Thread 23440006

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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: >>23434197

Thanks to everyone who voted! Please wait for Groupbuild Dude for the results.

And post your WIPs!

>>23439997
The foot needs another layer or two, but it otherwise looks good.

>>23440014
yeah upon closer inspection you're right
still need to decide on a color for the red sections and topcoat the bronze green
because fuck me if vallejo model colors aren't the most fragile paints i've used short of paint markers
i really ought to buy some AK Interactive paints, heard good things abt those

Anyone have HGUC Second V? can you replace V or V dash incorrect gray elbow joints with junk parts from second v?

What's the advantage of GGX paints over regular Mr. Color paints?

>>23440047
It's their new formula for stuff, the new thinners and bits should be cross compatible with the older paints if I recall.

What's your MG wishlist? from before WfM

>>23440057
Modernized Ground Gundam and Gouf Custom.

>>23440057
Still holding onto hope that we'll see a MG Stargazer, no, I do not consider that chinese clusterfuck of a kit as the Stargazer

>>23440051
Is there an actual difference? What's the point of clears in the new formula?

>>23440062
I think they're just trying to future proof themselves, with regulation changes to lacquers and such, they don't want to be caught with their trousers down if there's suddenly any big changes to where they can't sell their current lacquers.

>>23440057
I'd love a 1/100 Zudah

>>23440057
Atlas
Bael
Penelope
Age FX
Vagan Gear
Sumo

Well in a pretty clean sweep, your next theme is Biomecha! Write up in a bit.

>>23440069
D'oh

>>23440069
Oh nice. I don't know if I have anything that counts as a biomech. Is Suigintou here a biomech? She's technically a robot of sorts.

>>23440030
I'm sorry 70.946 Dark Red, I wasn't familiar with your game
Strongest coverage I've seen on a red paint

>>23440070
Mythological bros, we'll get em next time...

>>23440068
imagine

>>23440073
I'm sure biomech also includes attaching organic parts to giant robots. AKA Eva. This is potentially Halloween/horror part 2: electric boogaloo.

>>23440070
post the survey responses

>>23440010
Making a threadly reminder until around the result announcement of the next theme:
The participant may request a sketch of their mascot, with 2 more slot remaining and one more additional slots for sketch and full color reserved for winner of the overall categories.
Please post either WIP or pic not used by groupbuild dude to verify your participation.
Suggest the creatures you want.
Accepted request:
>Plan A(sketched)
>Savage Wolf(sketched)
>Zaku II Desert Artillery Custom(sketched)
>Blackbeard Hugo(designing in progress)

The request will remain open until all slots are claimed or around after the result of the next theme.
Please reply to this post to make request

Also for Savage wolf's builder, do you have any recommendation for hair color? I am considering either white or brownish orange.

>>23440081
It'll have more submissions than shitmare

>>23440086
>shitmare
I'm guessing whatever thing you voted for didn't win. We're only 25 posts in, anon.

>>23440070
I'm fine with this, don't think I'll participate but it should make for interesting entries

biomecha? straight built aura battler coming up

>>23440070
Time to dive into my Hexa Gears and see where I can fit a doll into it.

>>23440070
Bootleg nobel gundam with the titty chestpiece coming up

First time painting. Can I just brush on primer like paint? I'm planning on buying vallejo primer. Do I thin it with water and just brush it on? I want to avoid buying an airbrush for now.

>>23440070
>>23440084
Mascot Anon here, seeing that the next theme has been announced, I will make it that the request last as long as >>23440084 can be replied to(do note that I might miss it in the later threads). I will still be delivering the sketch in the next 2-3 sketch if there are any leftover request.

As for the finalized version of the mascot, it will be posted sometime between the the announcement of the entries and the announcement of the biomecha's voting results.

Also, I would like to request that the participant of the confirm that they have received their mascot from the Melee groupbuild.

>>23440097
Primer is basically paint so yes. Just make sure it's thinned and evenly coated. Bad primer base will result in bad paint coating.

>>23440070
Thank you guys, I can save money for when Mahou Shoujo wins next time.
I will take a 3 month break from building.

>often have my last custom painted build next to a snapbuild pending paint on my desk
>mom always gives uninvited critique saying the snapbuild looks better thinking i put the same amount of work on both

>>23440097
yes
primer is literally just paint with good adhesion

>>23440101
You could do all Madoka Titus if you wanted to kill two birds with one stone.

== BIOMECHA GROUPBUILD ==

Build a mecha/cyborg with a visibly biological component integrated into the machine. This can include:
>Mecha that naturally have some sort of organic component to them (Evangelions, Aura Battlers, etc)
>Mecha that have organic elements attached/fused to them, willingly or otherwise
>Cyborgs, androids, and human with mechanical attachments/enhancements (Robocop, Kamen Rider, mecha musume, etc)

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 - 8/12/25
END - 11/30/25

>>23440102
>saying the snapbuild looks better thinking
Maybe you just suck at painting bro
My mum always says my robots look cool when she sees the painted ones :)

>>23440097
dunno about surface primer but the vallejo primer that comes in the same pots as the paints is already very thin so a wet but not overloaded brush should do fine

>>23440104
I have a ambitious project for mahou shoujo. Half assing it isn't a option.

>>23440106
your mom is just more discerning and hotter

>>23440100
>>23440103
Thanks. Also what is the difference between Vallejo's normal primer and their mecha color primer besides the latter being more expensive?

>>23440101
sorry but duo is winning next time

>>23440083
I'm only gonna post the highlights because there's 60+ of them
>MG Woundwort
>P-Bandai MG Delta Gundam
>PG HYGOGG my BELOVED
>HGUC Mk V Gundam
>any grade of the AWGX robots. please bandai. please.
>kotobukiya 1/72 metal wolf chaos
>Perfect Grade Gundam Belphagor
>1/12 groupbuild dude that i can put in a tribute jar
>A model of the woman I love
>MSM-10 Zock MG
>1/1 White Base
>MG G-Self (closely followed by Age 3 and FX. fuck you Bandai)
>MG Zaku 3.0
>Gquuuuuux Psycho Gundam
>PG Zorin Soul
>Elden ring furnace golem
>KAPOOL CORIN NANDER CUSTOM
>Fazz with tits
>1/72 Transforming VF-171
>mg abulhool
>Neo G-Red from Gotcha Force, in any scale
>1/144 DyGenGuar bu Hemoxian
>bandai taking muv-luv from kotobukiya and giving them mg kits
>your mother
>JUST RE RELEASE THE VIRTUAL ON KITS KOTO FUCK
>Le Cygne
>MODEROID Volspina
>MG Den'an Zon
>RG or hg Gundam Spiegel

>>23440105
i don't know the kamen rider lore, aren't they just dudes in suits

aw shit

>>23440105
wow i can't wait for a grand total of 5 entries 4 of those being evas and 1 original half baked donut steel oc bash

>>23440101
You can totally submit a mahou shoujo to this theme, as long as she has 1 fleshy bit and 1 mechanical bit. I'm gonna make a cyborg magical girl

>>23440122
The newer ones are, but most of the Showa fellas are cyborgs.

>>23440120
>PG HYGOGG my BELOVED
Based Beyond Belief

>>23440122
Depends on the series, sometimes they're just dudes with fancy belts but the original couple are people modified into cyborgs.

>>23440081
So yes?

>>23440122
Depends on the entry. There are cyborgs.

>>23440115
mecha color everything is pre-thinned (you still need to add retarder usually) and has a completely different formulation that causes it to form a much more durable, rubbery paint layer
whereas model color is designed for brush painting and is, uh
well it's model color, it's fragile even for acrylics

>>23440115
>>23440135
also forgot to mention mecha color is specifically intended to be airbrushed

>>23440134
>no doll joints on fingers
Ruined 0/10

>>23440135
If I want to also paint the joints, should I use their mecha color instead then? Or a non acrylic primer instead?

>>23440147
mecha color would hold up better
you would also need to sand the joints to make room for the paint depending on what joints they are

>>23440150
Funnily enough, after I wet sanded some nub marks and surfaces and then washed the pieces with warm soapy water and a toothbrush, every piece became loose and barely held together and would fall apart from just touching. Probably because it expanded from the warm water, so the added material from the primer and paint will probably fix it.

So how do I make/find large organically shaped pieces of plastic for thighs and tits? Not in scale with mecha musume.

>>23440105
>END - 11/30/25
Isn't it too long for a groupbuild?
It's over 3 months.

>>23440160
It's almost halfway through august. So yeah over 3 mo but not that much.

>Qubeley Mk2 getting a reprint
>Ple's Qubeley on p-bandai
It's the same fucking kit, isn't it? The one just comes with the tri saber

>>23440160
3 and a half months is pretty much the sweet spot for how long a Groupbuild should last going by past experience. Anything less than 3 months is too short and anything more than that is too long.

>>23440057
While this shit is retarded but I do unironically want them to do this with Zaku inner frame and everything

>>23440167
someone will still ask for an extension

>>23440158
Epoxy putty is organic build best friend.

>>23440073
no, the rozen maidens lack biological components

>>23440070
Damn Zeon didn't do so hot, oh well
This and mythological were the only ones I wasn't that interested in so I guess it's a skip for me.

>>23440173
this was my immediate thought when the possibility of a biomech build came up
it's the most obvious choice

>>23440120
>PG Zorin Soul
hey that's me

>>23440057
>Psycho Gundam Mk1
Give me a big ass fucking gundam with a working inner frame. It'll be big enough that it should still be able to handle transforming without any issues.

>>23440170
If there's a few things I've learned through the years hosting these it's this
>People will always ask for an extension no matter how long a groupbuild lasts for
>No matter how long people have for a theme, there are people who will procrastinate and wait until the last few weeks to start their build, or be unable to finish their builds due to procrastination
>People will always wait until the last days of the build to submit their entries (For example, of the 16 entries for Artillery 9 of the entries weren't submitted until the last 3 days of the build)
It can't be helped.

that's still the only bandai thing I'm looking forward to this year

>>23440191
He's already out, in two different colours

>>23440182
This guy looks kinda fat.

Nightfall after steel haze ortus

>>23440196
you're fat

>>23440197
release date december 2030

>>23440194
not where i'm at, that said he's pretty cheap on ali

>>23440205
HLJ has the white one in stock if you want to order from Japan, it's a nice kit I have both colours, the skis on the white one are super cute.

I was kind of yearning for the SNAA Achilles kit for a couple days but then I found out it uses basically the same frame as the Thunder Incise Grace and the Gawain so I somewhat lost interest
Now it's up to whether I go for Iron SICKIE or Giant Axe Lancelot

Speaking of HLJ, has anyone had any issue ordering from them recently? I wanted to ship my Private Warehouse out on the 6th but it's been stuck on processing ever since.

>>23440216
i shipped on the 1st and they sent me tracking on the 8th. they're really slow at the minute despite apologising for shipping delays and said they sorted it out

>>23440216
Paid for shipping on the 23rd, and it finally shipped on the 8th. Hell knows what's going on in their warehouse.

>>23440211
Gawain is really just a reuse of the Grace frame for the aesthetic of the Round Table Knights line

>>23440173
Is any type good? I'm baffled by how expensive
ordering green stuff is.

>>23440235
I use tamiya putty, which is fairly reasonably priced and very good quality
if you're not sure as to whether a particular brand of 2 part epoxyputty is good just google

>>23440200
Chonk.

>>23440125
Nah the theme includes girlpla too. There's gonna be 1 eva, 1 dunbine, and 7-14 mecha musume entrants

>>23440057
G-Self
Gundam Mk-II Ver. Ka or 3.0
AGE-3 and AGE-FX
GM III
Bael
GP01 and GP02 Ver. 2.0

>>23440070
Welp, that was the one theme I had zero ideas about. So guess I'm gonna sit this one out.

>>23440057
zgok e
hygogg
kapool
gerbera tetra
geara doga
bandit
zaku I 2.0

>>23440120
>1/12 groupbuild dude that i can put in a tribute jar
>1/1 White Base
Kek

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).

>>23440209
>if you want to order from Japan
Nta, thanks but I’d rather not due to being from ameristan

I've already busted out the modelling saw and sawn a bit off my V-Thor, it's truly groupbuild time. V-Thor has nice thighs so I need to give it some nice breasts next and stuff a doll in the back.

>>23440243
Can I be the 1 dunbine guys? I already have a wip painting dunbine from before the theme was chosen

>>23440243
allowing girlpla was a mistake
the girlpla builders are consistently the least creative and boring entrants

>>23440288
the girlpla in this build will be more creative than the longsnapped evas and aura battlers with no customization

>>23440008
Genuinely thought this was a dead parrot's decapitated head from the thumbnail.

>>23440292
they will be exactly the same, it's just that the eva and aura battlers weren't submitted before.

I'm looking for a list of megami device (or compatible kit) with this arm slot or similar, and also on the tights.

>>23440295
Does it just come down to having the same block for these?

>>23440295
I think nearly every MD comes with a 3mm shoulder attachment as an option.

>>23440086
Hey fuck you, shitmare had some great entries.

>>23440298
Yes, I want to look for the options for selecting a base kit for a build.
>>23440299
I think not every MD have the arm and leg attachment slot, I didn't find on the Knight Bullet Lancer and Launcher.

>>23440302
The Bullet Knights have some too

ZakuAurelius owes me sex

>>23440304
Welp, I'm blind. I can now save on buying the main body and just importingnthe optional parts.

>>23440308
Glad I could help. Also glad I'm not the only one going through dolls to try and find one I wanna use.

Guys should I get it? I've been a Bandaibaby my whole life and want to start experimenting with other brands.

>>23440125
Post thighs when it gets 10+ entries

>>23440326
do it for

I like how asymmetrical it is

>>23440342
when you understand the beauty of Turn X's asymmetrical legs you have reached zen

>lost the decals for my kit
>nobody makes replacements
Fuck

>>23440326
What's the easiest way to get all 3 Dragonars together?

>>23440342
>>23440347
Danm, now I want to build another Turn-X

>>23440350
p-bandai right now has all 3 of them up for $180 plus tip. or there is the set of old 1/144s you can get for like $15 but I warn you they require paint and glue.

>>23440350
pbandai hg dragonars (new molds)

you know what, I don't mind the surface finish, it's fine

>>23440350
Old NGs

>>23440364
clean cast iron

>>23440098
Any chance of finishing this lovable creep? I can do it myself if you are too busy.

How come Bandai screams and cries about their profitability when it comes to releasing new gundams (especially 1/100) when it's literally their biggest revenue stream across all their IPs while meanwhile companies like GSC are doing perfectly fine releasing literally whos from shitty 40 year old robot shows with nowhere close to the aura that gundam has?

forgot to wet my file

>>23440375
>shitty
galient is kino

>>23440376
This is how you make plavsky particles

>>23440280
but its been out in ameristan BOTH colours for 16usd

>>23440394
oh shit chat is this real? what is it called?

>>23440396
roundnova

>>23440407
>>23440396
just for reference, here is the listing in my local shop on shipping
its 16usd stickered at the shop itself

do glass files even have enough grit to remove putty and CA glue?

>>23440112
On this topic, what is a good HG to use as the base for a corruption hentai monster?

>>23440423
They do but in my experience they get compacted too fast.
I've been using a fine whetstone for knives for larger hard surfaces.

>>23440425
any SEED KINO kit

>>23440425
If by HG you mean Hexa Gear then I've got the right dude for you.

>>23440425
Gusion

What is the best shelfkino on the market right now bros? I have a few painted builds under my belt now and I don’t want them to get dusty

>>23440431
Too clean.
>>23440432
I was thinking less tentacle monster and more mecha "chair", with the girl straped on it. So I wanted limbs that are monstrous, but are still mechanical.
The tag I'm thinking is "instalation of living parts"(that's how is translated on Pixiv).

>>23440443
Original or rebake?

>>23440447
*I think that's how is translated
I think is missing some word in the description.

>>23440447
That sounds interesting, what about Hygogg then? Big, long arms, dragging across the ground has the chair moves?

>>23440454
Original, it's a fat bastard

Oh boy I sure can't wait for that new HGSD line of whatever this retarded shit is plus some half baked zeon ripoffs. Praise Bandai!

I am LEG
wasn't sure this red would work but it's a nice highlight actually
will I keep posting these overly incremental progress updates?
yes i need the dopamine to make myself get anything done

I hope atleast one person here submits a Bionicle themed entry.
wont be me though

What's up with this weird G-Line Light Armor I keep seeing pop up on AliExpress? It has the shoulder cannons of the Standard type instead of the Light type. Why would Chang incorrectly bootleg it?

>>23440475
It's basically WM's attempt to get first mover's advantage by rushing their own half-measure version of the light armor bootleg to market

>>23440008
Still need to build the backpack. Everything else is getting paint rn.

>>23440364
New back scratcher?

>>23440122
They're usually dudes who had all their organs replaced with robot parts. Amazon and Shin are probably have the most fleshy/organic bits.

>>23440447
Found a good reference to what I'm looking for (made some time ago on PSO2).
>>23440464
That may be a good idea.

I’m so happy we finally got a girlpla groupbuild

i realized what part the rick dijeh shoulder was reminding me of. Although, I already painted my rex and I'm not buying another just for this. Fortunately, my irl has the mgs4 version, which has all the runners of the original and does not use this part. Just waiting for him to check if he still has all of them later

>>23440375
how come every plastic galient kit keeps fucking up the design? is it so hard to make a plastic kit of this thing without katokifying it? even wave ruined it despite having a near flawless resin version

>>23440523
ELI5 what’s wrong with it?

>>23440524
all the plastic kits stretch out the legs

thought about getting one of these to stick the head on an rg zaku and do a cat in power armor themed entry.
but if i order now on ali it might arrive after the 29th and get burgercucked.
i'll just have to enter a girlpla kit instead.

>>23440531
Why did they do what they did? Is it because of Hajime Katoki?

>>23440062
>Is there an actual difference?
mr color claims it's supposed to be better, but only if you use the extra expensive ggx thinner with it as well. it's also compatible with existing leveling thinner but apparently doing that gets you the same results as GX paints

>>23440537
probably for poseability too

I'm going to submit an entry with zero model kit parts

ground gundam that has a busted up head and a replacement gouf head, BUT
THE GOUF HEAD is attached to the cargo pack
how?
using a giant mollusk that has taken up residence in the ground gundam's cargo backpack, and is acting as an interface between the gundam and the gouf head, an ability the mollusk gained from exposure to minovsky radiation and a steady diet of the liquid metal in gouf heat swords

>>23440471
here's a (you) for motivation, keep it up anon

>>23440178
what about the probiotics in calpis
if they drink enough of that they should count right

>>23440552
also prolly have a putty-covered gouf heat whip coming out of the backpack

The only idea I have for the group build is to do a SD or non SD of pic rel.
i.e a yokai zeon grunt from the old carddass.

How do I make this gunpla without just resorting to a full sculpt build?

>>23440508
Didn't we already have one years ago
Going to try to finish this Klan Klang I started snabbing a while ago. I plan to paint most of the exposed skin like her pilot suit from the show, but try clear skin painting with her face. Tiny Basara for scale.

>>23440102
She's probably paying more attention to the molding/sculpt than the paintjob.
My mom said her favorite one was a $20 miku prize figure

>>23433052
gonna give lumitea an mp7

>>23440555
>>23440552
putty the gundam's original head solid to the body to justify why it can't be replaced maybe?
i would do a heavy rust treatment on it to explain that it was like sitting in a lagoon for a while or something but i suck so i'll just say it was partially refurbished and cleaned after being pulled out of the lagoon

>>23440560
we had 30ms but no general girlpla. koto stuff wasn't allowed in the 30ms build

>>23440560
No. I wasn’t here for it.

>>23440551
People have submitted resin kits before, you won't be the first

What do you think the girlpla will be for this groupbuild?

>>23440601
30ms torso and head with hg aura battler limbs
30ms torso and head with eva limbs

>>23440601
girl pla?

>>23440178
What
You can see Shinku's cameltoe in one of the two page spreads

>>23440615
WHERE

>>23440615
artfully sculpted out of porcelain by the dollmaker

>>23440615
Show me the way to you

>>23440619
>>23440635
I'm having a hard time finding it. Here's one of KKSH and part of her puff at least.

>>23440635
heavy metal

https://x.com/KRW_KRW_KRW/status/1954931550749122928
post chinkgod kinos

>>23440644
MP Nu bros?!

>>23440070
quick doodle for my idea

>>23440644
this doesnt look much like the metal spirits MP nu they claim it's based on.
seems like they just stuck its backpack on a pre existing RG nu bootleg rather than make a whole new kit

>>23440655
that last picture is the actual Metal Robot mp nu from Bandai. You can tell all the details are different compared to the plastic kit shown first.

Can you submit multiple entries for the groupbuild? Finna go all out for biokino (girlpla)

>>23440666
You just need a separate email and fake identity for each

>>23440671
i'll recognize the nails on the entries pics

>>23440057
Xeku Eins
Gelgoog J
Doven Wolf
Woundwort

>>23440672
I'll paint them in totally different styles. You'll never guess that the elegant but understated burgundy and the glitter overload nails with holofoil belong to the same submitter

my cabinet is getting crowded, I think il remove some things and wrap it in bubble wrap and keep it in storage which i wont open again in realistically 5 years, what do you guys do when you run out of space?

>>23440685
>what do you guys do when you run out of space?
get more space

>>23440685
I started selling figures I dickbought to regain some space, but for kits I planned to put some of them in a box. With either carved foam or bubble wrap

>>23440536
These aren't actually hard to find in the US. Boxlunch carries them pretty often.

>>23440650
don't get too excited it's just the backpack and forearm cannon of the MP Nu it's not a new kit

undergatebros ww@

>>23440739
no clue if it actually is undergated or not. probably not

>>23440735
That's just the spark, son. The rest will come soon

>>23440739
are star's electroplated kits better than their spraypainted recolors?

>>23440835
No clue, I haven't bought an electroplated plamo in my life

>>23440444
Anyone?

>>23440636
anatomically correct dolls have existed for millennia, anon

>>23440841
Why

>>23440869
probably because electroplated gunpla doesn't actually exist.
it's all vac-metal

>>23440863
it seems few anons here bother with glass display cases or dust protection. most of the pics i see are normal open front bookshelves or tables.

you can ask in >>>/a/buyfag
they will surely have some suggestions. i dont know what the meta has been since detolf was unjustly killed

>>23440875
Ok cool thanks. Yeah I was wondering coz I know everyone was using detolf but now I don’t know what the meta is

Hexagear is so small!

>>23440070
I was really hoping duo would win, but this is fine too. However, the new tariff shit has put all my current gunpla orders into limbo and my local stores don't carry much in the way of girlpla. Is 28mm overpriced british /plamo/ still acceptable for /gpg/? I've got a whole bunch of it from many years ago and could kitbash something..

>>23440891
the governors have to be small to fit in the mechs, which all have cockpit gimmicks. i would like the line more if the bots didnt have bulky cockpits and the governors didnt exist

>>23440276
You will snapshit a p-bandai kit.
You will cover a kit in unthinned paints and post it on reddit like a proud accomplishment with no hint of irony.

>>23440898
I was looking for a lance for some project in the future, so I thought it was giant.
I think this may still be big enough for an HG.

>>23440917
If you want a really big lance, you can get the one from the Megami Device Bullet Knight Lancer.

>>23440917
>>23440923
The bullet knight lance is what anon used for this cool groupbuild entry

>>23440891
>1/24
Well at least you can buy car model kit and they will fit inside.

>>23440057
>Zudah
>Galbaldy Alpha
Zeong 2.0
>Zaku 1 2.0
>Guncannon 1.5 or 2.0
>Geara Zulu
>Zaku III
>Barzam
>A Hambrabi or Gabthley
>Asshimar
>GM III
>Xi
>Penelope
>Messer Type F1
>Gustav Karl
>>23440254
Zaku 1 2.0 is long overdue. Also The MG Geara Doga already exists, unless you're talking about the Geara Zulu.

>>23440950
meant zulu, yeah
shocking there's no MG zulu as it'd be the ultimate pbandai milking machine

>>23440927
>>23440917
I find funny that my own build for the example of big lance, I'm honored!
But I had some problems with the lance, mostly the fact that the base is the same as the Bullet Knight Launcher. I like the "blade" of the lance, but I also like the "polearm" part that the Bullet Knight Lancer omitted for the parts compatibility

Now that the second factory is up when are we going back to 5-6 new mold retail mg a year?

>>23440891
>Hexagear is so small AND it costs like a couple HGs!
ftfy

>>23441131
They look cool tho.

>>23441129
never. they're making dinosaurs and literal shit instead

>>23441129
It'll probably be like 2 or 3. This year we're probably getting 3. There's the new barbatos lupus and the inevitable ver.ka at the end of the year.

>>23441147
There's no ver ka at the end of the year anon, the big release is the pg nu, and it's in January instead of December for some reason.

this years big release is the g-3 saviour ver ka

>>23441129
Laughing Out Loud.

>>23441185
>There's no ver ka at the end of the year anon
Wait WTF? Why? We were supposed to get one every year

>>23441205
based

>>23441207
Most years get at least one. Last year had two. The corona years didn't have any for obvious reasons.

>>23440891
Cool Governor. Now post the actual Hexagear.

Gundam MK II ver ka next

>>23441220
>Last year had two
Yeah but one of them was a spook because it only added a couple runners to an existing kit

>>23441131
Are you living in North Africa or something? Hexagear's Governors are fucking cheap, i have like 20 of these at home.

Do any of you guys use posca pens for your builds? If not what do you recommend instead?

>>23441230
Zeta Plus actually. Derringer told me.

Next MG is gonna be Gusion Rebake. And you will like it.

governors? meh, for me its handscale fag

They should make more RGs.

>>23441247
Why? What do they even have left to make?

>>23441247
they should make rg grunts besides zaku

Real Grade more like Real Gay

Real grade zok january 2026. It was revealed to me in a prophetic dream.

>>23441245
These fags are cute. We should have more fags in these threads.

>>23441251
Truuuuuuue

Handsome white devil

>mg
>ver ka
>rg

>painting
>sanding
>scribing

>>23441268
The line doesn't matter once you realize the enlightening truth that all kits can be covered in putty.

>>23441274
Still gotta work on the weapons but this guy looks pretty good

>>23441267
>>23441274
the phat torso doesn't look so off in 1/100

rg z.a.p

>>23441275
>Me when I buy and straight snapbuild a kit with the stickers

>>23441278
Did you topcoat it?

>>23441286
yes

>>23441276
NTA but the line kinda matters in an important way since RG and MG are much more expensive compares to their respective HG counterpart and contain more parts. A lengthy assembly can be mind numblingly boring once you have grown up from your snapshitter phase and just want to paint the kit as soon as you can, but it just won't get completed due to amount of parts. Legacy HGs like Zgok and Kampfer are still popular in Japanese modeling circles because they can just put those together quite fast and move on to next step such as putty covering or dumb kitbashes.

>>23441292
Can or airbrush?

>>23441331
can

>>23441250
We need a Devil Gundam obviously

>>23441250
One of the hundreds of units that don't have RGs.

>>23441382
It has to actually deserve one. Your random literally who gruntfag mobile suit that’s not from unicorn or seed won’t make the cut.

>>23441250
GM, Gouf, Gelgoog, Master Gundam, et al

>>23441408
Notice how I didn't mention anything specifically about grunts you miserable fuck

>>23440189
Which kit is this?

What are good empty eyes decals for megami device?

>>23441301
Not reading all that.
*Covers you in putty*

they should make RG guntank and guncannon so fat cat makes upscaled versions that I can play with with my RX-78-2.

>>23441432
he was right to check you, you were being immodest

>>23440057
>gundam mk ii ver ka
>palace athene
>full armor zz ver ka
>doven woof
>r-jarja
>kapool
>dreissen
>kampfer 2.0
>gp01 2.0
>gerbera tetra
>contio
>zanneck
>memedorza
>bandit
>FLAT
Of all these, only the mk ii ver ka is going to happen. Shits rough out here.

>>23440189
Why you gotta call me out like that

>>23440601
The standard low effort armored bikini figurine made by lonely, yet thirsty shitposters desperate for attention, but that's just a guess.

>>23441503
This sounds kino thoughbeit

>>23440057
Armadillo Unit by itself

post redditGOD kinos

>>23441281
yeah once put together this guy has a super thicc chest but I think it looks good

the upcoming surugaya 50% off clearance only applies to the physical stores, right?

>>23441563
Nice dijeh I saw on reddit the other day

>>23440112
Guys, I folded...
I bought the base model for my mahou shoujo kit.

>>23441462
I'm already covered in putty (fat)
it's been a painful journey to rid myself of it
but spending less money on food has given me more money for gunpla

>>23441642
I believe in you anon.
*sculpts your abs*

>>23441371
I'll take a fucking non-clear pbandai HG at this point

Guys when will the next new gunpla be announced

>>23441662
Gunpla cancelled due to tariffs.

>>23441667
Wth…

>>23441642
Just bath in mr tool cleaner

Does this thing fit on the hg dragonar

What was the issue with original Xi kit?

>>23441688
Too big and retarded

>>23440685
>what do you guys do when you run out of space?
Start nailing shelves to walls.

>>23441503
The only girlpla in the last groupbuild was fully clothed

>>23441704
naoKINO

Question! Does anyone know of any third party ball joints that could fit inside of this polycap I circled here?
I'm trying out a new build and want to try to make a bit of an adapter joint between it and the new piece without having salvage it from the kit itself.

>>23441662
As soon as they finish their 4th factory

What are your favorite brands of color shifting paint

>>23441717
Gaia makes the only good ones

>>23441704
You mean, ver. jayz2cents

>>23441708
Just take the part that's supposed to fit in there and use a set of calipers to measure the diameter. Then go look for third party polycaps of the proper diameter. There should be plenty of stuff like that if you look, I have some third-party polycaps made by Hobby Wave, though I bought them like fifteen years ago and don't know if they still make that stuff (they probably do though).

>>23441704
Needs more greeble. I can still make out some flat surfaces

>>23441720
Got it, thanks for reminding me I have a set of digital calipers sitting around.

Does anywhere sell replacement polycaps? Had one split on me. I repaired it better than I was expecting, but I don't trust it over time.

>>23441736
Just get them from one of your spare poly caps from one of your other kits

So how do mobile suits stay cool? They're almost completely enclosed in armor with absolutely no room for airflow, you'd think both the electronics and the pilot would just be getting cooked inside

>>23441740
Ground MS have a variety of vents and radiators all over their body. Space MS usually use coolants and the limbs have radiators running through them. MG kits sometimes reflect this with multi-environment capable MS having the ability to close the vents on their suits to represent going from a ground to space type setting.

>>23441745
>Ground MS have a variety of vents and radiators all over their body
Where? Because the kits sure don't have them

>>23441725
Okay it turns out finding 4.5 mm ball joints is shockingly hard. Best I found were 4.5 mm plastic ball bearing, but one is made of POP and the other PP. Which I don't remember if either react well to most airbrush thinners. Granted, I could just mask them and not worry about it. But it's still a slight issue.

>>23441708
There's 3rd party POM parts from thi IBO metal frame. You can find it on aliexpress

>>23441740
They're hot but not that hot. Although you have some suits like the F91 which is basically a giant heatsink itself.

>>23441739
Unfortunately it's the leg-hip PC that basically every HG uses. Maybe I can just find a spare sprue somewhere online

Has anybody counted the frequency of hguc releases? It feels like they’ve slowed down at a similar pace to mg

>>23441766
All of the ones worth doing already have a HGUC.

>>23441774
Don’t think there’s a hg turn x yet

>>23441774
Most suits from f91 and victory haven't gotten dick when it comes to HGs. Same with some suits from double zeta, though that at least seems to be getting slowly resolved

>another MB figure converted into a kit
Why do people like these designs anyway?

>>23441785
They should make a hg 1/100 line for the late uc stuff because they’re smol

>>23441267
>>23441274
>>23441278
so you snapshit plastic models and now you think you're my equal?

>>23441792
Is the HG f91 and victory hurt from that?

>>23441795
Yeah they’re pretty tiny. Late uc was made for 1/100.

>>23441798
Their tiny size is precisely why I want more 1/144 kits of them

>>23441748
I'm just going off what was said in design notes and stuff in the show. They're never actually shown outside of the large vents

>>23440010
Working on the zephyranthes again. I wanna get it done before wednesday, when my F80 arrives.
Trying to do some more dramatic shading with the paintjob. So far I am happy with it.

>>23441925
The Barzam never had the makings of a varsity mobile suit.

Just finished the FM Aerial. Highly recommend. So far I've done HG Calibarn and FM Aerial, all WFM kits are 10/10 so far.

What should I buy in Japan

Im gonna make something so easy for biomech cause fuck this theme.

>>23441945
fazz
the-o
dendrobium

fitting them in your luggage to bring home is left as an exercise for the reader

HGAC when?

>>23441946
You could just sit it out if you hate it. Which one did you want to win? Personally I wanted Zeon so I could paint a Zeon MS with AEUG colors/decals.

>>23441766
this year only has Gallus J, Psycho Mk2, and Bolinoak released so far.

feels like a theme where nobody actually has any good ideas for it and only voted to see what others would do (see: Nightmare)

gonna longsnap picrelated in vaporwave rights colors for the gb. wish me luck

I'm just gonna paint an eye BALL hehehehe... HAHAHAHAHAHA...

>>23441945
Priority to Gundam Base or Side-F, depending on where in Japan you're going. After that, prioritize P-Bandai and higher-cost stuff that's not always available stateside.

>>23441962
I have a pretty cool idea but I'm not gonna post it because I don't want anyone else to do it

>>23441945
Go to the physical Suruga-ya stores they are MUCH cheaper than online, like half the price or less. Their gunpla stock is incredible, you can get long out of print stuff for amazingly cheap. I almost spent my entire souvenir funds there, it's dangerous

>>23441946
Build a Digimon!

>>23441986
Why does MetalGreymon have a sword

>>23441988
Why don't you?

>>23441991
Fuck. I...

>>23441964
very nice biomech girlpla

>>23441962
this is Nightmare but better though cause less restrictions

>>23441993
But to answer your question, the sword's a thing from an alternate MetalGreymon species, MetalGreymon X. They gave it to the regular MetalGrey in the 2020 reboot anime. WereGarurumon also has one, but he doesn't have a model kit yet.

>>23441962
Well, I'm basically scratch building whatever the bits and pieces will allow me to plus some sculpting. It is somewhat nightmare themed. The legs ended up too long but I'm thinking something like Forever Winter's harvesters but more dieselpunk feel than just big human.

What are some good girlpla brands outside of megami device and 30ms? Those are the only 2 I am familiar with

>>23442083
Sousai Shojo Teien and Frame Arms Girl are two other good labels from Kotobukiya.

>>23442083
nuke matrix is pretty much chang's megami device
they are good too

>>23442085
>>23442084
Awesome thank you girlpla bros. I might try to use these for our girlpla group build.

what are options for the girlpla build now that all gunpla is difficult to get in burgerland thanks to tariffs? Am I going to have to get out the putty and steel wire and try sculpting some kind of super gross biomecha?

>>23441953
there was already an HG Heavyarms but the kit is older than most 4chan users

To all my Turn X and Sentinel enjoyers, a toast.

>>23442090
Nobody said it has to be gross. A human face and robot body is good enough.

>>23442092
I want to slip something in your drink

>>23442091
5 years is older than most 4chan users? Didn’t realize this site was more like 4toddlers.

>>23442097
I think he's talking about this old and busted thing

>>23442095
Like what?

>>23442099
Oh that makes sense. Yeah that shit is way older than me lol

>>23442101
A straw to share with indirect kissing before I take you back to my room for consensual handholding sex

>>23441798
they are small but it's really not THAT bad

>>23442085
I heard they're not compatible with 30MS in a similar way as MD. Are Nuke Matrix and Megami device arms/legs/attachments compatible?

>>23440105
Can I do something like these infested marines?

Finally got some time to work on Fatboy.

>>23442188
I will apply decals later. But now i just want to sleep.

I have a collection of paints far larger than I would like and all of them will scratch if I look at them harshly
What the fuck paint actually holds up to anything
not even harsh handling i just want to be able to pick up the model without it instantly scratching even if i topcoat it

>>23442195
You won't have problems if you use enamel paint since they are tough as hell. Paint in general are hard to remove, your house, your wall, your random household trinkets all have paint.

>>23442195
Lacquer, like everyone's been telling you for ages
I can't scratch that shit with a fingernail even if I try hard and push into it

>>23442092
>Perfect Zeong reprint
>it's lottery only and it's NOT coming to stores

>>23442195
Even if you use waterbased acrylics, quality varnish/topcoat should protect them from harm, even rough handling.
What are varnishing your stuff with?

what exactly is missing from Gouf Flight Type to assemble Gouf Custom? I know about the chest, but anything else?

>>23442214
Such a weird question. You can just buy actual Gouf Custom kit.

>>23442212
Rattlecan AK Varnish topcoat

>>23442205
>>23442199
so which one is it, lacquers or enamels?
rather, which is less likely to poison the shit out of me
was it lacquer or enamel that i can thin and clean up with regular mineral spirits?

>>23442217
Lacquer is more toxic. Enamel is just oil paint, pretty safe.

>>23442217
they're both very toxic

>>23442210
They are Gundambase exclusive for now. Fucking hillarious, isn't it? The winners ended up as some super exclusive scams while the losers get to be retail.

>>23442217
>was it lacquer or enamel that i can thin and clean up with regular mineral spirits?
That's enamels
Lacquer is the toughest hobby paint there is, dries fast, great coverage and surface finish, but they'll make your head feel funny if you sniff them

>>23442217
>Rattlecan AK Varnish topcoat
I never had good experience with rattlecan varnish.
IMO you are better off buying bottled varnish and using a airbrush or even a handbrush

>>23442216
such a weird answer, doesn't help at all

>>23442228
You can just buy actual Gouf Custom for your build. Don't expect anything from junk parts.

>>23442224
>They are Gundambase exclusive for now.
This is beyond retarded and makes no sense, I just hope they eventually get to be retail even if they raise the price even further

>>23442229
again, pointless and worthless

>>23442232
Except it makes sense. Bandai cut retailers off and force the voters to use their service. Maximum revenue with minimal middlemen.

>>23442233
>Buy Gouf Custom
>Buy Gouf Flight type
>Kitbash
>Paint
It is that simple.

>>23442239
Blocked.

>kitbashing
You are disrespecting the artist.

My pre orders are here.

How tf do I make a biomecha entry without bashing, do we have a rule list yet?
Does yet another crab hygogg count?

>>23442247
Basically mecha with monster characteristic, heavy emphasis on organic details like muscle fiber and curvy shapes.

>>23442242
why is your wall so fucking filthy?

>>23442247
Per >>23440105 you could just build an Eva.

My biomech entry? Straight build wallnut

>>23442271
walnuts aren't biological

>>23442273
What about almonds?

>>23442247
I think you can build a Kiryu, since he have a godzilla skelleton inside.

>>23442277
gray area

>>23440084
Ah, sorry, didn't notice your post. Brownish orange would be better than white, I think. Good job out there!

Question for the horror Zogok from the horrir group build from last year, how did you make the eyes on your build?

>>23442296
Sorry
*Eye, singular.

>>23442302
Finally a good Galient kit

>>23442234
>Maximum revenue
>Can't buy it
The Japanese are an enigma.

I WANT MG TURN X
I WANT MG TURN X
I WANT MG TURN X
I DON'T WANNA PAY $100 FOR IT

>>23442308
daban is working on it

what's the best way to go about scratch building a smooth, curved part (eg. an addition to a zeon kit's leg)

>>23442314
Sculpt it out of tamiya epoxy putty, sand it to the exact shape when it cures

>>23442314
Thin (up to 1mm) layers of polystyrene can be made flexible with a heatgun, thinner ones can be flexible right off the bat and as such layered until you reach desired effect. You can also apply and sand two part epoxy (Milliput is cheapest option and can be sanded to glass-like surface with wet sanding) or use it as a filler. Lastly, you can also simply use metal file to carefully remove edges and finish with sandpaper for smooth effect.

To give some example, her shoulder round parts were made out of 1mm bent around "wireframe" out of straight parts. I'm sure you can do better.

>>23441930
We still doing this? Aping around about someone posting somewhere other than just 4cucks?

girlpla is too damn expensive
i only really need a head

>>23442340
buy one of the head option parts

>>23442344
I see hair options but no heads

>>23442334
The thing about red barzam is not about it being on reddit, the big funny is anon crying that his 'zam got less updoots than Samus lfrith

>>23442347
They call them face option parts I think

>>23442322
>>23442320
thanks anons. i have some milliput on hand, going to wait for some other scrap parts before I give it a go though
>>23442334
no one says anything when I do it

>>23442340
>Buy the whole kit
>Take the head
>Sell the body on ebay
Somebody will buy it, I guarantee it. I've done this a bunch of times.

Looks like Tornado Hobby's custom Hi-v head was enough of a hit that they turned it into a general purpose Gundam head

>>23442364
I do like that head. I think I'll pick that up.

What bandai is doing is a crime. People are starved for more gunpla but the release of new model kits has slowed to a crawl. It’s a crying shame that some of the designs they made don’t have kits.

wait 30ms don't come with eye decals? i'm not gonna freehand anime eyes

>>23442371
The eye decal sheets are like 5 dollars.

>>23442372
and widely unavailable

>>23442372
I’m not paying $5 + tariff + tip for eyes

>local shop have Bandai's Bocchi for 50€ and MG Vidar for 65€

Hard choice.

>>23442139
Anon, the RX-78-2 is a midget compared to most of the MS that come after it because MS size balloons after the OYW. Compare the F91 or Victory to something like a Sazabi or Jegan or ZZ, and you'll definitely notice the difference.

>>23442374
>>23442373
Really? In Europe we have them at several shops.

>>23442214
Just check the manuals on dalong.
Doing just that shows the flight type includes everything but the custom's A runner

>>23442377
Europe isn’t a country.

https://youtu.be/lJso-rXx11Y
Well that was a good watch

>>23442370
it's fine, there's still every other company

>>23442361
anon i love her so much... why would you do this to her...

>>23442380
For the purposes of making orders - it kinda is. Pay online and package is at your local automated postal box within 2-3 days, no additional payments within Union.

I wish we posted more FAGs

>>23442394
Kino

>>23442385
I like her head/hair but don't care for the costume. She's getting a custom cyberpunk ninja body for the group build like this. Also I'm probably gonna change her hair a little bit.

>>23442394
I just can't really be bothered anymore after finishing my Gourai Kai and Hresvelgr many, many years ago. They're just too finicky and annoying to paint.

I like how I pushed for years to get girlpla groupbuild as a theme but gbd kept saying no and now we have a girlpla groupbuild we just have to call it something different

>>23442394
same vibe

>>23442225
Alright so let's say I want to expand into one of these
Would a large window and a desk fan pointed out that window IMMEDIATELY NEXT TO my work table suffice for handpainting lacquers, or are they a "respirator and fume hood or enjoy brain damage" type of paint? Let's assume I buy whatever the "default" gunpla-painter brand is.

>>23442403
So are you gonna make a mecha musume mahou shoujo or not? Because I want ours to be twinsies uwu

>>23442407
>handpainting lacquers
oh no

>>23442411
so enamels, then?

I kinda wish there was a community to trade plamo parts with, unfortunately I do not live in a civilized town

>>23442403
>I like how I pushed for years to get girlpla groupbuild as a theme
we already had that 4 year years ago newfag coon

>>23442407
>handpainting lacquers

Just. Don't.

Fucking hell, for brushpainting you have acrylics or enamels, why trying to use paints specifically optimised towards airbrushing and producing toxic fumes with normal brush?

>>23442416
I am retarded and new that's why I'm asking
Enamels it is

>>23442417
>>23442416
to be clear I have an airbrush I just want to try handpainting specifically
airbrushing lacquers out of my window comes later

I'm gonna make a cyborg girlpla that doesn't actually fight, she just flies around and records other girls fighting.

>>23442417
>>23442418
Personally I would use waterbased acrylics but enamels are fine too.

Handpainting with lacquers isn't half as hard as people here think

>>23442420
my girlpla rapes people who record others

What female characters that you want to get girlpla kit?

>>23442431
My beloved Neptune.

>>23442423
the entire reason i started this exchange was because I am having a painful time handpainting with vallejo model color acrylics (mainly how stupid fragile they are even with a topcoat)

>>23442424
Japs do it so you can too but the only reason you'd want to use laquers instead of acrylics for handpainting is that you already have a huge paint collection of laquers and you really don't want to shell out money on acrylics.
I handpaint and I mainly use acrylics: easier to use, no cancer fumes, palette clean up is easy and they don't destroy brushes.

>>23442431
I'm too shy to tell because of the /a/ trauma

>>23442443
Try Vallejo mecha varnish

>>23442431
zero suit samus
starcraft ghosts / kerrigan

https://x.com/foreverfield3/status/1955258931586208047/photo/1
those are some small decals on these hexa gears

>>23442372
Those don't even exist for the Idolm@ster kits. It sucks as I want to paint their skin.

fat cat assembled. dunno what I'm gonna go with it yet. might just to a basic bitch standard color scheme with some minor shading

>>23442460
Man, what an ugly face. Is the original like that too?

>>23442296
I found a Halloween themed bag of half eyeballs for dolls at a craft store (Michaels) that had a bunch of iris colours and two sizes. From that I just glued a "Ballden Balljoint" onto the inside so it could move around within the torso.
Halloween is coming up. Eyeballs should be easy to find.

>>23442460
the scaled up 1/144 proportions are very chunky.
>>23442465
yeah, the RG 2.0 has an already round head that looks even rounder blown up like this

>>23442423
Enamels are better if you're handpainting details on top of acrylic because you can clean up easy peasy

>>23442314
>>23442320
Aves brand apoxie sculpt is the best putty I have used for this task. very soft when mixed up, and cures to a rock in a few hours. The end result can easily be sanded.
I've used that shit in almost every Groupbuild I've entered into.

>>23442476
second the recommendation, it's amazing stuff.

>>23440010
It's been a while since I made any significant progress on this thing but started back up on it again
11mm added to the thighs and probably about as much to the waist, finally mogging Odysseus in height

>>23442492
well I'm sure I attached the file but okay

>>23442494
It looks almost like the white guy is asking his friend if he is "fucking serious".

>>23442511
>yeah this is all natty
>bullshit

fuck you guys, groupbuild actually pressuring me into spending money

>>23442511
>>23442514

Did my first airbrush job last night and had a quick look before work. There was 1 part I very over sprayed with built up paint on it. Do I just need to sand down the paint there or do I have other options. Mr Hobby Aqueous paint was used.
Also for that paint, I bought it thinking it was a water based acrylic, but then I watched a Barbatos Rex video where he said it was a lacquer. I did have a respirator anyway, but if that is true is there any obvious issue with me having used a Varjello acrylic surfacer under it?

>>23442090
you just pay the usags markup. the tariff is only on small packages so Our American Local Businesess still get to import without a retarded $200 fee and then resell to you while scalping you on the prices with no more cheap overseas competition.
that scalping being the whole reason the deep state (slaves to porky) wanted to kill de minimis in the first place

>>23442523
>the tariff is only on small packages
retard

>>23442522
isopryl alcohol (aka isopropanol) will strip the paint for you.
soak part for 15-30, scrub with toothbrush, use gloves

>>23442524
the retarded $200 per item fee is only on small packages.
large shipments get a still retarded but smaller percentage wise fee

>>23442178
I dunno, can you? Looks pretty hard to sculpt convincingly

>>23442530
the $200 was never applying to gunpla
it's just the flat 15% for japan.
usags is already paying tariffs because their import shipments are large enough to be subject to it in the first place (as is every online storefront).
de minimis only matters if you were ordering from Japanese storefronts regularly at which point it's just going to be 15%~ extra

This gb theme basically forces me to sculpt, anyone have tips on how to make a smooth transition from putty to plastic?
I've got access to sprue goo, green stuff, and miliput. I usually mix gs and mp 50/50 when I want to sculpt something.

>>23442538
>the $200 was never applying to gunpla
Anon was asking about girlpla kits. All of Koto's stuff is made in China. Hence $200.

>>23442293
Thank you very much!
I will be settling for making the hair brownish orange then! Also, I have intended to make the eye blue and uniform green according to the color used on the entry. Is there any color you are interested in it's place?
>>23440370
I have the time, I will give it a try, but I can't make promise for it yet, so go ahead and finish it if you want. That said, if I get the time to try finishing it, I should have it delivered by the end of the current group build.
>>23442322
Mascot anon here, have you received your finalized version of Shizuka's mascot yet? I want to make sure I have properly delivered it.

>>23442539
Just use a sanding sponge or wet sand paper and make sure to apply surfacer generously

>>23442225
>Lacquer is the toughest hobby paint there is
this is bullshit, enamels are significantly more durable, to the point they are bad to work with as they are more of a pain to clean up and strip once they have fully dried (lacquers just come off with isopropanol)

>>23442469
Thanks, I will be looking for it for my next project!

>>23442310
>>I DON'T WANNA PAY $100 FOR IT
>daban is working on it
enjoy your $200 tariff lol

>>23442225
>>23442554
the toughest hobby paint is 2K polyurethane (the kind that comes with a separate hardener that you mix in right before painting). it also gives you gigaaids

>>23442556
Not if they mark it as a $0 gift on the customs slip. No tariffs on personal mail.

>>23442178
Don't see why not

>>23442531
>>23442566
>>23442178
if I've learned anything from the tabletop warhammer slapchop community, you just abuse silly putty to make fleshy bits, I guess plamo has some precautions if you want to keep the figure articulate or not

What is the best way to make teeths for the group build?
Making all with epoxy putty, cutting and molding?

>>23442566
Can I submit multiple group build entries?

>>23442476
>>23442485
i have some milliput on hand already. I've never used it though, honestly completely forgot about it lol

>>23442572
One per person, though if you have a good enough lore reason to include 2 or more builds in a single entry you can do that too.

>>23442556
I don't live in burgerstan

>>23442417
>I am retarded and new
So look up youtube videos and hobbiest forums. You're not going to get proper, good, or real advice here. Most of the people replying to you don't own any of the things they're talking about.

>>23442571
Buy a fake skull and pull the teeth out

>>23442586
Ok thirdie

>>23442576
Ok then maybe I won’t submit my longsnap dunbine to the group build then since I want to do a girlpla

>>23442594
its ok ill submit mine

>>23442586
based ubermench. amerimutts finally confronting their inferiority itt

>>23442571
polymer clay, epoxy putty, carving from a dense foam should all work. and and depending on what you're going for you could make a few, then cast a bunch of duplicates cast them with UV resin and oyumaru/ blue stuff.

>mfw you used CA glue to fill holes instead of putty
>takes forever to sand
well atleast I know I won't be doing a double back if they're this hard

>>23442594
kitbash them and make a dunbine mechamusume

>>23442596
Thanks bro I’ll look out for that

I didn't have putty so to fill the little t shaped holes on my HG Zaku II shoulder I cemented the spikes in then filed the entire piece down until only the part that slots in remained

>>23442607
you could have just made some sprue goo or used ca

>>23442607
What a waste of plastic piece IMO. Could've just used a piece of sprue or super glue for that, and save the spike for another project.

RRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRGGGGGGHH I HATE GIRLPLA

>>23442543
Yeah, she is on. Very good job, thank you for your work.

As for "Military Holo" so to speak - uniform green as base is very on spot, fitting for the setting. Blue details are nice, too.

Hand painting lacquers really isn't that hard.

>>23440084
If it's last call for doodles, I'd love one, The one you did for my Reaper last time was adorable. Not a million percent sure on what animal to choose, cow or pig would be cute if a bit weird.

>>23442376
i'm aware of how much bigger the later kits are, it's just that i've built both the kits i posted and had no real problem
then i remembered i got small hands so that probably helps deal with the smaller parts

I spent $180 plus tip on 3 hg dragonars

Would painting a kit in Samus colors count as biomecha?

>>23442494
Are you the same guy who made the extendo Aerial?

>>23442538
15% of the price of the items, the price of the shipping, or the price of both combined?

>>23442602
Why dont you use putty? Thats what its made for

Bros what is acceptable ideas for the girlpla group build? I was thinking about just doing a big boobs anime bikini girl with some random mecha bits just to make it count as biomecha but I was wondering if there was anything more creative. There’s ms girls but those have been done a lot lately.

>>23442631
I'm gonna do a biological CPU-y Devil Gundam core for a bigger robot.

>>23442623
No

>>23442522
Still looking if anyone knows about the lacquer on top of acrylic surfacer thing

>>23442631
Some top quality build with green stuff made organic parts will win anyway so if you want to participate, just build whatever you feel comfortable with and/or consider fun and enjoy the process.

>>23442626
the 15% tariff is charged on the base value of the items, not shipping. it can often be less than a 15% price increase if the retailer is honest since the price they were charging you was already higher than what they're paying Bandai for the stock.
but again only big importers actually get that 15%. (you) get to pay $80 extra right into the pockets epstein & israel

https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1306957443

is this the gunpla+ the led lights? i want to make this version with the lights so i'm not sure if i have to purchase this and a unicorn or just this is fine.

>>23442639
That's just the LEDs.

>>23442637
Yeah you right. Cool thanks I guess I will just have fun with it

>>23442631
Female Bionicle characters

>>23442638
Do all direct to consumer importers have to tip $80 directly to Epstein and Israel? Or is it possible to get the cheaper 15% instead?

>>23442637
I'm going to submit a snapped Zaku II carrying a leaf.

>>23442641
thanks anon.

also
>41k
wow.... maybe i wont be getting the unicorn after all

>>23442542
I just bought a koto kit on AliExpress for basically retail price. I think chinks know how to fudge the numbers and also they import in bulk so the tariff is spread across all items.

>>23442630
It hates any grit lower than 400, and my sanding sponge set starts at 180, also if the putty shrinks, I'll have to double back

>>23442646
>Do all direct to consumer importers have to tip $80 directly to Epstein and Israel? Or is it possible to get the cheaper 15% instead?
They can get the 15% if they ship combined over-$800 packages to a US address and then have workers split them apart and mail individually from there. Dunno how practical that is as a business model though (it would certainly increase shipping costs) and obviously many of these smaller companies have 0 US employees to begin with.

>>23442651
The tax changes come into place on the 29th of August. They haven't happened yet.

>>23442653
So basically buying anything from booth, yahoo auctions, surugaya, or mandarake is fucked now

>>23442657
The de minimis was removed from china a couple months ago. The recent announcement to remove de minimis at the end of August was for all the other countries

>>23442568
just avoid getting putty in the joints, anything else can be solved with some hand painting so the joints don't just look too clean despite everything else being a mess of gross retardation

>>23442631
I was thinking combining a girlpla with some 30mm/ build fighters weapon sets to make something like image related except make the gun look like a giant dick and balls

>>23442659
But in addition to removing de minimis (which allows the %-based tariff to apply), this latest change is also adding a flat fee to all small packages specifically because he's pissed removing deminimis didn't do enough to kill aliexpress. Link: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/suspending-duty-free-de-minimis-treatment-for-all-countries/
Beforehand it was a 30% import tax (levied on whatever price Chang lied the item was, lower than what you actually paid). Now every package will have an additional $80-$200 tax (based on the country, not the package value) in addition to that percent fee.

He already pussied out on the 145% china tariff that was gonna happen alongside it though so chinkgodkino plastic should remain relatively cheap at places like usags/newtype.

>>23442635
Why not?

>>23442663
How exactly does making Americans pay more help the economy?

>>23442667
It puts money into the pocket of the current administration who are clearly embezzling hundreds of millions while loading hundreds of millions more debt onto the taxpayer, all while the American public sits back and does nothing.

>>23442667
More companies have American workers meaning the workers get paid and the government gets to skim taxes from the company. An out of country shipper only contributes tariff amounts to the government and gives no money to Americans.

>>23442667
Drives more spending to small american owned gunpla factories who will finally print masterkinos again instead of pbandai slop

>>23442620
No, she's only wearing the power armor. It's not part of her body. Her Fusion suit would count though, since it's surgically attached.

>>23442667
The end goal is to encourage buying locally produced things (Like buying Ford instead of Toyota or Volkswagon) by raising import prices. The problem is there's a ton of niche interests that aren't produced in the US (Like Gunpla) getting in the crossfire. All the big names in the Model Railroad industry in the US/Canada got together to make this video a few months back talking about how the Tariffs would impact them and the hobby.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3Nljba40xQ

will bandai and kotobukiya kits made in their american factories be cheaper for eurochads?

How hard would it be to find a copy of the old HG Strike Freedom gundam? I'm kind of itching for more masking and welding challenge, and maybe see how much I can improve that old kit.

>>23442679
america has poor international shipping channels since it basically torpedo'd its own manufacturing industry by offshoring everything. unlikely that getting plastic shipped from burgerland whould be cheaper than shipped from japan/china, even if they forced mexicans to work for $2/day in the factories to keep prices as low as the chinese ones

if something on p-bandai is locked to japan do you think they will at least bring it to pbandai china or once it's sold out that's it

>>23442688
That's a cool paint effect. Wish I was that good

>>23442688
>brown hands
>bootleg or chinkslop
everytime

>>23440097
I recommend AK primer over Vallejo's. I use it without thinning it and works great.

>>23442675
What about the Metroid suit from the end of Dread, that would count, right?

>>23442713
ok
but that 'chinkslop' in particular is objectively better than most Bandai kits put out the past few years.

>is objectively better than most Bandai kits put out the past few years
just like other delusional chink shill memes

>>23442713
even SNAA's weaker kits like Grace or Achilles are better than 90% of bandai 1/144s
you got NO hand variants and NO interesting armor shapes

>my ABS chinky rockoff bots that can't tolerate gundam markers is superior 2 stinky jap srop
+50 cents to your bank account chang

bro uses gundam markers and blames the kit when it looks like shit

>anti snaa schizo is a nopaints who hates chyna because it doesnt play well with his toy markers
sasuga

kit japan
:O
>kit china
>:(

>>23442761
there is nothing wrong with abs
there is something wrong with gundam markers

kit from anywhere
:)

waiting warmly for kit, america.

>>23442765
Don't worry anon, kit japan is becoming kit china.

>>23442768
kit, russia

kit, glorious Evropa
:o

what do i even do with the FF sazabi? it would have to be a custom because I already had a regular one that I'm going to paint normally

>>23442774
Ooh, Russians are making battle tech robots?

>>23442781
it's a 3d printed kit and they only did one or two. most of the stuff on their site is tractors or (real world) space probes. https://redironmodels.com/
also no clue where to buy it, i just spotted it listed on scalemates one day.

>>23442761
I'm literally using Gundam marker on that exact kit at this moment with no problems, but okay.

Enjoy your overpriced Bandai slop that progressively has less and less included in the box with each passing year.

>>23442792
i wonder if this is the same guy who always says not to buy chinese air compressors because they'll explode or some shit so you HAVE to get the $400 iwata one

>kit china
this is too busy
>kit aoz
:O

>>23442797
i don't think i've ever seen anyone say that
it's chinese airbrushes that everyone shits on

>kit, china, upgreebled bootleg of AOZ
:D

>>23442442
this but Vert

>kit, pretty girl
:3c

>>23442815
>>23442805
uh oh meltie alert

>buy chink shit kit
>falls apart when sprayed with lacquer and covered in an itchy bio weapon
>buy chinkshit airbrush
>temu build quality with o rings that will mold or shit themselves the moment anything hotter than water goes through
>buy chinkshit compressor
>gets so hot that it can roast an egg, or constantly leaks or worse explode
>buy chinkshit chisel
>made in a sweat shop with no concern about quality breaks the instant you use it
>buy chinkshit paint
>get 500 different cancers because its made out of recycled industrial waste

>>23442815
giwiwh

I dated Zak's sister for a while but you couldn't take her anywhere, this family has a real problem

>>23442846
its called autism

>>23442846
do they all throw boxes at each other's heads?

I've been using tamiya panel liner on bare changleg ABS for months and i've yet to have anything crack
my dao of bootleg is highly developed and my bootleg intent protects the plastic

>>23442826
chinkGOD kino

Gandamu

>>23442873
It is so blocky, I love it

>>23442873
>>23442875
Who gave Gundam chicken pox?

>>23442879
>Falls off and breaks in a million pieces

SNAA kits are fucking ugly and have zero subtlety or cohesion in their designs

>>23442893
shut the fuck up bitch

New thread

>>23442901
>>23442901
>>23442901

>>23442826
>buy a Bandai kit
>waterslides no longer included
>action base no longer included
>extra weapons no longer included
>1 set of box-hands even if there is no weapon to actually hold
>no sharp points or edges on anything, safety nubs on fins
>cope post on 4chan because it was double the price what China is producing and including in their kits

>>23442769
are there even any model kit manufacturers left in burgertown? I know there are miniatures still.

>>23441442
Looks like a bunch of 30MM kits put together WITH THE HELP OF KYOJIIIIIIII!

>>23442960
So basically the Grand Devil Gundam