and CCA didn't sell well enough so they went in the other direction
Does anybody have this paint? Thinking of using it for my Turn X but I can't find much paint tests online
>>23423255it was because tomino wanted smaller robots. he wanted something as small as 10 metres iirc but he compromised in the middle with bandai at 15 metres
>>23423256When in doubt, there is always the spoon, anon.
>>23423259Tomino had nothing to do with Wing tho. It was more like a descision from Bandai. Xi and Penelope are literally his OC Gundams and they are gigantic.
>>23423255I mean coincidentally it lined up with an economic downturn in Japan.
>>23423265the smaller robots in gundam thing was started by tomino with f91, before wing
Why did they raise the price $22 in 6 months?
>>23423275It didn't last long since the tiny mech thingy ended with Turn A. F91 project itself was something Bandai greenlit and heavily influenced, since Tomino really hates having Okawara onboard and would rather hire anybody else. Bandai wanted the legacy team to comeback and make a new Gundam together, that is why the film has Yas, Okawara and Tomino.
>>23423275Wing, X and G all of them have small protag gundam. None of those shows have Tomino on board. People give F91 and Victory alot of shit, but ignore the rest of the 90s. Small Gundam was either trendy back then or Bandai got retarded.
>>23423291It was for cost savings after the bubble economy burst.
Hm, would you look at that, the gcuck kits are also kinda small...
>>23423291they were all made after tomino set the trend
>>23423301>tomino set the trendLol no, Victory got absolutely shat on and no one wanted to buy the kits. That was why Bandai had to let UC hibernate until they felt confident enough with Unicorn. The world build/merchandise direction was decided by Bandai and Sunrise while Tomino could only work around the execs's vision. That is how production works.
>>23423306Why did victory get shat on so much that bandai had to let uc hibernate until unicorn?
>>23423197Dude on the right needs to be painted with a dragonball Z print tshirt.
>>23423310I think it was just a natural lifespan of a franchise. After a long time period and having your fanbase mindlessly consume your product and all of those products have similar smell, looks and taste, they will get burnt out and need time to recover. Victory was just an unlucky scapegoat to be blamed.
>>23423310Because no one likes smaller kits. I want my mecha to look like a badass machine of destruction, not a robotic midget
>>23423315I know the whole niggas love Dragon Ball meme but the franchise itself have some fun stuff so i can understand their obsession.
>>23423310the antagonist suits were 85% dogshit
antagonists traditionally outsold MC suits.
>>23422091Loses to Mahou Shoujo
>>23423321I thought they were cool. I like shokew, contio, zanneck, and memedorza.
>>23423316I thought victory just sucked.
>>23423320Honestly I just found the mental image of a guy wearing his favourite DBZ shirt to war funny.
>>23423328I like the Zanneck from those, but I think the rest look pretty shit. Ishigaki really focused on designs that were easy to animate first and foremost (although a little surface detail goes a long way for them).
I think they look too goofy and all the zanscare heads are pretty phoned in. terrible head designs for mooks (trying too hard to escape the generic monoeye) were a big problem for me with gundam X too.
>>23423310>uc hibernate until unicornThose 15 years of nothing but OYW side stories and OYW rehashes were rough for UC fans. Even after Unicorn came about it took the UCNext0100 initiative to force mangakas and other creators to start actually making new stuff set after 0087
>>23423347HOW THE FUCK WOULD WE KNOW?
>>23423348Idk maybe someoneโs uncle works at bandai.
if i find zero kits worth buying at the anime convention this weekend then i will overpay for an ex-s or fazz instead of waiting 4 months for the reprint
>>23423355Just wait four months for the reprint bro. You arenโt so much of a consoomer that you have to get your overpriced toys right now, are you?
>>23423346Strange to think how rare UC contents were in those years compares to the current era. Even Cururuz Doan movie was not that long ago.
>>23423346OYW side stories are fine. However, from 1994 to 2009, there were no ambitious UC projects in the same style as Unicorn, The Origin and Hathaway.
>>23423376>OYW side stories are fineNo theyโre not. War in the pocket was fine. Everything else was just shameless cash grabs with another fucking gundam in the oyw
This thing is just so bland and generic, i feel like Ebikawa got bored when he designed it.
https://x.com/KANETAKE/status/1952472757230539080
>>23423377stardust memory is fine, it's just cheesy top gun in space and takes place after OYW and before zeta with very little impact on the timeline.
only 08th MS team is gigadookie in this regard.
>>23423384Based fuck 8th ms team. That shit is reddit garbage.
>>23423384Well now you got Requiem for Vengeance as the new OYW spin off.
>>23423384>>234233858th ms is bad? I thought about giving it a try since afaik it's jungle guerilla combat
i absolutely don't give a fuck about UC as a whole
>>23423389it has great animation, but that's about it. the characters in particular are awful
>>23423389It's an interesting idea, but with bad characters and with 6/10 writing. It also has no justification for why the Ground Gundams exist in the OYW basically the exact same time the original Gundam was being built. Should have just been prototype GMs.
>>23423387RfV is quasi alt-UC in my headcanon
the GMs appearance contradicts the established development timeline.
>>23423384with out 0083 we wouldn't have monshaposting.
>>23423389it sells itself as "gritty war drama with grunts on the frontlines" with zero grit and a MC with more plot armor shenanigans than amuro himself, all whilst being a super generic romeo & juliette clone with the character development.
if you want actual gorilla warfare, watch 0083. it's hands down the best UC OVA.
>>23423393>bad characters and with 6/10 writingThis is almost every UC OVA
>>23423380yup, looks like another Ebikawa banger design
>>23423389Just watch Igloo
>>23423380ebikawa hasn't made a single good design post 00 S1
>>23423400Why did he fall off so hard?
>>23423405animators cried too much about "designs too hard to draw"
>>23423395>the GMs appearance contradicts the established development timeline.Nothing implies the specific date that RFV event happened. It could have happened near the end of OYW after both RX782 and GM were built. Also, RFV GMs were mass production version of Gundam EX, not RX78-2.
>>23423419>not this GM, that GM!!!!!08th apologist detected
>>23423432>it's another "LE 08TH REDDIT TEAM LE BAD REEE" meltykill yourself
>>23423444it'd have been good if they included the kiki biting off her own tongue bit
>>23423395>0083>hands down the best UC OVANina hands typed this post
>>23423447I meant 0080
fuck
(I hope this was obvious as 0083 had no gorilla warfare)
>>234234490083 has guerilla warfare though, the HLV assault and Cima's Marines attacking the Albion are both guerilla warfare to be quite honest
>>23423449>>23423451Almost everything involving Delez and Cima Fleet was Guerilla warfare, including Operation Stardust. it was all Asymmetrical Warfare involving a defeated remnant against a much more powerful Earth Federation.
The final battle with the Advance Axis Fleet was probably the only major direct confrontation in the whole thing.
>>23423400I was about to prove you wrong with Steel Haze Ortus, but then I realized that was Yanase, so yeah you're right
>>23423447Brainlets complain about Nina instead of Kou fucking over the feds while being blinded by revenge and bloodthirst.
>>23423491probably because Nina is the ultimate party responsible for the grainocide of north america
>>23423491I think everyone universally agrees that Kou is a cuck and a little bitch, and absolutely not what people wanted out of an "adult" protagonist
>>23423490The last Ebikawa design that i like is 30mm Verdenova. But that's about it. Everything else have been low efforted sludges.
>>23423490Yanase is not a strictly gundam guy. To me he always have been a vidya designer. He was Shinkawa's assistant for Metal Gear Solid 4 and MGR, designed mechs for Xenoblade X and AC2. Working in an environment that doesn't have much concerns about toys and merchandises can squeeze that talent out much better.
What markers do you guys like to use for detailing and touchups? Someone said the metallic sharpies are good but I can't imagine those covering well.
>>23423513>Verdenovathat's just this but worse
>>23423532The gold and silver gundam markers are pretty decent for what they are but I just apply them their paint with a brush anyways. I highly suggest you do the same, detail painting is much easier with a brush than a marker of any kind. Markers can look alright for bigger colour correction like a shield surface needing to be a different colour but not for, say, the common task of having to make vernier yellow or etc.
>>23423532Markers can only cover small details like camera and rivets. You will still have to paint if the details are huge. I think dspiae can do their job pretty well.
>>23423540Well fucking Yoji Shinkawa designed Genbu. Literally hydrolic bomb vs coughing baby you are making here.
https://x.com/figsoku_r/status/1952505647041560925
>>23423551The Gym Shitster.
>>23423551>Another GTO GM variantShant.
I like GTOGMs and I'm not sorry
GTO Zakus on the other hand, I hate
>>23423606>my hands after snapping together my kit.
>>23423606The fist on the right looks retarded
>>23423676The hands arenโt symmetrical
What's the best way to fix a loose joint? I got a problem with one of my Pharact's binders being having trouble staying attached to the backpack and to the pop-up thruster, both joints seem bad. Tips I've found said use superglue or nail polish to give it a bit of extra friction, is that legit or are there better options? Anything to be aware of?
>>23423662Wasn't most of GTO-MSD GM is the same as MSV anyway? I know kit like GM Guard Custom was based of GTO GM but others MSD like GM Cannon, GM Night Seeker and etc was based of MSV?
>>23423741matte coat for slight looseness
superglue for severe looseness (dab into cavity, insert joint, move joint until glue settles, trim excess glue)
>>23423741DSPIAE - BP-SP
It's better than any alternative and you can pick it up for less than a dollar.
>>23423750Yes, and I wish we got more MG models of those instead of the GTO HGs.
>>23423740I know but the kit has one of those open fists that ruins the immersion
Good Turn X color or not desaturated enough? This is Gaia prism pearl mint green over gray primer.
>>23423780We can pray it gets an open hand or a closed fist and they just haven't shown it yeah right
>>23423787It's a bit hard to tell, but maybe try adding a small amount of yellow.
>>23423796Does paint mixing work well with these prism pearls?
>>23423799I've had good results mixing their pink/blue prism color with clear colors, but you should test it yourself to see how it works with different colors. I'd probably try mixing it with a tiny bit of clear white if you want it to be a little more desaturated. Clear red if you don't have white but only a VERY tiny amount, like a drop or two. All that said, I think it looks pretty good as is.
do any of you enter local competitions or intend to
>>23423817last time I tried, I got fucked.
>>23423817last time I tried, I fucked someone
>>23423817I've done so for the last 2 years now, just our IPMS nationals though and not the official Bandai ones
I unironically love the Gyan Strom and Gelgoog Menace and I am not sorry
>>23423829>Gelgoog Menacewhy would you be sorry? they're great kits
>>23423817I don't know how to find my local competitions
>>23423551>>23423662This is not a The Origin GM. I don't know where this design comes from, but it's not actually The Origin's GM. It's a redesign of the normal GM, much more accurate but with extra detail. The Origin's GM looks like this.
With that being said: day 1 buy.
>>23423532I use a paintbrush
>>23423834Man, Origin is a complete mess.
>>23423832You just carry your gunpla with you in your Godhands holster at all times, ready to accept any challenge.
>>23423817I got disqualified from a local gbwc for using 2 parts from a 30 minutes add on kit. Maybe I should build something again this year, but the hobby town entries are due in 12 days and I don't even know what I would do.
>>23423831A lot of people seem to have autismal hatred for anything SEED, especially the kits that are "UC suit but SEEDed"
are clear colors, just very thinned downed regular colors?
is it a meme to buy them?
>>23423817Maybe one day I will, I looked up some entries of one of the only competitions anywhere near me and people straight up enter unpainted gunpla. Would be fun to show up to mog them, even if I'd still be getting mogged myself by a boomer with an insane battleship diorama.
Also I just couldn't be fucked with the treck and sharing a space with that many other spergs at once.
Messing around with dspiae chrome marker for the first time, and how am I supposed to protect the shine? Even letting a piece dry for a couple of days just touching it will take the shine off. I tried a gloss topcoat, and again it took the chrome effect off and was just left with gloss silver.
>>23423851>are clear colors, just very thinned downed regular colors?No
>is it a meme to buy them?No
>>23423829Reminder that only secondaries hate on Seed.
>>23423866use waterbased clear coat, and do very light mist coats
Just decided what I want to do for GBWC, but it would have to be next year for sure. I wanna figure out how to scratch build a Gundam out of pla plate and putty or whatever, but make it look like it's an origami gundam. I've got some scratch building and sculpting experience but not enough to pull that off, but I like the idea.
When is the next time they announce new kits? Iโm starting to get kind of bored. Need a rg master and mg mk ii ver ka
>>23423850not sure why, it's one of my favorites
>>23423878They literally just did you fucking ADHD pozzed zoomer
>>23423878Why don't you build the shit shit you've already got?
>>23423877100% scratch built? Pretty sure you need to have a minimum of 50% gunpla base kit to be allowed into GBWC
>>23423885Yeah it was just some penis bandai slop of stuff we already have but with the colors changed for snapshitters
>>23423890I hear they even bring in the James Workshop Snifftesters to make sure it's pure Bandai plastic
>>23423888My hobby is buying stuff
>>23423891That's 99% of what Bandai models are. Build something good for once.
>>23423890Hmmm okay, killing myself now and then bombing the second factory
>>23423899But I think gundams are cool
>>23423844I don't like how almost every Federation suit in Origin has a cannon attached to their shoulder
>>23423917They were doing the artillery groupbuild
Okay what about the origami idea, but only exactly 50% of it is like that, the rear is snapshitted. Maybe a demi trainer spray painting something in an alleyway. No, actually that's a shit idea. Nobel sitting on a casting couch? Haro-mund Freud psychoanalyzing the rx-78-2?? AAAAAAAAAARGH WHY CAN I ONLY COME UP WITH SHIT IDEAS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH
>>23423844The design itself looks fine, but the proportions are really ugly. Why are the limbs so gangly compared to a big boxy torso and bobble head
>>23423737>This got 7000 upvotesReddit. . .
>>23423925Two words. Hajime Katoki.
Thoughts on the master grade extreme gundam unicorn compared to the ova version?
>>23423737This gave me some dull pain to gaze at
Why come the victory ver kas arenโt as good as the zeta or zz? Was the technology just not there for transforming mobile suits?
>>23423964it looks fucking great when completed but yeah it's total shite
>>23423972I just donโt like how small it is. I wish they would of made it a little bigger.
>>23423983It was my first MG and I liked the stand but man I'd barely look at it and he'd fall apart. It's a small suit in universe I think though
>>23423928it had the word "wife" in the title, it was bound to get thousands
>>23423964Small size plus the tech to design a proper transforming frame during the time wasn't there yet. V2 is supposedly better but not much
>>23424008V2 is a lot better than the V, but the V is quite frankly extremely bad so "a lot better" still ends up pretty subpar.
>>23424008V2 also cheated by being bigger than it should be.
>>23424024Was it to make room for the core block?
>>23424024Why did they cheated? Are they stupid?
>>23424025No, V is fully feature complete as is the V2, it's more just for stability in general. The biggest problem with the V is that everything is very fiddly and poorly secured. It's a model where moving one part is going to make another part fall off.
>>23424028This bothers me greatly. I need them to be same head height.
>>23424030The HGUCs are scaled right, but they're also not particularly great models either.
>>23424028>a full centimeter tallerI don't like this
>>23424033The worst part is that it is an absolute nightmare to try and fix. It doesn't even have obscenely long thighs like the V that you could just chop down. All the proportions are proper, it's just too big in every way.
>>23424028This is so fucking stupid and retarded. I was thinking of getting both of them but this just ruins it for me. Canโt even wait for the rg because those would be so small theyโd be meme tier.
>>23424045The RG Crossbone X-1 is a really good model thoughbeit, and I think an RG V/V2 could be too.
>>23423817I'mm entering the competition at a local anime convention this weekend but i think it won't be eligible for their gbwc category because of the umamusume stuff. I do however aim to steal the public vote by capitalizing on the global launch popularity
>>23423853how retarded do you have to be to enter an unpainted gunpla to a competition??
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BTTA1WPijXI
>>23422585finally found a pic of the walking castle. easily the highlight of the show for me aside from the Japanese City diorama
>>23423789Just buy the better hands DLC
>>23424086I bet this whole thing was brush painted
>>23424088miss the days of HY2M hands that were specifically designed for the MS
>>2342408640k bros we can't stop winning
if mandarake lists an item as
> Unassembled/package damaged
i should be okay for the item right? it just means the box is damaged?
>>23424096Yes. The package damaged part I think they just put on everything that is second hand for legal reasons. I buy them all the time and the box is never damaged. Maybe if you look really closely you can find a blunted corner or something. Itโs all just shit that sat in some NEETs box fort.
>>23423834It is the Origin version of regular UC MSV, same with like the Night seeker and the GM cannon
>>23423844But you are correct that itโs a separate GM design that they base all these off, the actual animated Origin GM has changes to resemble the manga more closely, but theyโre both Origin GM designs
>>23424099I always see the scam warnings (i know mandarake is legit though) so im trying to make it go smooth as possible since im actually going to buy it.
the model i'm getting is BANDAI SPIRITS MG/Gundam Base Limited 1/100 Mobile Suit Z Gundam Zaku Cannon Z Gundam
i read the guide, picked up cutters. however i still hav ea few questions:
Sometimes i see 'stickers' for sale? do i need pick those up?
if i choose to 'weather' or paint it later is it easy to paint and/or take apart if assembled?
>>23424104>Sometimes i see 'stickers' for sale? do i need pick those up?Usually the gundam comes with stickers and people pick up waterslide decals instead. However, some kits come with waterslide decals instead. I think being a gundam base kit it should come with water slides.
>if i choose to 'weather' or paint it later is it easy to paint and/or take apart if assembled?yea ppl do it all the time.
>Finally release a first party aquatic GM
>Pbandai
FUCK YOU
>>23424115You should've seen it coming with Marine Gundam being PB. Aquatic feds are premium domain
>>23424119Makes sense, who cares about that shit. Never even heard of it. All the million โgm/zaku recolor with a new backpack and weapon setโ belongs on p-bandai.
>>23422657thanks anon
I just bought five more 30MM sets
I think I am developing a problem
but I did some painting over the weekend and a little bit of building tonight so it's not so bad I hope...
>>23424110thanks anon! if i like this kit i tink im going to pick up the ungodly expensive unicorn bd set with the kit or a hyakushiki
>got everything I need to start working on my HGUC Nu HWS
>kind of want to start right now while feeling motivated while also still feeling the exhaustion from finishing two 1/144 scale kits that I did back to back
>>23423551>>23424115>GM Sloep>lore-wise it's not supposed to actually look different from the standard GM besides the extra marine equipment>it's clearly been re-engineered from the ground up to have improved details and motion range>we will never get a HG GM 2.0 despite this>the original HG kit from 2001 is still in print despite so many opportunities to give it a ReviveI don't care that we can army build using the GM Type-C or GM Command Space/Colony. The original GM deserves better.
>>23424157to be fair, that 2001 GM is dirt cheap so you can easily make and army out of it. if GM gets a Revive to this day, it would be 3x more expensive!
>>23424164Eh, probably not that high. That old GM is somewhere around $10, but it has such dogshit joint range and seams out the asshole (like seriously, these are the types of seam lines you would expect on an NG 1/144 kit from the mid 90's). A properly built GM Revive would have better-designed joints that let you pose your army better, and an actual attempt at hiding seam lines. At most it would cost about $20 apiece, which is more than worth it. Hell, look at the HG Leo, a 2018 grunt MS that you can get for $11 each on a good day.
Is there a 3rd party kit of the Super Custom Zaku F2000
>>23423532I bought a set of DSPIAE markers like 2 years ago and I still use them occasionally, they have a soft tip you don't have to press on so they don't glob paint on like gundam markers
I only had 1 of them dry out on me, the silver one, but that's mostly because I left it open a lot while doing details
Welp, I suppose today determines if I become "chinkpilled" or "sinophobic"
Any tips before I start?
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/N8qzH23cDU4?feature=share
don't think I'll ever get this good when it comes to painting pilot figures
>>23424249I built the red version. It's pretty good. Comes with a longer blade for the Composite Shield Booster which is very cool.
Elbow joints are pretty tight though. On my Bandai HG they are a bit flimsy and easy to accidentally disassemble. AK seems to have tried to correct that but now they are really tight. Could be easy to snap if you aren't careful.
>>23424297>I built the red versionMine's the red one as well. I chose it because I like the psychoblade and if I'll decide to repaint it in lighter colors it'll be easier on red plastic than black
>Elbow joints are pretty tight thoughSand the elbow, got it.
Also, I never wash bandai kits before assembly, but people here say some bootlegs use toxic mold release, is that true or fearmongering?
>>23424086Holy jesus christ.
>we were supposed to get a MG Xeku Zwei alongside the MG S Gundam but it was never released
another reason to hate bandai
>>23424298Are you forgetting that Nightingale that gave people a nasty rash?
>>23424303god I love just saying things
it's so fun
can't believe they cancelled the 1/1 lacus sexdoll either
>>23424307QRD? I can't forget something I don't know about
I only visit this general when the plastic crack muse strikes me and makes me want to paint something 2-3 times a year
>>23424318chink bootleg sellers stopped shipping the Fire Hawk nightingale because there was a report that a builder got rashes while working on the kit. apparently the mould release agent they used was so strong it was irritating the skin. seems like an isolated case though because others were fine.
>>23424028>>23424031Does the Victory Gundam not have a single good kit?
>>23424334The Second V is a fantastic kit.
>>23424337Fantastic is an overstatement, it's just okay but it still gets plenty of things wrong
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>Literally GM Slop
>>23424345>SLOEPPBandai is literally mocking gm sloppers.
>>23424339>plenty of things wrongLike what?
>>23424337>Comically huge lego handsYikes
>>23424356Yeah, a solid 70% of HG hands suck, anything else?
Gallus J seems to have alot of efforts put in.
>>23424359>Claimed it is a fantastic kit>Admitted that it has shit handsMake up your damn mind.
>>23424362except for the hand molds
>>23424363Fantastic isn't the same as flawless.
>>23424365You vill buy za handz. And you vill be happy.
>>23424371no sir
I will buy 4 more Reben Wolves
>>23424334The HGUC kits are fine, I dunno what that guy is talking about. Especially the V2AB and V-Dash, lots of stuff in those boxes
>>23424363>>23424365>>23424363hands are the easiest things to replace on a kit, you're just admitting you don't have any modelling skill
>>23424350Legs too long and too thin
Enormous hands
Many missing details
I can't even fault Bandai for it really since other than the hands most of those changes are from Katoki's revised lineart but I just prefer this look personally
>>23424376>hands are the easiest things to replace on a kitSaid the guy who only rely on DLC hands and random junk hands from the kits he destroyed.
>>23424380>Legs too long and too thin>posts the art of V where the legs were thinned dramatically and are thinner than the model's nevermind the OG V's fatfuck thundercalvesanon? what?
>Many missing detailsBrother it is not an RG
Are we seriously reviving the hands discussion again?
>>23424382>uses spare partsand?
>>23424388I started the bitching about hands years ago and I will not stop bitching about the shitty hands until they fucking GO BACK TO USING GOOD MOLDS
>>23424391lick my sweaty hairy asshole
>>23424388I bet it's because people are bored waiting for groupbuildanon
>>23424392I'll go tongue deep the second Bandai ditches the box hand mold.
>>23424390>Yeah bro let's use generic gundam hands on this Armored Core, sure they wont stick out like a sore thumb.>Oh you want a lore accurate hand? 3D print them, chuds
>>23424371I don't get it, would you rather have RG articulated hands?
>>23424391I still don't get why Bandai have to push this dumb hand when plenty of their kits like Weissritter and Reben Wolf have full set of expressive hands. They cost like 3 extra drops of liquid.
>>23424403bandai is trying to slurp you dry
>>23424403I don't get how they made them perfectly fine for about a decade of the HGUC line. I wonder which kit was the first to pull this shit in HGUC? For fuck's sake the very first kit of the line had better hands.
>>23424396>Oh you want a lore accurate hand? 3D print them, chudsNigger these ARE lore accurate
Bitch about how dumb they look all you want (and I agree) but that's actually how they look like in-game even when you have no weapons equipped
>>23424380>>23423930Man, he can't design mecha for shit
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>>23424412>when you have no weapons equippedBandai's action figure department said otherwise.
>>23424414>even these hands are better than most HG's
>>23424362>these black and red vent stickersYeah right it is, sure
>>23424420Paint them, snapshitter
>>23424412They can fly in game, too. Why don't you throw the kits to the wall?
>>23424420Calm down, Gaikotsu.
>>23424356I really want to get the hg but I don't want to at the same time.
>>23424028>>23424334The NG 1/100 is a pretty stable kit outside the AB armor. It's just a NG from 94 detail wise.
>>23424421>>23424426You really going to defend this shit? They could've easily made them separated with "black" part being a part of green armor, but no, that's just a grunt that nobody cares about from a show that nobody cares about, so just shut the fuck up and be grateful it was even made, am I right?
>>23424412interesting claim
however I think you will find they did not actually model the palm, fingers and thumb together as one piece
>>23424430Why don't you just make the steel molds and fix it?
>>23424430You can also just easily paint it. It's more important to be detail accurate.
>>23424431Lego hand slurper will go to literall war to defend such dogshit. Even the Nightfall statue came with premium edition of the game has open hand.
Hunting for one of the original rx78 kits from 1980, do I settle for that reprint version instead? Did they change the design at all in the new version (the plain white one not the coloured one)
>>23424418Bandai aren't the devs
>>23424423You're the one bitching about lore accuracy, why don't you attach electromagnets inside and on some base and make them levitate?
>>23424431The hands are literally in the holding hand/not-quite-fist pose in your image, anon
>>23424438>The hands are literally in the holding hand/not-quite-fist pose in your image, anonyou literally do not understand what the actual problem with bandai's shitty hands are
>>23424443>>23424438but if you stare at this image long enough, maybe you will come to be enlightened
try looking at your own hand for reference if you still need help
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>>23424438Oh the devs, eh? Well devs said the hands have full range articulation.
>>23424444Them looking like shit is not the argument here nigger
>>23424445>Well devs said the hands have full range articulation.It's ok if they have, they just never actually do that in the game
>>23424444I always laugh my ass off when i see this style of Bandai hands. The fingers and palm belong to a single surface, and the weapon lies behind the palm. Uncanny valley shit.
>>23424446I don't think you have any idea what you're arguing at all.
>>23424028>moving one part is going to make another part fall offTo be fair, many bandai kits are like this.
>>23424410>I wonder which kit was the first to pull this shit in HGUCIt's not like it all started out of nowhere, I've seen these hands appearing on various kits here and there. Like the old 2001 GM had them. It's just proper hands were used too, until around 2014 when build fighters came and and box lego hands became the norm.
>>23424450HG GM came with a spread palm and its hand at least had a trigger finger inside the guard. Not gonna give it an award, but it's still better than these.
>>23424448I'm saying you shouldn't bitch about lore accuracy because it's a meme
They actually just fucking hold emptiness in their hands in the source material, yes they CAN move but they never DO
>>23424453That's weird, I thought you said the hands on the model were lore accurate. But they aren't, see, because the hands are molded like dogshit. Do you understand? It isn't about the pose of the hand. It is about the 2-part mold with a gap in the middle where the fucking palm, fingers and thumb are all on the same fucking plain.
>>23424452But the sword holding hand is the type with palm and fingers molded outside, if I'm not mistaken.
>>23424459The trigger hand does too yeah, that problem 100% exists on it, but they are also still (slightly) higher effort than the current mold. The current mold honestly might as well be the old shitty polycap hands that came with the AU 1/144s quite honestly. They look almost as shit.
>>23424457>But they aren'tThe pose is
>because the hands are molded like dogshitQuality of the molding is a separate issue. I wouldn't say HG Psychoblade Woundwort is "not lore accurate" because you can barely make out the girl ornament.
>>23424462This you?
>>23424412>that's actually how they look like in-gameBecause once again: it's not how they look in game. You're the one who came in here posting about something no one else was talking about because you didn't understand why the hands are being called out in the first place, you fucking idiot.
>>23424462>the girl ornamentwut
>>23424446They do when you purge weapons
We got bootleg rg, mg, bootleg rg turned into mg.
When are we getting bootleg mg turned into rg?
>>23424463>it's not how they look in gameIt's close enough considering the scale
>something no one else was talking aboutPeople were bitching about the pose
>>23424464it's like a hood ornament but for the vfin
>>23424468>It's close enough considering the scaleno, it's not, they can demonstrably do better
>People were bitching about the poseI guess you should be able to link that post then right?
Keep doubling down and I'm going to start wondering if Maldavius Figtree's taken to lurking /gpg/.
>>23424470>>23424396>Keep doubling down and I'm going to start wondering if Maldavius Figtree's taken to lurking /gpg/.You are taking this way too close to heart
>>23424475That post says nothing about the pose. Your delusions are running rampant.
>>23424470>I'm going to start wondering if Maldavius Figtree's taken to lurking /gpg/.what the fuck are you on about? I don't like lazy bandai hands either but you're being a sped about it
>>23423551We're so close GM bros.. so goddamn close to a GM revive, just do it bandai you goddamn cowards
>>23424157At least the GM Sleop is like 95% the original GM. I plan to get like five of these, then buy a couple GTO Gundams whenever Hobby Lobby has another 40% off sale to give it the backpack, shield and bazooka. The leg thrusters are detachable, it comes with the beam spray gun I think. Might need to putty the chest if those backpack connection ridges plug in, but hoping that's not the case so it's easier. Could even get the retail GTO GM and use the chest from that if I/you feels too lazy to do puttying.
>>23424480It means "admit when you're wrong"
>>23424492please let the ferrets go sir
>>23424396OH NO NO NO they use them for armored core too? Lmfao
>>23424498>OH NO NO NO>>>/tv/
i can't wait for the next Volks Super Snapgod kino series kit
>>23424514>>>/t/ouch grass
>>23424522Ironic coming from someone regurgitating a nearly decade old forced unfunny meme
>>23424521Can you even snapgod these or do you need glue?
Please Bandai PR intern-kun, just stop trying to defend the shit hands.
>>23424521painted sample
>>23424535glue is 100% required
>>23424521I can't wait for someone to convince Nagano to take his meds
>>23424546Our Treasure model for comparison
>>23424546>>23424521ELI5 what is the point of the clear plastic if you are just going to paint over it
>>23424549You paint over it with clear colors but leave the parts very slightly transparent/translucent
It's how they're supposed to look in canon
>1. Mobile Suit Gundam โ 65.4 billion yen (up 29.3 billion yen from 2024)
Well shit Gundam isn't dying anytime soon.
>>23424550Oh ok that makes sense. How do they do the clear white? I tried Gaia clear white before and itโs dogshit.
>>23424551What is this from?
>>23424554they have their own brand but it's japan exclusive
>>23424554Get some transparent plastic spoons and test ratios of white paint mixed with clearcoat until you find one you like.
>>23424560Damn. Iโm going to go to Japan soon, do you know if I can bring these paints back with me to freedomland? Do they let you take on plane?
Speaking of FSS should I drop another project halfway through to go back and finally start painting my led mirage?
>paint 3 different colors yesterday
>2.5 hours
>paint clear red today on half as much parts
>2.5 hours
Thank god it's over
>>23424638Why is it taking you so long to paint?
>>23424645I'm slow and I can't paint whenever I want. Also clear paints take longer to apply, but I didn't think it'd be this long
Did the anon making the Getter build for the horror category ever finish it, I want to see it
>>23424649Whenever I do clear paints I try to make them dry as fast as possible, in thin coats. I don't do a lot of clear parts but I do use a lot of transparent paints.
>>23424657Don't you want wet coats to get a glossy finish on clear paint?
>>23424657The heat is at least helping me in that regard. I do two thin mist coats then a fat wet one. What do you use clear paints for usually ?
>>23424554Gaia clear white is KINO, fuck you pal.
Just a heads up that you only got a few hours left to submit your votes, it's still pretty neck and neck between 4 of the entries
>>23421018
i dont like any of them so im not voting
>>23424664I've just been mixing vallejo clearcoats with the color I want. It's almost all water based stuff though, for the purpose of coloring. I have lacquer based matte clearcoats on hand for the toughness and for locking in decals. I just spray those on in a fat single application over the paint but that also dries pretty fast.
>>23424659This depends entirely on the product you use. Water based gloss will look like absolute ass if you do that. It's just difficult in general though. The wet coat is good if you have something which doesn't mind drying slowly and has good leveling properties. You can't just add retarder to gloss clearcoat either. It makes it look plasticy.
>>23424659you generally want a couple of mist coats first before laying down a heavy wet coat if you're doing lacquer, for water based stuff you generally want multiple mist coats
>>23423737This is the top post on r/gunpla of all time.
>>23424753so basically better than all of /gpg/ then
>>23424770Unfortunately that is exactly what it means.
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Finally had a chance to check my spoons and had two questions to basically make sure I am identifying issues correctly. These don't have a top coat yet, just paint (Aqueous Mr Hobby)
Yellow is what I'm assuming is underspray, Red is over spray as it looks like it dripped a bit. I'm confused at what happened in green with it looking super uneven. Is this my primer application was bad?
>>23421764Plastic spoon
>Build an entry revolving around plastic spoon, either with parts from it, using it as a weapon or even from the spoon itself.And yes, despite how much it sound like a joke theme, I am actually suggesting this seriously. You can actually work off this theme if you are creative enough.
>>23424790Imagine all the Ma.Kino
Do you usually do wet coats for pearlescent lacquer paint?
>>23424531Maybe if you're 12 and retarded
>>23424823Iโm 23 and retarded and think itโs funny
>>23421764mahou shoujo, but with mechs dressed up as magical girls instead of girlpla
handpaint groupbuild (use traditional brushpainting techniques)
astronaut groupbuild (mimic the aesthetics of current day space technology (think thunderbolt, but with nasa decals))
>>23424777isn't that kind of pooling when there is way too much paint?
>>23424824You should be allowed to park in handicapped spaces
>>23424825>astronaut groupbuildJohn Madden Gundam here I come
>>23424825Mahou shoujo, but with clothes and accessories based on mecha parts(less mecha musume and more precure)
>>23424825>mimic the aesthetics of current day space technologyI was considering painting my sazabi ver ka like this anyway so that works for me
>>23424825>astronaut groupbuild (mimic the aesthetics of current day space technologyMy time has come
>astronaut
>biomecha
Wtf, interesting themes?
ball groupbuild:
use a RB-79 (or sufficiently spherical mech) as a base
Mahou Shoujo is gonna win, why even bother other suggesting ideas?
>>23424866No the funposting groupbuild is gonna win
>>23424867how can a theme you struggle to even define win?
>>23424868Idk but artillery won so itโs possible
>>23424874artillery is well defined, it was just the event organizers that were retarded
>>23424568I usually bring lacquer paint back via check in luggage.
>>23424868Is the build fun? It fits.
>>23424901I have fun shoving the sharp resin spikes from FSS kits down my urethra
>>23424902Sounding isn't a build.
>>23424866If Mahou Shoujo wins don't show up to the next thread.
>>23424903fssresin is freedom
I don't want to buy chinkbootleg for a full armor hyaku shiki. Bandai where is it?
>>23424913Chang is likely your only salvation for a FA Hyaku Shiki Kai.
>>23424913Bro never in a million years would bandai make one. We arenโt even getting gunpla of popular shit, much less something 99% of normdroids have never heard of
Whatever happened to the guy that was making hyaku shiki cannon for the groupbuild? And the other Xamel guy?
>>23424949They didn't finish in time. Many such cases
>>23424954>>23424949People were asking for an extension but for some reason there was none.
finished snapping the red gundam, this thing is actually pretty cool, I wasnt sure if i wanted another Gquuuux kit but after this i may get another one, maybe the light cannon or fred
>>23424958Fuck off poofter
>>23424957I'd imagine it has something to do with the fact that no one actually messaged groupbuildman with a WIP
>>23424958Fuck on poofter.
>hlj sends an email apologising for shipping delays and said they sorted it out
>ship
>1 week later they still haven't shipped, even though they used to do it within a couple of days
sasuga
>>23424372Solid plan
Except the Reben has more angular, Federation-style hands instead of the more rounded Zeon standard. Same is true for the Doven Wolf
>>23424913It's not a bootleg if it's not copying an existing kit, it's an unofficial 3rd-party kit.
>>23424362Are those red stickers on the vents?