Thread 23525068

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

>Why are my pictures sideways?
4chan strips EXIF data when images are uploaded, including the orientation tag if it's from your phone. To fix it save out your images separately, or use an app that will rotate and save the images for you.
One easy to use app that works well on Android:
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-=THE GUIDES=-
>Gelgoog Guy's gunpla guide:
gunpla.buyfags.moe
>Funaka's gunpla guides:
Building Gunpla: files.catbox.moe/fj5azc.pdf
Scratchbuilding: files.catbox.moe/2d9ppa.pdf
>Falldog's gunpla guide:
otakurevolution.com/content/laymans-gunpla-guide
>A guide to other types of plamo:
mediafire.com/file/1vf1aw7v91pz5pa
>Saintism's gunpla photography guide:
saint-ism.com/category/gunpla/photography

-=OTHER RESOURCES=-
>Gundam lineart (There's a lot!):
pastebin.com/22jyPB6q
>Dalong's gunpla reviews and documentation:
dalong.net
>Schizophonic's gunpla/plamo reviews:
schizophonic9-2.com
>KenBill Blog's gunpla/plamo reviews:
blog.kenbill.com
>Past Groupbuilds:
flickr.com/photos/197891373@N06
>Monthly Restock List:
old.reddit.com/r/gunpla/1n0pstz

Prior thread: >>23519405

-= 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

Show ME what you're working on!!!

>>23525072
What's that gold paint?

How do I get good at painting? Do I really have to buy the special hobby paints like vallejo plus buy an airbrush after all?

>>23525078
practice, fuck up and research the hell out of your mistakes.

You want to learn how to thin paints to flow correctly, you can airbrush any liquid when thinned down correctly.

I can't stress the practice part enough. Just get the brushes or airbrush and start painting, don't be an indecisive pussy like most gundam builders

>>23525078
First time painting and I bought vallejo paints and am just painting with brushes and see what's happening.

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).

So far I've decided on adding a little brain under the clear piece, some tentacles coming out of the eye and the radiators and running under the shell and some muscle tissue in little piston windows on the underside of the legs, also some human teeth under the head. I want to keep it relatively tame but at the same time I feel like that's not enough. Any ideas on what to add, particularly for the rear section?

he's STILL whining

>>23525078
you can use craft acrylics and a brush if you really want to
it will look like shit though

>>23525166
what causes a man to be this much of a corpo bootlicker
did he work at bandai and is trying to get his job back or something?

>>23525170
Far more than anything it is purely national pride.

Is painting hard? I'm new to gunpla but I hate this girls colo and wanna make her armour blue

>>23525167
A fine addition to my THIN YOUR PAINTS collection.

>>23525185
If you can paint your nails, you can paint your gunpla.

>>23525188
I know how to paint my nails c:

>>23525185
if you just want to change the color you can get some paint and makeup sponges and dab the paint on, it produces an effect that could be described as "manual airbrushing"

>>23525176
I pray for the day Korea makes bootleg gunpla.

>>23525252
Not gonna happen. Korea has a first world legal system so it would be shut down very quickly.

>>23525257
>>23525252
Academy started as a bootlegging company. not to mention the numerous Korean robot knockoffs like Taekwon V. it's not uncommon for them to rip-off japanese products especially during the prohibition era.

>>23525166
It's not illegal to buy those goods as a consumer. If the producer gets sued or not is not the buyer's problem.

grown ass MAN by the way
this is what happens when you paint your gunpla
the pipeline is real. every single western gunplatuber is like this.

>>23525147
Meat wings

retarded snapshitter slave propaganda. goykotsu doesn't paint his kits

>>23525282
>this is what happens when you paint your gunpla
only if you were a fag already

>>23525284
Yeah, I'll probably add some meat on clear wing parts

>>23525072
>>23524678
>>23523615
I want a 1/100 Delta Gundam now, the HG reminds me just how much I like the Delta Gundam's design. That'll be a project for when my skills have matured though. I'm between the Hyaku Shiki 2.0 MG and the Delta Plus MG it shouldn't be impossible or require too much scratch building.

I assembled the Jahannam HG, I plan on using this to practice detailing and painting. Not sure what color scheme I'll be going for with it I'm just not a fan of the blue. Might go classic Zaku green, or maybe Char custom, or something else entirely, not sure yet. Don't have a spray booth yet I was planning on adding that next month.

>>23525072
Began this fella yesterday, sadly i couldn't get the heavy arms

>>23525326
My local hobby lobby got some zoids in and I was thinking of grabbing one while it's on sale. Are they good builds?

>>23525338
The new line of 1/100 scale are getting good reviews, they are basically the hg of zoids, but if you want something more complex, the hmm line has some bangers, like the konig wolf that i posted, just be careful with the more old kits, they don't hold that tight anymore

>>23525166
I WILL buy the chang Devil Gundam when it comes out and this nigga WILL cry more on xitter

not fun

>>23525350
Thanks for the info. Here's the ones they have. Is this the new 1/100 line you mentioned?

>>23525371
Yep, that's the one, you can check them out if you like, just keep in mind they are as complex as a hg

>>23525377
About how big are they compared to a high grade?

>>23525379
It depends anon, can't give you an exact number, maybe you can check online for the exact data

>>23525389
That's fair. Thank you for entertaining my questions.

>japanese unknowingly praised chinese bootleg kit
lmao

>>23525394
No prob anon, i love zoids, so if people are interested in them, i gotta help

>>23525400
I liked zoids a lot as a kiddo and I think it'll be a nice nostalgia thing to build some. The 1/100 scale is also a huge selling point since they'll fit in with most of my gunpla.

I just bought a $7 1/144 bootleg Turn A with Moonlight Butterfly effect

>>23525403
Same, Zoids was the first mecha anime i watched, so the first thing i bought with my first paycheck was the 1/72 Shadow fox, its one of the better hmm kits

hey guys, rate my weathered heavy arms!

>>23525416
Heavyarms Gundam (new delhi ver.)

>>23525416
That's not funny. There are children in africa starving for gunpla and you're treating your kits like this.

Thoughts?

>>23525430
>Thoughts?
None for me thanks, trying to cut back.

>>23525430
I don't like it.

>>23525072
So the Hyakushiki Kai has Gundam eyes instead of a visor?

>>23525430
katoki

>>23525430
remove these and it's good

>>23525430
armaments are dumb
base suit is ok

>>23525282
That guy is probably the laziest snapshitter out there

>>23525430
Just feels like a Seven Sword that's too busy looking. I prefer the Bandai version

>>23525430
Yikes.

>>23525430
Kino.

>>23525430
Daban 8822 is better

>>23525430
standard chinkpla

>>23525430
Head too big, looks silly.

>>23525528
enough about V2 Assault Buster

>>23525072
Bought my first MGSD after reading/watching lots of review saying good things about this line.

>>23525546
SCAMMED

>>23525430
>>23525435
No mor thohtggs ..

>>23525546
I like the idea of MGSD, just not sure about the box price

>>23525072
Been working on this. Got the metal frame and I think it's the cause of most of my grief with this this ver ka. Most of that grief will be fixed once I tighten the loose areas, but damn. There's a lot of line cleaning to do, and I still have to assemble the backpack and fins. I also need to decide if it's worth trying to repair the hands. I have a 3rd party set, but they're not as chunky, which makes them look weird. If I get a rx79 2.0, I'll probably use the hands for that so I'll have a fresh set for the Nu.

>>23525411
>>23525326
>>23525371
Based. I just got back into model kits again recently, and inevitably fell back into Zoids. I actually prefer the HMM to a lot of Bandai's stuff, and I've been really curious about getting the new 1/100 line. I've seen mostly positive stuff, but for the same reason I don't have a lot of MG, I've been unsure cause I like to keep a similar scale.

Wtf it looks way better than the MG?!!!

Done sculpting my group build entry. Gonna start priming it and painting today. No I will NOT be posting WIPs

>>23525600
Honestly, i preffer the HMM line, the scale allows for more fun poses, but the reviews for the 1/100 line are pretty good, so its honestly a matter of choice

not a big fan of this obese mf

>>23525625
>>23525628
>>23525631
>>23525634
damn this thing looks crazy in different angles

>>23525637
i know right

>>23523514
Ridiculously so. It's honestly scary to bend the elbow joint because of how much force you need to use on it.

>>23524027
You can see the name on the manual:
>SWORO OF RAGE

>>23525639
>dude what if the basic bitch Dom had as many thrusters as the Kampfer or Nightingale
fuck you

>>23525643
>Kampfer or Nightingale
Well, those aren't a thing in quacks universe, so it's all good

>>23525623
I ah vent run I to too many issues with the HMM. The Lightning Saix turret attachment is kinda ass, but otherwise it's been a blast. I do love the Rev raptors, though. I want to get 2 more. One in the official colors in missing and one I'm telling myself I'm going to do a full paint job on. Been messing with weapon swaps and like how the raptor looks with some of wild weasel gatlings. The gun sniper is going to have the pile drivers when I get around to building my extra.

>>23525671
Nice lizard anon! Been meaning to get a rev raptor for my empire team, but i couldn't pass on a cheap konig wolf

Zoids secured

>>23525695
Nice anon, please tell us what they are like, maybe i'll get some after my current proyect.

>>23525700
My first thought is that it's crazy that it came with two manuals. They're both multilingual and the only difference is the retard warning in the beginning. That and the paper is very thick and nice feeling.

>>23525711
Oh, i haven't read anything about that actually, they look nice

>>23525643
More thruster = more nyoom
My only problem with the GQX Gelgoog (besides its lack of monoeye) is that it didnt have enough

>>23525742
sir it had three monoeyes, that's triple the monoeyes, that's like the char custom of seeing things

>>23525682
Konig is 100% on my list of things to get. I have to be careful though because the Ligers are going to start rolling in soon. In fact, Liver Zero is probably my next build, though I also have a Redra. My big issue right now is that I'm out of space. It's a problem.

Den'an Gei on US PB WHEN?

>>23525764
Yeah, space is always an issue, my shelf right now is full of zoids and i can barely fit them any more, also so far the konig has been fun, highly recommend

>>23525780
Never. Filthy gaijin are not permitted glorious nipponese piss bandai plastic, folded 10,000 times.

brushwork isnt clicking bros

>>23525829
Add some retarder

>>23525839
i'm already maxed out on- oh you mean to the paint

Bandai is so fucking zased for making this

>>23525829
consider airbrush

>>23525078
use some ak or whatever acrylics you can get your hands on and use paintbrushes, you don't need to worry to hard about thinning paints because those things are pretty watery already.
Just when you get paint on your brush, sweep it on your palette a bit so you have less paint on it, even if it doesn't look like much it cover a fair amount

So for mixing metallic paints. I'm wanting a darker green than metallic green comes in. Can I just mix in a normal gloss dark green or black into it? Or do I need to do something special?

>>23525918
You can just add some black to darken it.

Nips can buy second hand gunpla for less than 5 bucks each, meanwhile the rest of us are forced to pay extra tax and scalper tip for anything but the most recent shit.

>>23525932
Thanks I think that will be my plan then. I'll just have to actually measure or just mix up a bunch as I'm going to need quite a bit

>>23525948
Someone post that Angel GM some guy found at a gunpla thrift store

>>23525948
we should get lil hiroyuki riled on nips buying second hand instead of directly from bandai and cause a civil war

>>23525948
>meanwhile the rest of us are forced to pay extra tax and scalper tip for anything but the most recent shit.
It's exactly the same in Japan right now. Probably worse due to how weak Yen is. Un-built kits in the 2nd hand market are insanely priced.

Fun kit. The plastic is noticeably softer than the stuff bandai uses for gunpla. Instructions are easy to follow and the sculpt is good. One of the tiny 1mm pegs on the back broke without me noticing but it still went together fine despite it. I'll just glue it in place after reassembly since it's a static piece.
Am I gonna get ripped apart by the zoids enjoyers if I paint it a different color?

Gave marchosias a new frame. Much better than the floppy original one that couldn't hold the backpack properly. It's a frankenstein frame
>3d printed waist
>iron toys ibo frame arms
>another chink brand ibo legs
>gusion rebake chest with pierced hole for neck armor to fit
I can also finally confirm that metal primer works fine for POM plastic, I wasn't sure before. Used tamiya metal primer, applied it with the brush on the bottle cap

>>23526027
The legs have working pistons with the feet, that's pretty cool. Especially in 1/144

>>23526031
Marchosias heightmogging hajis. Soon the trio will be complete
>two more weeks

>>23526016
yes, the zoid longsnap cabal is notably rabid

>>23526036
And a sexy back pic

>>23525948
>Why can't I buy my toys for 5 bucks?

>>23526051
This. Anyone who complains about the price of fucking BANDAI kits is insane
>omg I cant believe McDonald's doesnt give me a whole meal for a dollar like they did in the 70s life is unfair waaah

>>23525948
These remind me of either cheap Dollar Store action figures or the secondhand Warhammer minis in ziploc bags at my LGS. I just find the idea of selling something like this in a plastic bag really funny.

lmfao they padded out the sheets instead of just putting everything on a single sheet

>>23526085
https://x.com/HobbySite/status/1967507476800250122?t=AH9t8906WgcFSL24SDcB-w&s=19

>>23526016
Nice anon! Looks good, and don't worry about the painting stuff, there's room for custom colors.

I can't believe that the MK IV is going to real.

>>23526097
They cant just make a whole manga about it without at least giving us a HG right?

Started building the MG Mk-V. I can't believe people weren't exaggerating, this is a really good build. The fact that it's P-Bandai is so motherfucking retarded this would be an insta-buy for basically anybody if it was retail.

>>23526097
Now canonize Psycho Mk. III.

>>23526113
Also I'll ask this even if it's not really the thread for it? What are those two tall back fins for on the Mk-V? Just extra cooling or exhaust?

>>23526145
They're just vents.

>>23526115
>>23526099
>Soon.

Just discovered the color shifting Mr Crystal Color line. Anyone try it for Psychoframe coloring? I feel like the shifting could look cool.

>>23526113
MG Mk V would probably have been retail back in 2021 if Bandai hadn't been plapped by Chadna's Kung Flu virus.

>>23526179
painting psychoframe is just too much of a hassle because of transformation
too easy to chip the paint

>>23526182
The kit I'm thinking of is a FA that is going to live in Destroy mode since I have a normal Unicorn I leave in Unicorn mode.

>>23526097
Trust the plan, brother. HG Gallus-J was actually a teaser

>>23526188
...for HGUC Gaza-D of course.

This feels like a stupid question, but what exactly would you look for to find bottles similar to this? I need better paint bottles but dspiae's are out of stock everywhere.

>>23526194
Aliexpress

>>23526194
search "17ml dropper bottle" on your favorite online retailer

Oh yeah it's all coming together.

>>23526194
They're easy to find on aliexpress. I've bought a ton there. They come in other sizes too.

>>23526208
I like that chrome/silver. What did you use?

>>23526218
It's this weird shit I got on amazon called fusionfilm silver liquid foil. It's weird and won't ever dry if you brush it on. It also needs to be sprayed pretty heavy and fast to get a good chrome.

>>23526196
>>23526203
>>23526208
Wound up going with these
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CNPZVLCR

i can feel another >$100 impulse purchase (backlog addition) coming on, it's been too long since my last one (two weeks)

>>23526237
Wait for the Ex-S and FAZZ reprints next month habibi.

>>23526242
i already have them on preorder :)

>>23526242
my usual place doesn't have the Ex-S available for pre/back order yet
I'm getting antsy bros

>>23526242
How old is the Ex-S exactly?

Thoughts on the colors?
1/2

>>23526255
>>23526259
I'm just gonna wait for them to drop on Newtype and try and get them that way. Fuck pre-order bullshit.

>>23526266
2/2

>>23526266
>>23526268
Nice colors anon! I belive that's close to some original colors from one of the games actually, looks nice

>>23526268
>>23526266
I like the contast, tasteful.

>>23526266
>>23526268
looks serviceable with panel liner but designed for paint

>>23526237
i set out to take a break from painting for one month in August and the withdrawal hit me like a fent addict. I impulse bought like 5 or 6 MGs (one of which was The O), HGUC psycho mk 2, and almost a PG. Before this I hadn't bought a kit in almost a year+, besides the new gquuuuuux stuff

Here is it with the backpack

>>23526262
80% 22 years old.

>>23526237
hope it's gonna be more than just readily available bandaislop

>>23526279
this is what the Hyaku Shiki Kai will look like if they ever make a MB of it btw

>>23526285
The leds to simulate the trusters are a cool gimmick and are super bright

The binders on the underside hide the beam saber hilts

>>23526273
>>23526271
Thank you

>>23526277
I think it all being a single shade of white wasn't doing it any favors. I do agree that these kits benefit from paint more than the average gundam.

>>23526281
nope, i'm a bandaiGOD through and through

>>23526279
>>23526285
He looks like he is going to extreme jihad some autist's deviantart OC

>>23526262
1.0 is 23 years old. Ver 1.5 is 6 years old

>>23525147
You could paint veins on the inside of the clear parts

>paint not covering the black shading and making it look natural
>paint also instantly starts pulling away from edges and showing the gray like i'd blasted a gallon onto it
It's mr color at 18 psi and a 1:1.5 ratio, what the fuck am I doing wrong here

>>23526310
Thin it a bit less if it's pulling like that.

>>23526312
>Thin
>less
Your gonna set it off

>>23526310
Overthinned, thats why

>>23526268
Can you make the claws teeth and ear vents a different shade of silver?

>>23526310
thick your paints, retard

>>23526312
>>23526316
>>23526318
God dammit I thinned the whole bottle at once

>>23526291
then don't bother. there's no reason to have a pile of bandai kits that get reprinted ad nauseam

>>23526321
You could probably just open the lid and leave it in your spray booth with the fan on for a bit

>>23526321
that's why you don't do that. learn to thin by eye and just do what you need for a session then pour any excess back into the pot

>>23526317
I am planning on making the teeth, claws and ears silver. This is just the base coat. Mind you, these will be silver and not chrome like the exhaust pipes.
I just need to wait for this clearcoat to cure before I do more painting. I topcoat my base paints and then do detail painting and panel lining with water based paint so that it's easy to clean up any errors. A bit of rubbing alcohol isn't gonna hurt mr. super clear but it'll sure get acrylics off of it.

What colour scheme should I paint the MG ball

finished my first kit and i still feel empty inside - did i do it wrong?

>>23526353
you didn't inhale enough plastic dust

>>23526353
you essentially did factory work
now you must make it into a piece of art

>>23526352
The same colour as your balls

Are other early RGs as bizarre as the Strike is? I still can't get over how shield connector is part of the fucking waist on the pre-built runner.

>>23526317
Here you go, pal. I tinted it blue because when it was just silver it was pretty much invisible.

>>23526353
You’re supposed to when it’s done.
the joy comes from looking at the model in flat light grey primer, thinking to yourself how good it’s going to look when it’s done. But it never looks that good. That’s dragon we chase

>>23526371
Ooh nice, you could try a diffuse pearl as a nice stand in when real silver isn’t giving enough contrast

>>23526027
>>23526031
>>23526036
>>23526044
That's awesome bro. Nice work.

>>23526031
I love the weathering.

>>23526152
Wealth and glory to the winner.

>>23525072
Finished the commander wolf. I've also articulated my thoughts on it.
It feels like a really good high gtade. A bit of the design feels outdated, especially in the exhausts since they're just two half pieces but it's not really a problem. It's also very easy to pose. I paid 25 bucks for mine and I think that's a pretty fair price for it.
I'd say it was a very good day project. I am very much looking forward to building the blade liger I purchased with it.

>>23526318
KEK

>>23526433
Looks much better now, that last 10% makes all the difference in the world.

Gunpla for this feel?

>>23526482
A lot of the shapes really needed broken up. It's also insane to me that mr. hobby considers that shade of gray to be blue.

Thinking about buying the Plamo Loving Alien Jeda.

>>23526486
What paint is it? There is like a very tiny bit of blue to it.

>>23526496
Aqueous hobby color light blue, H67.

Thank god they reprinted the pale cavalry, now I can get it for a Zam Rider build.

>>23526288
With the beam rifle
The weapons is the same of the original Hyakushiki but You get a extender and a different barrel to make it longer

>>23526288
Are the parts under-gated?

>>23525282
>Trooning out in your 30s
oof

>>23525416
>Heavyarms is deployed to India

>>23525948
I just bought a 2nd hand MG Exia with everything for just $12 at a local store today.

>>23526539
The warhammer toys threw off my sense of scale for a bit making me think everything else in these images were shockingly tiny.

>>23526557
What's the appeal of buying a kit that's already built?

>>23526562
Parts harvesting and/or custom building

>>23526540
not all of them
so far, which is base body and the beam rifle I'd say around 60-70% of the parts are undergated

however, the placement and material is kinda prone to still leave a nub mark if you are not careful

this is especially the case with the gold parts, as the gold paint coat is hard, so when you are removing the nub you may scrape off a bit of paint from the side and a visible surface, so you have to be careful

>>23526539
>>23526561
oh also, forgot to mention, but the range of movement is severely limited already for the shoulders

you can't fully extend the arm to pose as if it was firing the rifle, because the large shoulders already get their rotation range restricted by the cylinder things right behind them of the backpack so when this thing gets the FA parts it will be a total brick

>>23525072
Couldn't decide how to grebble up my current project, so I decided to pick up something I left incomplete a few years ago in the meantime and it's finally taking shape.

>>23526571
Buying those rocks.

>>23526016
Considering there was a Command wolf in two animes piloted by main characters and neither command wolf was white, I think you're fine.

>>23525625
>>23525628
>>23525631
Godamn that's a huge boah

>no actual transformation
Expected, but still, disappointing.
What's the point of Sentai mech that can't transform?

>>23526601
It has to be so it can support the weight of Snail's inflated ego.

>>23526562
Kit bashing, practice for scribing and a painting dummy,

>master grade Master Gundam
>hi grade Hi Nu Gundam
Kinography...

>>23526644
why is it called the master gundam

are there any devices for making it easier to do sanding and the like indoors? I know the obvious thing to wear a mask and wet sand but I meant if air purifiers work and the like

>>23526652
yeah, but why didn't he go with asia gundam? they didn't call it the domon gundam.

>>23526647
Because only a God can beat a Master.

>>23525072
currently in prototype stage, might add/remove stuff

>>23526670
Which Digimon is this

I fucked up, I forgot about the shit with pour type markers and abs plastic
its been like 3 days since I finished the panel lines
I dont know what plastic this bootleg is made of, doesn't say in the runners or manual either
I've been posing it a bit and I cant notice any cracks
will it get obliterated?
i tested the markers again on the leftover runners but it didnt do anything after 20 mins, it even wiped off cleanly with just my finger
it was 6 bucks but I liked how it came out

>>23526670
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n7eNFj_9Vk&ab_channel=TheKef

>>23526696
Bootlegs are made using raw sewage chemicals, it's going to catastrophically explode in 3.4 hours and shower your entire room in sewage.

>>23526696
if it hasn't by now it's probably ok but next time take it apart first

post paintgod kinos

>>23526321
if it's too thin, try to spray at 12-14, PSI.
Mr color is usually thinned at a 1:1 ratio. for pain consistency and mixing try this:
>mix your paint + thinner
>grab a tooth pick or w/e and drag it up the paint cup
>if it runs but gives you paint coverage on the cup, it should be good to go

Was the bootleg Pale Rider Cavalry any good?

recent backlog
>hg gqx zaku + a bunch of random shit to glue to it
>hg vidar
>hg the other vidar
>30mm space portanova

work in progress log
>hg aerial (group build)
>30mf liber warrior

I'm gonna drop out of group builds for good, I realized they don't make me happy, and I end up with like 6+ unfinished builds cause I'm a sheeple falling for group think and propaganda, snapping out of wasting my time making something I don't really care for.

>>23526834
>snapping out of wasting my time
try painting out of wasting your time instead of snapping

>>23526834
Buy Digipla!!

>have two HG Unicorn Base Jabbers, one Type 89, and a ReZEL
>that's enough space for a total of five passengers
>only have one each of HG Jegan and GM III
>the December catalog of P-Bandai is suddenly looking more enticing
I already have a bootleg GM Spartan, but I still kind of want an official one, and the Type D Jegans would also go well with the Base Jabbers (though obviously I could spring for Jestas instead). I don't remember the camouflaged version showing up in the OVA or Narrative, was it from the TV version or something?

>>23525282
>working since 20yo
>not rich but can afford my hobbies
>buy my gunpla finished off ebay
I'm safe, right?

wow UV resin is pretty neat, I didn't lube up my mold cause apparently silicone molds are perfect for this shit, casts just pop out easily. I also didn't think my cheap blacklight for making my fluorescent paint glow was gonna work for making it cure fast but it did work and it cured really fast.
I was gonna use this brain for my group build but circumstances have ate up too much time and I haven't even started yet cause my kit is still sitting in Japan.

>>23526918
How long (if you haven't already) untill you make your own dildo?

>>23526920
waste of UV resin tee-b-aych

not!changlong rg sazabi
https://x.com/KRW_KRW_KRW/status/1967801448298844226

>>23526882
Actually, I realized after some research that the ReZEL Defenser-B doesn't have the passenger handles because all of the extra thrusters and equipment make that impossible. So, yeah, great I guess, one less passenger I have to worry about.

>>23526882
It's in the OVA, but it doesn't really do anything. It's right at the beginning of OVA episode 7, standing guard at the airfield near Cheyenne, the mountain bunker base that was used to control the repaired Gryps colony laser.

>>23525397
>Qubeley Papillon from Build Fighters is Chinese now
Lol. Lmao even

https://x.com/mabo_ma_mabo/status/1834426620595273930

>>23526961
Oh, so then it's like the ReGZ in the Ra Cailum's hangar or the Zeta Pluses on the ground that don't do shit, and is there just for the sake of background eye candy.

Why would anyone even want one then.

>>23526992
Wait until you find out that Ex S Deep Strike doesn't actually exist, it is just a concept customization for Ex S. Yet it won the MG reprint poll.

>>23526992
They'd have to be autistic to want one. Apparently the kit itself is rather basic. The camo print is a form of waterslide decal torture, and the only accessories that make it stand out is the inclusion of a Hizack\Marasai-type beam rifle. Anyone who knows what they're doing can make a better version by painting a regular Jegan D-type and stealing the beam rifle from another kit.

>>23526611
What’s the green guy supposed to be?

>>23527039
A gorilla

>>23525623
I wish Kotobukiya would make a 2.0 of the LIger Zero. That kit is ancient by today's standards and could do with some improvement. Especially with the quality of the plastic. It feels rickety handling it compared to the Konig Wolf which is buttery smooth and just right in tolerances.

>>23526484
Messer, it's fists are absolutely huge.

I hope this will eventually leads to Huckebein 30th, even if it's P-Bandai.

>>23525625
Box art seems to be based on the three-way ambush fight.

Head Bringer teaser?

>>23526882
>Those prices
I can get all three of those for like $20 (+decals, + particle effects + extra gear) thanks to my good friend chinaman

kotobukiya does it again

>>23526654
Because Kowloon Gundam is already Asia Gundam

Apparently Bandai is joining the All Japan Model & Hobby Show this year and they're gonna announce new kits for all you snapshidders

>>23525397
That's a kitbash, you fucking retard. The Jap in that screenshot built it.

>>23526512
Shame there's no bootleg AoZ Barzam yet.

>>23527148
Really wish Bandai stopped trying to chase after Koto's turf with 30MM and 30MS. There'd be more Gunpla in the world. Plus, Bandai's offerings look like shit next to Koto's.

>>23527178
>Bandai's offerings look like shit next to Koto's.
Only when it comes to Sousai Shojo and Alice gear. Koto's FAGs and MDs are usually have just awful design

>>23527178
Do they even compete in the same price range?

>>23526666
holy digits

Why Bandai haven't make MG Barzam after the HG kit was unexpected success?

>>23525282
He's jacked and you are jelly

I wish chinese kits werent so tacky

>>23527258
>Why Bandai
No one knows, stop asking

>>23527258
>>23527263
I personally asked John Bandai. Apparently he delays a release of a kit by 10 years whenever someone asks him about one.

>>23527258
Bandai never does things that make sense, like how they’re reprinting The O despite it being a flop but refuse to reprint the Zaku 2 and Gelgoog

>completely butcher my first few decals
>the next ten or so look alright
hell yeah motherfucker

>>23527261
I think Bandai kits are too plain desu

Thoughts on this?

>>23527328
But they're reprinting the Zaku 2 next month :^)

>>23527355
I wonder what their idea was for reprinting the woefully out of date kit over the 2.0?

it's beautiful i've looked at this for five hours now

debating how well it'd look on the HG or EG

>>23527361
I guess it's just since they've not been reprinted in ages, and they happen to be turning 30 in October so now's as good a time as any for it

>>23527349
If chinese kits have an anime bandai will become obsolete

>>23526834
i haven't participated in over a year. you've now freed yourself from the goytrap and may now paint whatever you want

>>23527363
Plastic or resin?

>>23527417
le plastico

>>23527368
Mecha break global empire soon, trust the plan

>>23526834
4 entry groupbuild here we come!

>>23527422
>>23527363
source?

>>23527483
How many unexpected entries did the last one have? It was a lot. This one will probably be fewer but still at least half a dozen.

snapshitters btfo

Aside from the Efreet Nacht, Gundam Spiegel and F-Kunoichi Kai, what are some ninja-themed kits/suits?

>>23527485
it's been posted here and there like a month ago
https://x.com/KRW_KRW_KRW/status/1954931550749122928
backpack and arm gun from MP Nu Gundam meant for RG Nu and Hi Nu. Does NOT include other MP Nu-specific parts like chest armor, but they're showing them on another picture so maybe they'll come out as a separate set?
Anyway the listed price is literally 5 dollars lmao

>>23527496
Age-1 Spallow
GN-X Superbia (no model kit though)

>>23527494
The human body can go 3 weeks without food. An occasional 7 day fast drinking tap water only is perfectly reasonable way to save money by not eating.

>>23527496
SMP Tobikage

>>23527494
With how common portable spray booths are, I'm surprised that a bunch of shitters still refuse to get one, especially if they're living in cramped, fire hazard apartments.

A few months ago OOB builders were cool here. What happened?

Should Bandai just mold them all in one color to force snapshitters to learn2paint?

>>23527511
The cheap 1 fan ones don't move enough air to make lacquer safe, but the 2 fan ones should be barely enough (or just add a duct fan).

>>23527520
That should suffice for water based stuff. Does Japan not import vallejo and AK paint that much?

>>23527209
No, but never let facts get in the way of whining like a bitch.

>>23527494
yikes. bandai cheapskate

>>23527496
Lone Shadow is really cool

>>23527499
I could see kitbashing this with the double fin funnel type to create a slightly more convincing MP nu but yeah more custom parts would be ideal

>Anyway the listed price is literally 5 dollars
USAGS has it for 20 lmao

>>23527523
>Does Japan not import vallejo and AK paint that much?
You can easily find them, along with citadel, but it's cheaper to get local brands which tend to be lacquer or enamel. Mr Hobby have acrysion these days which is their water based line.

whenever I see a word "kitbashing", I immediately imagine a timmy-looking white guy

>>23527496
Not gunpla but the megalomaria series of kits from kotobukiya are often have ninja styled designs.

>>23527560
What term do you prefer "Frankengundaming"?

How do you deal with the FOMO of not getting the kits you want and potentially spending years waiting for a reprint or having to spend much more to secure them second hand?

I regret not buying a Gastima, I love this thing but I neglected to buy a kit for it.

>>23527567
custom build

>>23527588
I simply wait. No difference between getting a kit now and in 10 years.

>>23527511
What's the point in having a spray booth if there's no windows to run it through

>>23527598
just hook up the exhaust to a vent?

>>23527592
Too broad. That can refer to a variety of different techniques. Kitbashing refers to a specific thing.

>>23527602
what if no vent

>>23527588
If you really want it and you've got no backlog, then you just have to pay up. I've done it a few times for P-Bandai kits, since we don't have it in Europe, and I just have to eat shit on the price. Thankfully the weak yen has helped keep the price reasonable. I can see listings for the Gastima ranging from 6000-7500 yen right now, less if you're willing to take a pre-built kit.

>>23527606
Bash a hole in your wall and run an exhaust duct out it.

>>23527605
why do you even bother replying to subhumans?

>>23527517
snapshitters were never cool

>>23527550
>>23527499
Does it come with the two backpack slots? I have the double fins + effect parts for my RG, and it would cool to have those wings. They'd be less floppy anyway.

>>23527598
>>23527602
>>23527606
the problem is that Japan housing rules.

even the most poor, run-down apartment complex or danchi have strict rules, specially about smells. you cant even barbecue inside your own unit, so its not a surprise that you cant paint in your own apartment. and even if you paint outside, you'll likely to get reprimanded

>>23527633
not sure if I understand your question, but maybe these pics help?

I got small tank model to try airbrushing and honestly, I think that whole fuss with setting everything up and cleaning afterwards outweighs advantages of this method of painting. The only good thing I see here is how I will ultimately save on primers and varnishes compared to spray cans.

>>23527660
I was asking if it had double wings, which it does, but I guess each wing only holds 3 funnels. I was thrown off by this post >>23527550. Not sure how you'd get the full 12 funnels on with those parts.

>>23527678
I really hate that I agree. I only ever use the airbrush when I'm doing a lot of painting like laying down the base coat.

>>23527494
Suddenly Japanese act as if painting with good, old brush is somehow arcane art.

>>23527688
It's not that, it's that he's whining about how the tools and paints will cost him at last 4000 yen to color correct his snapshit

>>23527678
The airbrush will use less paint overall and it only takes like a minute at most to clean it between colors. You are discounting it entirely based on an extremely novice opinion.

>>23527687
Oh yeah, and that. Or painting entire army of miniatures or at least a squad. Then it makes sense. Unless I listened to wrong people and changing colour does not involve full cleanings, including taking airbrush apart. But there is still a thing about taking everything out, connecting compressor, waiting for it to load and after work cleaning airbrush, releasing air from compressor, removing collected water, etc, compared to just washing your brush and throwing away paper from wet palette.

>>23527694
Boo-fucking-hoo. But I see reflection of myself when I, younger and naive, wondered if money spent on nipper, sandpaper, file and hobby knife are really necessary.

>>23527696
Not sure about less paint argument, I used actually more paint from bottle than I would with brush painting same size (not much more but still). If cleaning would be as fast and easy as just emptying cup and blowing some air, then sure. But I hate having to take it apart (already broke nozzle at first assembly, at least now I'm smart enough to NOT use this little tool attached and do it with fingers instead).

>>23527712
>If cleaning would be as fast and easy as just emptying cup and blowing some air
it is if you're using lacquers. just blast a cup or two of hardware store lacquer thinner through it. you need to deep clean it sometimes but not that often. acrylics are a pain in the ass to clean out though

>>23527712
Just backflow the cup with some cleaner in there, then dump it and wipe it out. Then run a bit more cleaner and you're good. You do not need to take it apart between colors.

>>23527678
My airbrush setup involves going into the room, turning the lights and compressor on, doing a quick check to make sure everything is spraying cleanly, and then painting. My cleaning process involves flushing some hardware store thinner, using an old paintbrush to ensure there's no residue, using a shop towel to wipe down the body if there were any spills, and turning the lights and compressor off. Neither process takes more than 3-4 minutes, what's your struggle exactly?
Also good fucking luck adjusting the PSI on a rattlecan lol

>>23527722
>backflow

Saw that once but how I'm supposed to do it with this kind of fancy front part? I cannot just block it with finger.

>>23527712
>already broke nozzle at first assembly
You know you don't need to do that every time right
I only take the nozzle out once in a few kits, otherwise I screw the cap off and dab a cotton swab wet with thinner on the nozzle. And even that, only at the end of the day
>>23527727
Isn't that one of those where you just unscrew it a little and it backflows by itself

>>23527724
>what's your struggle exactly?

Not having dedicated room for start. And isn't it like aggressive thinners fucks up inner seals and such?

>rattlecan
That's why I said it makes sense as replacement for primer/varnish cans since it saves money in long run as you waste a lot of material with cans.

>>23527602
Pumping lacquer paint fumes through your buildings ducts sounds very illegal

>got some cheap resin figures from ali for some projects
>look up general processes on how to work resin on yt
>all GWheads with the bongest of accents
idk if it's because the accent is intrinsically clownesque or because they all try to force comedy in their vids but i can't listen to this shit

>>23527732
>You know you don't need to do that every time right
Well, I was told to do it every time I end session and place airbrush back into box.

>Isn't that one of those where you just unscrew it a little and it backflows by itself
No idea, manual says nothing of such feature.

>>23527742
What airbrush do you have?

>>23527699
I have a QD on my compressor and just leave the tank filled all the time. You also only need to drain water like 1-2 times a year.

>>23527749
>QD
a whatnow

>>23527750
Queen Dragon

>>23527747
Fine Art FA-180A. Seems like standard construction from what I saw on pictures and rather sturdy.

>>23527727
Just enscrew it like a quarter turn and turn on the air and it'll backflow.

>>23527750
Quick disconnect. It lets you unplug the hose without letting air out. If you don't have an airbrush attached it is equivalent to a closed valve. You can buy a pack for like $10 on Amazon.

>>23527754
>Rather sturdy
>I broke the nozzle right away

>>23527761
there is no cure for gaijin hamhands, unfortunately

>>23527754
there's nothing sturdy about those generic chinkshit airbrushes

>>23527749
>You also only need to drain water like 1-2 times a year.
>leaving and allowing moisture to build up in a steel pressure vessel
lmao, lol even

>>23527761
Nozzle will break even on expensive airbrushes, it's the matter of how little material you have due to their tiny size and having threaded part. Floating nozzle is an alternative but much more costly. At the end of the day, replacement nozzle is quite cheap so it was not a big deal.

>>23527588
I make a big long list of every single Gunpla I could ever want, and whittle it down every time I see an opportunity. Then I build as I wait within my box fort.

>>23527694
It is a reasonable question, especially if you're fresh into the hobby and aren't even sure you're going to buy more than one or two kits.

>>23527678
Spray cans are not only more expensive and less efficient, but also lack the ability to mix colors. Enjoy only ever being able to use stock colors on your kits.

>>23527496
A bunch of SDs like Zeromaru or Saizou Delta Kai

With the colder weather popping up soon, would thinning some Mr. Hobby GX Black with Rapid Thinner still work nicely? I don't mind just painting metallic over the colder months.

>>23527778
>a big long list of every single Gunpla I could ever want,
I'm almost done with this. just 3 left.

>>23527770
Ignoring that I don't live in a swamp, I've literally never drained my separate air compressor for car tires which is kept at 40 PSI year round and I have 40 seasons here.

>>23527820
4* seasons. Also it is a model from the 90s

My acrylic blue isnt the correct blue I want and I didnt want to order a single new bottle of paint online so I went to an arts suppy store and bought a fine artist acrylic pthalo blue tube and the shop lady said its ok to mix acrylics, since they are all water thinned anyway.
Am I making a mistake?

>>23527853
Just do a little test mix before

>>23527853
in most cases it's ok
in some cases the paints have conflicting pigments regardless of their apparent colors and you end up with brown

>>23527853
Acrylic can mean multiple different things. What brand is the blue you started with?

>>23527853
Yes and no. Even among water-based acrylics there are some issues if certain brand uses different medium. Like how you can mix without any kind of issues AK, Vallejo, GW or TTC paints but Army Painter could react differently (I didn't try it myself but assume so since it was the only paint to react with white spirit after curing so I assume the medium is different). Or so called "contrast" paints with normal ones. And you have Tamiya "acrylics" that are alcohol-based and wouldn't like water based acrylics at all. Art store paints are different than hobby ones so would need to experiment first.

>>23527862
Vallejo mecha color

>>23527878
Mecha color plays nice with pretty much any other water soluble paint.

>>23527820
you'd be surprised what you'd see with an endoscope

>>23527499
>>23527660
Where does one buy this? I'm not giving usag a 400% markup + shipping

Lay back and dive

>>23526399
>>23526403
Here's with the original frame for comparaison. I'm happy the chest and legs no longer crumble at a bee's flight

>>23527878
that should be fine as long as alcohol doesn't come anywhere near it, as it will curdle the paint

Bootleg rx78

>>23527916
I like the tubes.

Any /m/en from Los Angeles know any stores that sell 3rd party kits?

>>23527916
Nice Zaku

>>23525072
Finished the base paint on the blade liger. I am really enjoying these zoids.
I strongly dislike the prepainted pieces this one had. It's just the two blade on the back and the tail, luckily. I used the blades because I like the gloss injection used on them and the shade of gold but the tail needed changed since I am swapping it from blue to red. I will redo the white that was on it when I do detail painting. I wish the tail had articulation.

>>23527908
he looks tired, how many of this same body has he built now? you have to build it like 10+ times to get all the girls they've released so far

Bootleg RG Sazabi comes with the long rifle seen of the Ver Ka. Neat.

>>23527989
As boring as it probably gets for him, it's better than working a 9-5 doing something you couldn't care less about.

>>23527993
Can confirm. The 9-5 even sitting on your ass all day drains your soul.

>>23527999
>trips of truth
Now imagine 9-9. Even worth only 2-3 days at time it's draining

>>23527999
>>23528001
fortunately i'm disabled

how many people are actually working on a groupbuild
there is the meat gundam, the parasite girlpla and human arms and legs gundam
who else?

>>23528006
i'm going to submit my straight built + painted mg dunbine. barely an entry but i was wanting to build it anyway so

>>23528006
I'm in a planning stage still >>23525147

>>23528006
I've painted all my pieces their base color
I need to properly plan out how I am gonna add the "organic" details now but I do have ideas

>>23528006
Human arms and legs gundam was a joke and isn't being entered.

>>23528017
it should be

>>23528019
I might 3d print it a hi-point and enter it as it is, for you. I just strongly dislike this theme so I wasn't going to enter and decided to have some fun.

>>23527990
that's just the rifle from this set in this case

>>23528006
I gave up - not only I started new job and spent a lot of free time working on anime con photos I did during summer, leaving me out of time (Im working very slowly) but I realized that nothing I could realistically come up with would stand out in any way. Another mecha musume would be just boring. And I have no new technique to try out.

>>23528006
I have the kit I want to use as a base in my virtual warehouse but haven't shipped it yet honestly I might not get to it in the time frame, there's other stuff I'm more interested in spending time on right now

i wonder if hlj ever shipped that one guy's order
they've shipped 2 of my orders in the time that he was complaining

>>23528042
They're doing it just to fuck with him

>>23527916
I don't like the tubes. They are half ass.

man how big is the osiris
zak's day job is literally building kits in a little room in a warehouse and he didn't even finish the full frame after a week

>>23528006
Don't forget diabetes gouf

>>23528126
Oh Jesus.

>>23528126
I don't want to post anything else. It's a surprise.

>>23528126
Yep, I'm dropping out of this groupbuild

>>23528126
Are you sure it’s not the elephant man?

>>23528006
I would if I wasn't currently just getting back into the hobby after like 20 years. I'm still in the process of gathering supplies, tools, working on small cheap kits to hone long dorment rusty skills, next month my goal is to get a spray booth, I found my old compressor and air brush, just need to clear a space for them, work out the ventilation and booth situation.

The whole themed group build thing is a fun idea. Id love to do some aura battler kit and really go to town customizing and detailing it but I know I won't hit the deadline.

>>23525282
metalheads painting their nails was a thing before you were even born

>>23526194
plastic paint bottle
https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005004354785771.html

>>23528164
He's really more of a goth. And like, recently I've started to understand why nail polish is so common among gunpla modelers.
Nails are the best thing to scratch off nub marks without fucking up the part, and the plastic tends to gouge them.

>>23528164
You're talking to a wall anon. People on this site are obsessed with trans people despite them making up a tiny fraction of the worlds population.

>>23528185
>more of a goth
zoomers wouldn't recognize a goth if one walked up and bit their dick off
he's clearly more scene/emo

>>23528023
I have this one, sad the transparent red is shit compared to the first one released that is translucent instead and much better with a more matt finish

>>23528202
No it's obvious he's a vampire. Someone should snap a kit on video with werewolf hands or Frankenstein hands and go raaaaarr rrraaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrr the whole time.

>>23528211
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZT94_yTOls

recommend me an airbrush
how are the ones with trigger?

>>23528240
I like my master airbrush G233. It's a cheap one but it works.
Here's something I did as proof that it's a competent airbrush.

>>23528249
What’s a good pen grip airbrush?

>>23527989
That Chinese Kshatriya kit is literally giving him pain and he is struggling to finish it. I don't think he gets annoyed over the quick and basic builds such as 30MS.

>>23525072
Finished the blade liger. I don't understand why they'd prepaint three pieces when so many others need detail painting. Still a really good kit.
Great line of model kits so far. I did notice that one part had a hobby lobby print on the inside and the box said that they're distributing them. Interesting implications there. I wonder if they may end up getting some exclusives or something since they seem to be working pretty closely with the manufacturer.

>>23528270
No idea. I've only ever used this one.

>>23528202
>zoomers wouldn't recognize a goth if one walked up and bit their dick off
What you describe here is literally an emo, retardbro. They look more subtle compares to Goth, who are literally into dark fantasy shit and neo Victorian fashion.

>>23528315
I like these animals, the zoids.

>>23528319
You like men, too, judging from the keyboard.

>>23525111
based

>>23528319
It helps me type easier. I don't have much feeling in my hands so it's not easy to root my hands on the F and J keys like a normal person.

>>23528328
>>23528321
Replied to the wrong post.

Whats your preference for removing nubs? I have no godhand so got used to cutting it off and then shaving it down with my hobby knife. I only use sandpaper for the finish.

>>23528318
you have the reading comprehension of post accident michael schumacher

>>23528331
Two snips with a godhand, glass file + balancer

>>23528315
I picked up a blue Blade Liger at Hobby Lobby today and saw the Command Wolf. Has Van and Fiona pilot figures for it.

>>23528347
I think that's all they're getting for now. This blade liger was blue, I just painted it red.

>>23528315
how do you make so many models so fast? you're a machine. is this the power of not having adhd?

>>23528331
Sanding.

>>23528331
5 dollar aliexpress single blade nippers then knife then sandpaper

>>23528363
I am currently on vacation so I can just spend all day working on a model. I built and painted it this morning then did the panel lining and hand painting over the course of about 20 minutes tonight. It was maybe 6 hours of work all together, including me hating the original shade of red I did and painting over it with this one.

sorry if this is a novice question but does the p-bandai/us store rape you with international shipping or is it mostly US based stuff? I've been liking the full mechanics stuff and wanted to get a sword calamity

>>23528392
$10 flat shipping

>>23528397
nice, guess I might as well get another kit while I'm at it then

any 1/100 recommendations lads? the FM calamity has been my favorite so far

>>23528392
It's 10 dollar flat rate shipping. They separate things into item groups and everything in the same group will be shipping as a part of the flat rate shipping. Say you order one thing in group B and something in group C you'll need to pay for shipping for both since they'll be going out at different times. You'll rarely deal with that unless you're putting in a bunch of preorders dropping in different months.

>>23528399
Since you like the Sword Calamity, the Rey ZAKU Phantom is a good pair with it

>>23528331
adhesive sandpaper on a popsicle stick for flat surfaces, 400 then 800. for rounded stuff, same grits but with sanding sponges. If doing seam removal I'll go to around 200

>>23528214
Id let a vampire bite my dick if you know what I mean.

>>23528414
Nope, sounds kinda gay.

>>23528379
What nippers?

>>23528006
I've only posted the source kits so far...
Once it looks like something, i'll post more pics.

>>23528437
These ones

>>23528442
those are the most industrial looking single edged nippers I have ever fucking seen

>>23528442
Wow those open wide enough to where that looks like you can actually sharpen the blade again.

>>23528443
It's not even single edged, it's more like some wire cutters.

>>23528333
How old are you fags anyway? You keep complaing about zoomers as if you were born in 1960 or some shit.

>>23528465
not understanding basic generational subcultures is a zoomer trait.
gen-y and gen-x actually saw real live goths before they went extinct. they saw emos and scene kiddies emerge.
zoomers fundamentally misunderstand what they never encountered, but try to label everything anyways, despite being wrong 9/10 times.

>>23528331
Any pair of decent single bladed nippers, leave a little bit of the nub, file it down with a glass file, buff the nub area with a nail buffer. Anything other than this is just wasting your time. When I got into gunpla I was sanding the nub area with 400>800>1000>1200 and I fucking hated it. Only time I'm using sanding sticks now is for rounded areas or to remove seam lines.
>>23528337
>balancer
They're just nail buffers which you can get in packs for the same price as one balancer.

>>23528475
>not understanding basic generational subcultures is a zoomer trait.
Yeah i'm looking at one right now.

>>23528475
I'd actually pin it more on late Zillennials than Gen z individually. It was the tumblr late Millennials and early Zoomers that started labeling stuff retardedly like "pastel goth" that ultimately lead to every e-girl who was vaguely alt being "goth" and diluting the meanings of the terms. Both Gen Z and Millennials are equally to blame,

>>23528475
>gen-y and gen-x actually saw real live goths before they went extinct.
Spoken like a true zoomer

https://youtu.be/Z0KG3QOsMbw?feature=shared

>>23528503
There is no such thing as authentic emo or goth, subcultures are trends, they change their nature over time.

>>23528442
Look at those American hands.

>>23528513
That's only one hand

>>23528494
zoomer attempt to compose a coherent reply: failed
>>23528506
for the "world's largest goth festival" there's very few goths and remarkably little gothic music in that video.
>>23528512
this is true, but direct lineage is important. the "pastel goth" and "goth" e-girl emerged from the scene and punk subcultures rather than goth.

>>23528525
What does any of this have to do with plastic models?

>>23528465
I am slightly younger than Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ

>>23528547
mandatory eceleb discussion tangent

>>23528525
You are acting like Goths and Emos were roaming everywhere on Earth during the 80s and people born in 1997 never saw sightings of them on the early 2000s internet.

just bought

RG 1/144 SWORD IMPULSE GUNDAM SpecII
and
FULL MECHANICS 1/100 SWORD CALAMITY

>>23528611
based

>>23528608
people born in 97 would still be in early primary school by the end of the 2000s

>>23528626
And what makes you think kids don't know how to use the internet?

>>23528641
mid 2000s internet was beyond the faculties of someone born post-97 to navigate, as they were still shitting in diapers until they were 10 years old.
zoomers had a near zero online presence until the post-mobile web. by then the goth subculture had been fully supplanted by emos and scene kiddies. all the original goths were already late 30s to early 40s.

>>23528634
i love my wife so much

>>23528634
cute

>>23528652
>mid 2000s internet was beyond the faculties of someone born post-97 to navigate, as they were still shitting in diapers until they were 10 years old.
Zoomer here. We started to use internet around 6 years old to play Stickman flashgames and watch disturbing stuff on Youtube. Google was much easier to navigate back then due to the existence of independant forums and the lack of censorship back then, unlike now you get retarded Reddit posts and have to resolve to literall Indian tech youtubers. Due to the extremely anonymous nature of forums and early social network, none of the millennials knew i was a kid or even care about such thing. People lable Zoomers as the "grown up with internet generation" for a reason. Millenials nowadays just try to depict early internet as some sort of horrifying wild west, but it wasn't like that. It was chill.

>>23528634
Does this count for the group build?

>>23528678
It does, but I think he got that from twitter

>>23528678
i guess so, but it wasn't my intention to submit it

>>23528687
nope lmao

>>23528331
get one of the dspiae glass files, forget about sandpaper

>>23528698
This is advice until you need to clean up a nub on a round surface

The fuck was this about?

>>23528740
there was a fake charlie kirk figure someone 3d printed and made a bandai box for, with him keeling over mid neck shot

>>23528634
Fuck you tokai teio.

>>23528652
>Google dot com
>mid 2000s internet was beyond the faculties of someone born post-97 to navigate
Millennial cries about how zoomers lack the insight to the past, yet the guy himself has that exact ignorance he is crying about. A tale as old as time.

>>23528817
I mean zoomers were the first to call an emo goth in this thread

>>23528740
I think a new AI gen that let's you create models of whatever. It even has the box sitting on the desk behind it with messed up AI bandai logos. Most of the stuff I've seen has been hyper tittie stuff. I thought it was just people having fun with 3D printers.

>>23528820
Both are wrong. Black nails do not mean emo or goth. The 2010s Tumblr Queer trend had similar characteristic.

>>23528837
the queer community were aping emos
you would know if you were there

nobody cares about your normgroid subcultures, grandpa. a faggot is a faggot. let's talk about plastic robot toys now

>>23528848
faggot website

>>23528042
Yeah they finally shipped my shit today. I was gonna use this brain >>23526918 for my group build but I lost too much time now and I need to account for procrastination. Maybe when my kit finally arrives, I'll make some shitty rushed looking garbage but it'll have a cool exposed brain

>>23528848
>faggot is a faggot
and he's unironically not one. anyone who brings up the nails thing is just jealous a snapshitter had the balls to just do what dalong does in english and on video and makes money off it.

>>23528840
I usually do a deep dive into queer safe spaces and they are generally have 2 sides, the edgelords and the quirky millennials. They share the similar trait with Emos, as in very emotional and likes to express themselves inspite of society. But in term of aesthetic, they are about sexuality and transgenderism rather than pure emotion like Emo.

>>23525072
>>23525593
Just the guns and stand before final cleanup, tightening, and gluing of some rogue parts that don't like the metal frame. Then, I get to make my horrid attempts at water slides.

>>23528860
still derivative

>>23527494
Spray booth? not just a cardboard box?

>>23528863
A conceptual derivative. Aesthetic wise, emo look like gigachads compare to queer.

>>23528869
hence "aping"

>Has innerframe
>Part separated monoeye
How's RG Zgok compares to this? Honestly the most impressive HG in term of engineering so far.

>>23528861
How are you going to deal with the floppy ass funnel hard points?

>>23528872
Still not the same

>>23528879
yes, that's why it's imitation

New P-Bandai stuff gonna be announced soon

>>23528883
>October
>Soon

>>23528883
MG Barbatos Lupus is now canceled for general release.
Piss Bandai exclusive, sorry.

>>23528740
>>23528763
>>23528836
Anyone got a link to some funny ones?

>>23528883
They anounce that some pbandai products are now regular realeases. Yes, I'm coping.

>>23528883
HG MK-V
HG MK-IV
HG Axis
HG Space Colony
HG Big Zam
PGU Zock

>>23528876
The metal frame kit came with replacement hard points that have very little flop. My RG Nu wing is a floppy mess, and I have to use the shield to prop it up. This one? There's nothing holding it up in that picture. Like, I'm genuinely impressed. Here's a side shot.

>>23528915
Oh damn that's neat

>>23528883
MG Mega Rider
PGU RX-78-2 Hyper Bazooka, Beam Javelin and Gundam/Hyper Hammer add-ons
MG Delta Gundam
HG Dharma
RE/100 Base Jabber (non Type 89)

PGU GM Juggler (Ver. Ka)

>>23528883
>inb4 dozens of announcements while retail has to deal with being stuck with jack shit

>>23528873
I wanna get this lil guy so bad but he's still expensive where I live. Which is kinda weird cuz I was able to get the Goog Menace for a fairly cheap price.

>>23525072
practicing shading and slowly working on a stug

>>23527155
All the retail stuff is being announced at the All Japan Hobby Show >>23528931

I should wear a fucking thimble on my thumb so I stop poking it with my hobby knife when I'm cutting down nubs.

>>23528964
I assume you're using the ones with the long pointy tip. I slid that shit under my fingernail enough times while hyperfixating on my plastic robot. Then I realized there are literal flat and square blades decided to remove the necessary risk.
Pic related, I like #5 and #18 for actual plastic knife work and use the long tip only for cutting masking tape and waterslide decals.

>>23528964
The trick is to work on spiky chink kits so that you start getting thick skin on your fingertips that acts as armor against the knife tip

>>23528006
I'm taking a short break on mine to work on a sculpting project. Needed to step away from it for a bit anyway because I wasn't sure what else I wanted to do to it. I'm not sure what I want to do with the arms, for example so I wanted to come back later with fresh eyes.

>>23528964
try to use your thumbnail to catch it if you absolutely can't hold it at an angle that avoids your thumb

>>23528006
I halfway made a diorama but haven't really started on the gunpla itself

>hobby store matte polyurethane spray is semi gloss and smells very strongly of polyurethane
>hardware store matte polyurethane spray is more of an eggshell

>>23528126
Great Clean One Gouf

>>23528935
I kinda understand why. The kit essentially having an innerframe due to its Infinite Justice legs and bust serve as the structure for its outer shell. It is fully intact without Zgok's armor, which is really impressive. Gelgoog Menace is much more empty so it is cheaper.

>>23528442
My nippas

>>23527791
>Mr. Hobby GX Black with Rapid Thinner
but... Why?
>>23527770
You made me check for the first time in 2 years and a single drop of water came out of it.

i like the subtle zenithal effect on this build

>>23527871
Vallejo is very notorious for not playing well with thinners of other brands. it's like the Monsanto of hobby paints.

scratch-built 1/100 Hydra Gundam

They sure did a great job hiding those hollow back skirt from the promotional images, because I sure as hell didn't notice them before.

>>23529066
Is that a scratch built Geminass too? Kinda looks like a Testament

>>23529071
>Bandai fucking up so badly Schizophonic is reviewing chinkpla
KEKAROO

>>23529073
it's an LO Booster (upgrade of Geminass 01), and an HGAC kit of it exists.

>>23529079
Chinkpla are entring Japan through publishers like Kotobukiya and Wave, that's why japs can review them now without bandai bootlickers breathing down their necks

>>23529079
>Schizophonic is reviewing chinkpla
When?

Aids ridden ghost...

>>23528437
these ones https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007046892334.html >>23528442 isn't me

It's a bit early this time, but we're quickly running up against the image limit, so new thread.

>>23529115
>>23529115
>>23529115

>>23528920
>MG Delta Gundam
God, I wish. Delta is one of the few times I like the 'upgrade' as much or more than the original.

Like ZZ, think FAZZ is hideous.
Love Nu, hate HWS and Hi-Nu.
Love V, cant stand V2.
Ect, but Delta Gundam, I like it better than better than Hyaku Shiki. Like it better than Delta Plus, like it better than Mega Shiki, all the other Shikis. That wave rider is beautiful. Hell, I even go as far as saying I like it better than Zeta, as sacrilegious as that sounds the transformation is cleaner, and at the end the wave rider looks better.

Also the Hyaku Shiki 2.0 was an amazing MG and having a Delta based on that kit would be amazing.

>>23528883
What the fuck is this shit?

>>23529050
you only need a bit of water vapor to promote rust

>>23529414
The inside of the tank is unpainted and will always be rusty. You need significant water to dissolve the rust so that more rust can form.
Also at the pressure that hobby tanks are kept at, a failure is just going to be a pinhole leak not an explosion.

>>23529050
It gets too cold to use leveling or regular thinner in my garage in the winter. If I use rapid thinner, I can at least still paint black and then all my metallics, even if they won't look as good. It's probably an insanely silly idea.

>>23529626
I just run a heater near my booth in the garage. I do have it insulated on the outside walls. The garage insulation did pay for itself in my normal heating bill after like 3 years as it helped in both summer and winter.

>>23529777
I tried running a heater early on this year when it was just a smidge under suitable temperature but with the garage having no insulation it didn't make a difference.

6 pieces for a KNEE

>>23527791
Rapid thinner dulls the gloss of GX black mate.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IUQQrDUAlzJeUMHuDh4LSB5ayvYR7x2Q/view
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvCcUjHzrFU
Most of my paints are Gaianotes except for a bunch of my metallics. Should I just stock up on them because the retarded Canadian government is going to ban Kinonotes too after? Fuck this country.

>>23531025
I know, I just wanna know if it's an absolutely awful idea or not for over the winter. It's either that or I heat up tamiya rattle cans for their black.

>>23531343
yea stock up on em and start reseraching lacquer reactivator