Thread 23570617

-=READ THE GUIDES=-

Welcome to the Gunpla/Plamo General!

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

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

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

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

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

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

-=OTHER RESOURCES=-
>Gundam lineart (There's a lot!):
pastebin.com/22jyPB6q
>Dalong's gunpla reviews and documentation:
dalong.net
>Schizophonic's gunpla/plamo reviews:
schizophonic9-2.com
>KenBill Blog's gunpla/plamo reviews:
blog.kenbill.com
>Past Groupbuilds:
flickr.com/photos/197891373@N06
>Monthly Restock List (October):
old.reddit.com/r/gunpla/1nokuv5

Prior thread: >>23568333

-= 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!!!

MG Xi / Penelope to celebrate Hathaway Movie 2

>>23570623
Basically, PGU Nu sucks

PG in general sucks. too big.

NAGANO LOOKS LIKE THIS????

somebody make the Zeta Gundam in this style
WITH the transformation included

no one likes your FSSlop

>>23570624
It ain't happening, screencap this.

MGSDs are 8000-9000 Yen in my country.
The bootlegs are 2000 Yen.

>>23570620
Has been slacking off and just snapshit recently, so i decided to repaint some older Ma.K builds yesterday. My custom Melusine soldier. I call him Bane.

Took photo of him with the old Gans build

What's the deal between Zaku Aurelius and USA Gundam store?

>>23570630
Sloppy Gunplay snapbaby still seething after the last thread?

>>23570655
He's an employee and all his reviews are just shilling whatever USAGS wants to clear out stock on.

>>23570630
Make a better build than OP than you little bitch.

>>23570655
Questions like that are a danger to ones self and a burden on others

>>23570655
in a vid zak said he spends his whole day in the little room his vids are in and doesn't even have lunch with his coworkers

There's a reason why its called GUNpla/plamo general and not a FSS/Plamo General.

>>23570664
So plamo...

>>23570655
Pretty sure he is part owner

>>23570664
Gunpla are like special needs children, they need their own category because they're not real plastic models or plamos but Legos for the mentally ill of your ilk.

Any thoughts or advice on how I can make a kit feel more "super robot" like without just glossing it up? I want to put a cool, almost magical looking Gquux up against a matte, worn, gritty Police Zaku and make the two contrast well with eachother.

>>23570657
god help us if people only stick to one brand.

>>23570675
99% of all super robot looks is posture. Give it a wide stance with a crotch thrust and you're halfway there.

>>23570674
It's because gunpla is 90% of the market and closer to 100% of the builds posted.

>>23570682
Yes we know Gunpla is slop for consoomers, your point being?

>>23570675
Remove things like visible vents and thrusters. Super Robots usually have essential and basic function over gimmicky things like subarms and thruster tanks.

>>23570683
That no one cares about fss besides a very fringe cringe group of consoomers.

>>23570675
bold colors and try to make very distinct color groups, like all adjacent parts should be one color with no overlap with a clear delimitation between two colors
this will unify the jigaxe small details

>>23570687
>nobody cares he says while screaming out loud about the thing he proclaims not to care about
I repeat, mental illness

>>23570628
>somebody make the Zeta Gundam in this style

>>23570696
>fssfag crying in a gunpla general to care about their cringe series.

Then again this is a containment thread for the mentally ill.

>>23570698
>gunplalet throwing a shitfit because he can't stand his containment thread having an FSS kit in the OP
lmao

hello can anyone tell me anything about the gundam assemble models? are they comparable to a sd gundam or are they more like a shitty prize figure?

>>23570697
waverider mode?

>>23570702
They are fixed pose uncolored miniatures for tabletop games

>>23570702
Think warhammer

>>23570662
wow what a loser

>>23570706
are they better quality than battletech miniatures?

>>23570707
so a regular zaku is $30 and a char custom zaku is $60?

>>23570701
>fssfag thinks that I don't automatically hide any fss kits.
lmao.

>>23570714
>hid it so well that I spend the entire thread bitching about it
Need I say it again? M-I

is there any sort of quattro-specific marking symbol like how that other guy char or amuro do? or for any other zeta pilots

>>23570620
Here's the kit for the gun I painted. Hand brushed using Vallejo. Gun kinda looks crap, a matte coat might help. Or just redo it

>>23570713
>are they better quality than battletech miniatures?
battletech is notorious for having the shittiest sculpts ever made, so yes

pricing will hopefully not be like warhammer

>>23570702
much more miniature scale, comparable to warhammer. currently only available through the starter boxes for the gundam card game. gundam assemble itself is said to have full releases next year

>>23570620
the paint looks runny in some points but have you considered wheatering it? it would look really good then

just finished a xidong phenex, uncredible black glossy color with deep blue clear parts. arm connections are trash, i tried to extend them but failed miserably. still one of my most imposing kits.

>>23570734
Are you the same guy who did Jesta for the previous groupbuild and that one ugly kampfer?

>>23570739
>>23570713
>>23570706
>>23570702
kinda baffling why they need to release a new line of miniatures for that Gundam battle game, they could just rerelease their bottle caps or they can say those gundam mini figs like converge or gframe can be used for their game

>>23570742
don't ask questions just consume product and get excited for next product

>>23570718
Are you still thinking about me you freak.

>>23570734
Na that wasn't me. Ido have a Kampfer I'm getting ready to paint in metallics though

>>23570748
Fuck

>>23570748
For >>23570741

>>23570638
Why does he wear the mask

>>23570661
Elaborate

>>23570732
You must panel line

>>23570742
Just use those then? Minis are just complementary pieces anyway

>>23570740
Yea I'm definitely going to re work it, maybe add a decal somewhere. Needs a topcoat still too, more of a proof of concept as is. Appreciate the feedback anon snon

>Getting back aches from building

Its so over.

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).

>>23568996
>>23570227
this kit is almost entirely undergated, the moulds are made so that most parts have literally no mould lines because the parts are completely raised above the mould line, the mould lines on parts that have them are less significant than on even a lot of modern bandai kits, and a few parts actually snapfit with bandai-tier tolerances. this kit not being snapfit or moulded in colour is very clearly entirely a choice.
there was an interview with one of the ourtreasure guys before the junone came out where he said something like "we told the engineers to go all out with the moulding, and were originally going to mould it in colour but then we thought wait is full colour injection really suitable for fss?"
all that said, though, there is some very minor (like koto tier) flashing on a few parts

>>23570771
Why would they be autistic and not mold in color, when paintchads spray a giant coat of primer anyway over the whole kit.

>>23570704
the transformation is so simple that if the inevitable volks vsms doesn't do it i will be legitimately surprised

Give me some good Japanese gunplatubers

>>23570765
Just stretch bro

my re100 dijeh is not out for delivery despite arriving at the facility 1 day ago

>>23570774
to gatekeep. fss models are not for bandai snapbabies

>>23570765
It's called not being 20 anymore. And be ready, because it's only gonna get worse

>>23570790
i'm almost 32 and do not get aches from building, not even sure how you could get aches from such a low intensity activity

>>23570791
Probably has shit ass posture

>>23570790
had a lot carpal and back pains in my mid twenties but since I started lifting and working out more consistently I'm good well into my thirties

>>23570796
same. correct posture and exercise goes a long way

>>23570797
after 35, life is pain and discipline is the only thing that can help

>>23570803
I'm 28, is there something I should know before entering my thirties?

>>23570807
fix your posture, start lifting, and either fix your diet or autistically analyse your diet nutritional contents and supplements to fill any gaps. also look into nootropic supplements

>>23570807
do exercises daily for your heart and lungs, control your eating and work on your posture
after some point, exercises will stop improving your health and you should just keep a routine to maintain yourself. that would be your prime that just passed you

>>23570807
Get a good chair(s)/mattress and you will thank yourself in 10 years.

>>23570778
>>23570790
Im scared of growing old, just let me be a neet and young forever.

>>23570816
time to start daily hour long walks
dont forget to eat a fruit before it

>>23570818
I'm doing 30 minute walks. What's the real benefit? Because to be honest I'm kind of finding it to be a pain in the ass

Get back on topic you idiots.

>>23570818
fruit is almost pure sugar, there's better ways to get the nutrients within
>>23570819
cardiovascular health

>>23570820

>>23570819
the purpose is to train your heart and lungs, its a stamina trainning

>>23570820
im actually really troubled by what to do next for my projects
i wanted a 7 sords quanta but i also enjoy a lot the new seed destiny kit. i think i want a daban model but i am also really busy overall.
i might get a airbrush painting cabinet custom made to repaint some of my old kits, and im still trying to get plastic rods to mod and fix a few of my models

out of all of these troubles, im realy inclined to go for the paint cabinet because it looks like the cheapest option if i make it myself.

>>23570831
>i think i want a daban model
but why

>weather turning and only have a few days of painting left until spring scattered across the next few weeks
>Get sudden burst of creativity and desire to paint
Why can't I work unless there's a deadline?

>>23570643
>>23570639
>>23570638
He's a big guy.

>mainline SMP Mazinger Z
>no scrander
>5450 yen
I'm so fucking tired. Missing out on everything else would have been fine but what the fuck

>>23570777
ミラクルキャンディ

>>23570824
Got your paints picked out already?

>>23570777
I like Kasamatsu1031
Decent variety of kits, he skips the snap"this goes in that" bs and does some kitbashes

>>23570824
Oh shit you already got yours? Nice. I'm waiting until next month to ship mine along with some Moderoids

>>23570655
They still haven’t stocked my Thunderbolt Zaku and keep changing the release date :c

>>23570861
no, actually. i have a few kits in the paint queue that i need to buy paint for so i'm gonna do a bulk order from chinkopia soon
>>23570868
i shipped it on release day via air small packet because i wanted to build it right now instead of in a few months, and surprisingly it came in exactly 1 week (usually air small packet takes 2 top my country)

>>23570885
>bulk order from chinkopia
where do you live that you have to buy paints from china

>>23570887
england. we have plentiful supplies of mr color, sms, splash, etc but i like jumpwind, of which supplies here are pretty shitty, and it works out the same price or cheaper to throw some mr color into a bulk order with jumpwind order than buy it separately domestically

What HG kits for the Zeta Gundam show are good? I'm hungering for some Zeta kits.

>>23570895
bolinoak samahn

>>23570889
…or well it used to, just checked and it looks like the stores i used to get both mr color and jumpwind from don't stock mr color any more. i guess i'll just get that domestically now because the other chink stores are like 2-3x the price as domestic. jumpwind is still cheap as fuck though

>>23570901
Where do you get your Jumpwind from? All the places I used to use are gone now

>don't like strike freedom
>don't like clear kits
>see this
I think I get it now.

>>>>>>>>>>17k yen

>>23570900
Is it very fun? It showed up only briefly in the show

>>23570909
How much is that in bacon

>>23570913
Like 115. Which isn't -that- bad but it's pretty bad. Not like you'll get a chance to get it though, this is one of the few things I expect to sell out on p-bandai in less than a minute anymore.

>>23570909
this pic gave me a craving for gummy candy

>>23570905
i spoke to soon, looks like they only have neo color, extra metal, and glaze color now but no meka color or prime metal. sad, jumpwind was my favourite. this store was my go-to https://www.aliexpress.com/store/912148170
that said i've seen this store delist jumpwind stuff twice since i started using them then suddenly list it again, so maybe they will be available again in future.
guess i have to go back to mr sloppy for now

>>23570917
>115
Isn't the regular like $150?

>>23570922
On aliexpress 3D Fun Store and TY Model Store are the ones I order from the most. There's a couple others but they don't have gaianotes or do but sell single bottles for 30 euros. I don't know which one of the two does it, maybe both, when I order a lot they always throw in extra stuff, like heart shaped sanding sponges

>>23570807
exercise
eat better
start meditating
wash your penis
mask on when you sand or wet your file

>>23570925
The regular retailed for 15k yen.
Also I mistyped the clear version is actually 18k yen.
So you can reasonably expect the clear version will be like 30 dollars more expensive than base, plus p-bandai's tariff upcharge.

>>23570732
I am being tempted to buy the Red Frame Kai and Blue Frame L. They look so good

>>23570926
i have both of those bookmarked along with igx, ty doesn't have jumpwind listed for me any more and 3d fun stores are like 5-6£ a pop. i liked igx in particular because they didn't do the "free shipping" scam and would list paints at a normal price (~£2.50 ea) and shipping wouldn't go up at a linear rate per item added, so you could add more paint pots for like 20p extra shipping cost a pop. "free shipping" listings are a complete scam because you pay pretty much the same cost as the paint pot in shipping for each item. just not worth it

>>23570931
>They look so good
Nihao!

>>23570933
I guess I'm a chang then.

>>23570933
Yes. Astrays are sex

>>23570940
>sideways
Forgive me...

kinorelius is reviewing zhang kino again

I made a Gogg. Nice kit but the seams in the fingers and hands are pretty nasty.

>>23570953
i look like this naked

>>23570951
>>23570953
Lovely lad. Get him his palls

>>23570941
Are those the Revise bits? The shield and the Frame Arms look like pure sexo.

>>23570951
What did you use for the base stand of the figure?

>>23570953
How did you make the mono eye? Also nice desk view

>>23570959
It's blue frame D with parts stolen from turn red. I bought the latter just for the tactical arms and ended up using the shield, the rifle and beam saber handle parts as well. The box of turn red has been sitting next to me for two years now

>>23570966
A 1.5mm plaplate from Wave.
>>23570968
A simple prewired red LED. The chest cavity is ideal to hide the wires and to install a coin battery/switch.

>>23566220
I never noticed the Zaku face, I only saw a sphere

>>23570954
marry me?

>working on: panel lines and declas on my spray painted mortar head
>listening to: podcast on women's rights
>eating: glue
>thinking: bout all the p-bandai I won't buy
>watching: newest troon reviews
/gpg/ friday night babyyyy

>>23570674
>Legos for the mentally ill of your ilk
Someone is finally spewing truth about kitbashing

Eurofellas, where do you get your third party kits from? I've been looking for stuff like the Sinanju 1/35 bust or Solomon Physalis, is Aliexpress the only option, and if so, is there a "guide" to buying from there or is it just "many reviews that aren't all 5 stars"

>>23571021
>gundamit
>mofiho
There's a few other dedicated chink shops but I don't know them all. On aliexpress just check the seller's reviews/% score before buying. If it's above 90% you're safe

>>23571021
>Eurofellas, where do you get your third party kits from?
i don't

>>23571021
my experience from aliexpress has been pretty good. the one time a seller never shipped, I got refunded automatically immediately, and other than that everything's been smooth. I've just been looking for listings with real reviews that have photos attached

How safe is it buying gunpla off of Amazon? Is MyQuickMart a reputable seller?

>>23571047
Same as buying anywhere else.
If the price is too good to be true, it is.

>>23571047
Even if you get scammed you'll get your money back easily with amazon

>>23571021
ali is pretty fucking great
be sure to check free delivery when searching, find active coupon codes online to get the price as low as possible and if you're making an acocount for the first time try to nab an expensive kit that has the 1st order discount as it's the biggest discount you're gonna get

>>23571047
ends up crushed less often than buying through some places but more often than you'd prefer. one barbarian of a seller ships their gunpla with no outer box, simply sticks the shipping label right to the box and mails it like that. insanity

>>23571056
what about 52 for a kit thats 60 elsewhere?

>>23571065
Do you guys actually keep the boxes? It's just more clutter and rapidly takes away space.

>>23571072
I use them to store half-done builds, accessories, optional parts, 30 minute parts...

>>23571077
You still must have more boxes than stuff to store them in. They're dust magnets.

>>23571072
of course. I need them when I resell my old stuff

>>23571085
>Sell
Nobody is buying your used gunpla.

Do I buy PG Char's Zaku?

>>23570909
the chest not being clear as well to show the gold inner frame there is a fucking waste

>>23571100
hell no.

>>23571100
Pretty sure the PG Zakus are among the worst PG kits to exist.

>>23571122
>>23571125
Sucks. I want a cool big non gundam kit

>>23571130
Osiris Aerial

>>23571130
Get the MG Perfect Zeong.

I think looking at and buying kits is more fun than actually building them.

I want

>>23571130
If you want a bigass Zaku, just get the Mega size one. Those are better than the PG's.

>>23571134
That connection on the arm cannon is kind of whack.

>>23570969
That makes more sense. Great job. I will definitely get both when I get th chance.

>>23571140
Salsa.

>>23571142
it is faithful to the source material as seen in >>23571144 as all ACs just use hardpoints to equip their shit

>>23571140
ZakuAurelius Approved

>>23571133
I support Bandai.

>>23571157
I don't (sometimes)

>>23570920
did you say gummy?

>>23571154
who is he looking at

>>23571179
God.

>pbandai takes a week off for maintenance
>site still times out when browsing
Goddamn how hard can it be?

bros I cant decide
PG red astray or PG blue astray

disassembling inner frame is impossible. I just know that something would snap.

>>23571186
Do you want explosions ? Blue frame. Do you want slashing ? Red frame.

>>23571231
might have to go with the blue frame then. the bazooka looks awesome. are they similar build quality? it seems like the blue one is p-bandai or something

>>23571234
I assume they're pretty much the same. Never built them, but PGs usually have very good quality, or so I heard

It keeps happening. I keep fixing seam lines just to remake them as panel lines. I need to stop...

>>23570756
I don't ever panel line until my paint has had a few days to cure. I'll probably end up doing it monday. My decals are also in the mail still. There's just not a world where I put a sticker on the chest.

>>23570931
Red frame kai was the first master grade I ever built. I remember it being a massive pain in the ass but this blue frame went really nicely. I think it was just inexperience paired with the wacky leg engineering and huge stickers.

Hope FATCAT DO RG 1/100 Gaogaigar.

the stock market & crypto worldwide just crashed by the way.
if you're a burgeristan and like chinese plamo, then I have a bad news for you.

>>23571255
>mun nobel prize
lmao

>>23571255
Kino

>>23571255
We're also deporting anyone who buys chinese plamo

>>23571252
What kind of paint do you use ? A few days seems overkill

>>23571255
its over for burgers lmao

>>23571255
>start liking the idea of building more Chinese kits
>the local bully goes in a power trip
It is so tiresome

>>23571261
Aqueous hobby color. It realistically only takes a day to cure but I play it safe when I do glossy finishes.

>>23571255
KWAB presidency

>>23571255
why dont western engineers make plamo?
do american and euro makers suck this bad on plastic engineering?

>>23571284
What american IP is there to make models of? Every time there's an attempt to make american mecha it gets popular and then killed by some CEO looking to use it as a tax write off.

>>23571288
make original models? the chinese have no problem doing that.

sorry if this is a noob question but how does the quality of daban kits compare to bandai?

>>23571186
I have the red frame. It looks amazing (as you'd expect), build is okay, frustrating to pose (the katana falls off very easily). Check Gaikotsu's review if you wanna get an idea

>>23571290
>>23571288

>>23571255
Post yfw not American

>>23571288
Surely someone stateside could make military shit that is good enough to boot literal 50 year old Revell molds off the shelves.

>>23571288
>tax write off
MEGAS kit never ever

>>23571300
Oversaturated market

>>23571301
I have been planning a megas for like a year. It just has such odd proportions which makes it hard. So far I have settled on using gundam mkII as a base.

>>23571306
A market where a kit that everyone knows is complete trash is still one of the only options is not an oversaturated market.

>>23571294
Shit building experience until a certain point where it gets better, but I don't know what kit is that point

>>23571308
The guys who all horde 10 kits of the same tank are all dying off. Investing in manufacturing boomerpla is a terrible idea.

Finally my hood representation gundam

>>23571331
>>23571334
Do you even Newtype?

>>23571348
No, i'm an Innovator.

>>23571255
Simple solution, start making the bootlegs in the US out of the highest quality US plastics.

>>23571362
>burgers
>ever making anything
LMAO
M
A
O

>>23571362
burgers are busy making drugs for mental illness and missiles for israel.

The trio is finally complete

>>23571391
Most of those are made in India and China, dumbass. The US doesn't really make anything except like hollywood and retarded fundamental christians.
>>23571334
What's up with the 3 different psychoframe colors?
>>23571255
This administration is mentally retarded. China has said for my entire life they are actively at war with the rest of the world, just they are doing it economically. Russia has stated openly the same thing, just socially/culturally. If you don't put troops on the ground it feels like my fellow Americans are so retarded they don't feel like they're actually under attack meanwhile all their boomers and kids are being reprogrammed on tiktok and facebook.

Now confess

>>23571409
I liked the scene in the movie where it abruptly changes colors so I went and put some variation in the psychoframe colors

>>23571414
I'm a big fan of Narrative, but I don't remember that part. Gotta rewatch now. Looks good man.

where's the hecking HG Gundam MK-V it has been like 20 years

Can I use gundam markers to paint these areas? I have no clue how to paint, im new. Has anybody tried this?

The japan trip was worth it for this alone

Cannot wait for this. Best Dragonar model ever made in my opinion.

>>23571437
thank god the MK II hasn't been ruined by being cast in slopscale
hopefully it never is

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>>23571463
Is that GL or gaogao? Heard the former is better.
Planning on getting the snow white version myself

>>23571460
what, exactly, is slopscale?

I AM TIRED OF THIS MUMBO JUMBO WORDS. EVERYDAY THERE'S SOMETHING NEW. FUCK YOU FAG.

>>23571493
post thighs

>>23571495
I'll do you one better post tummy.

>>23571435
i think it was around when Rita transferred her newtype powers so Jonah can shit out a psycofield during the Neo Zeong fight

has anyone been successful in signing up for pb? I can't make it past the address page using a tenso address

>>23571586
P-Bandai blocks forwarding addresses like Tenso, Bandai really doesn't want anyone outside of the regions they allow to have access to PB

>>23571594
It's incredibly frustrating this is the case when they make you have PB accounts for even trying to do in person things. Do you know if hotel addresses work?

>>23571288
star wars

>>23571255
Trump should apply 1000% tariffs on Bandai until they build a factory in Arizona

BANDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAI

MG Dom's joints are SUPER TIGHT that I had to sand rape them extra hard to make them thin enough..
I already snapped an arm joint and a hip joint when I was trying to disassemble them.
Fortunately I was still able to make them work, but another hip joint that was already assembled that I didn't sand hard enough is super tight, I just know that if I tried to articulate the leg, it'd snap eventually.

Crazy that I have to treat this MG 2.0 kit like a Daban kit.

>>23571440
No, Gundam Markers are for use on Gundam models only. They will not work on Mazinger.

>>23571666
nice try bandaislurper, you're wrong

>>23571677
Believe it or not? Nerve gas.

>>23571681
still wrong, bandaidickrider

now bend over

>>23571440
You'll want a pour type and something to wipe off the excess

>>23571440
use Mazinger Markers

Which is better?

>every japanese youtuber is reviewing EG Wing now
HIVE MIND

>>23571703
MG Wing (HIRM (MJH))

>>23571703
eg

>>23571703
the EG doesn't even have a beam saber handle, i can understand not having the blade but come on the handle is such a tiny part why wouldn't you at least include that

>>23571708
I'm still mad that this is basically the same design as Wing EW Custom, like what's stopping them to design something a bit different

>>23571708
MG (Blue) Wing (HIRM (MJH))

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uGJ_l2C-Co
>METAL BUILD Force Impulse Gundam.
>Release Date: March 2026.
>Price: 41,800 Yen
Can't wait to buy Daban's for 4,180 yen!

Can I mix water and isopropanol to approximate mr hobby aqueous thinner or is that a bad idea?

>>23571724
man they're pumping out one MB after another these days

I'm a patient man but...

>>23571728
There's a lot of rich non-builders who like Gundam aesthetic as an action figure. like my dad.

>>23571703
I honestly like the bigger chest than the slim chest on the rg. But thats about the only thing. The rest of the rg is perfect.

DENDOROBIUM

>>23571437
>HG MKV
Why? The MG is modern and already looks so good.

>>23571728
Metal Build are faster to make due to their nature as pre painted action figure. Color separated kits are much more troublesome.

>>23571594
>Bandai really doesn't want anyone outside of the regions they allow to have access to PB
Meanwhile Bandai gives those other regions literall shit. Can someone kill this company please?

>>23571138
based fss enjoyer

>>23571138
Based gundam enjoyer

Man, i love FSS

>>23571815
cheap shit

>>23571829
You like fanfics huh

>>23571833
I'm gonna make a very honest question from the bottom of my heart to Bandai: WHO ASKED FOR THIS?!

>>23571815
>>23571833
I'm not against Bandai trying something different but why the fuck they choose literally shit for the design? At least choose something like Anpanman or Jigglypuff for clay model kit

>>23571839
Oh they can just sell actual playdoh. These shits are just aping even more resources from MG development, as if 30 Minutes crap aren't already.

>>23571837
I think they're kinda aware gunpla and other model kits customers base shifted to adults, and wanted to make an opening to children again

>>23571855
When I was a kid, I wanted cool robots/dinosaurs/superheroes, not poop.

>>23571858
idk man kids these days are growing up with internet, I think robots and dinos aren't cool anymore to them
plus i guess poop is a japanese thing but who knows, maybe it was for bandai execs when they were kids and not anymore

>>23571839
Japs find that poop shape funny for some reason.

>>23571861
>>23571858
>>23571839
I mean this apparently one of the currently popular with actual children. Its popular on both book and anime

>>23571841
>MUH MG
Classic MG schizo post, thinking everything is about MGs.

>>23571761
Can I have some of your Puni Mofus

What are the RG kits that you would like to see released? Assume that every time one is released, a MG designer gets the MG The O's designer treatment

>>23571893
What the fuck are you even saying

>>23571829
man look at all those red log..
>Turn A MG logo not gold
you have one job!

>>23571884
>everything is about MGs
Unironically. What makes you think Bandai slap Katoki's name on their retail MG for no reason at all?

What the hell is wrong with rg sazabi's feet? It keeps leaning backwards and I haven't even built the backpack yet

>>23571703
I have the RG and I like it but I think the wings are too long. They shouldn't be that close to the floor

I feel like a highschool teacher when i prop up my parts for paint and know immediately which ones are gonna give me trouble

>>23571930
The black parts?

>>23571936
always

>>23571913
RG Sazabi's heels have hinges. You have to articulate them like this for him to stand on the ground.

>>23570833
But why not?

>>23571943
Huh, you're right. Thanks

>>23570953
I like the subtle weathering.

>>23571138
Then just buy figures you mook

why can't volks hire better painters

>>23571288
Proper, fully poseable Battletech models?

>>23570953
I like it a lot.

>>23571330
>>23571288
avoid the mainstream scenes, transformers, or anything disney. look at nerd shit. heavy gear, battletech, maybe some original IPs... It's an uphill battle because every mainstream American IP is owned by media megacorps and has already been milked to death or is really old and gliding by on boomer nostalgia.

Cars and historicals are both a dead market and oversaturated. It's a chicken and egg problem. Interest in these kits isn't there because the kits are the market are so fucking bad. Go into any arts and crafts store and you'll likely find some Revell shit that's been sitting on the shelf for a decade or more. Revell single-handedly killed an entire sector of the hobby.

Tabletop is dominated by a few really big players, with lots of small manufacturers fighting tooth and nail over the tiny slice of the market not consumed by Games Workshop. I am not sure it's a good place for new manufacturers to try and break into the market.

>>23571144
Wow a real life 3mm peg

Time to eat a dozen eggs ..

>>23572010
on that primal hunger shit

>>23571703
I like the shiny yellow in the old HG better

>>23572007
I'm not all too familiar with this but what about trains? Are they just as fucked?

>>23572007
Isn't mecha declining in the east as well? What are people even buying kits of over there?

>>23572019
I don't know much about trains aside from Woodland Scenics. I personally like Woodland Scenics products, but don't know anyone who has actually built a model railroad. They must exist, because there are dedicated stores in major metropolitan areas that pay rent with model railway supplies.

>>23572034
those guys literally pick twigs up off the floor and sell them lmao

>>23572053
these are modeling twigs though

>>23572034
I forgot to mention dollhouse miniatures and kits but my perception is that it is even more dead, has been for decades. Before the local independent hobby stores were all victim to van robberies, they had a bunch of doll house stuff on their back shelves that never moved at all.

>model rockets and airplanes
I have no idea about this. I built a model rocket ~23 years ago and it was fun but I never had any urge to try it again.

>model gasoline cars
These are popular locally because there is an outfit that races them around tracks every weekend, but I have no idea how popular it is at a national level.

>>23572033
I don't know. I got into mecha only recently myself. Bandai's sales figures are at a massive high.

>>23572053
if people buy it, what's the problem? It's processing the twigs that takes time. Making sure the twigs are fully dry, free of bugs, fungus, and aren't rotted.

>>23572053
Kek is that real? No way

>>23572034
>dedicated stores in major metropolitan areas that pay rent with model railway supplies
Honestly, I have no idea how Red Caboose does it. Smack dab in Midtown Manhattan, two blocks from Times Square. I never see anyone buy anything and all the shelves look the same.

>>23572053
First time l saw these in a store I had a good laugh. Twigs are LITERALLY free, just walk around and pick some up. lazy ass boomers

>>23570702
They're alright, I only managed to snag the Wing set with the Tallgeese/Leos before all the sets got picked up in my area but the minis are nice. It's got your standard level of Bandai plastic feel and details, so the details aren't comparable to something like a GW mini. I haven't painted mine up yet, just primed them so far.

>>23570742
The appeal of minis are the painting and the sculpts. Just look at what you posted, Everyone's in a static standing pose like they're just standing in a hangar, the plastic is visibly gummy from the picture, and there's missing paint apps on a few of them (Like the yellow on Wing Zero's shoulders and the white details on the Justice's chest). You want some kind of action pose on a mini, even if it's something as simple like running towards the enemy with a beam rifle or heat hawk.

>>23570948
He's doing it to spite Bandai for denying his request to turn USAGS into a flagship store

>>23572064
The jayz2cents color scheme!

>>23572067
his terms were unreasonable

Planning my next paintjob. Any thoughts?

>>23571989
That's not an issue with the paint. The surface is fucked. It's clearly a 3D printed prototype

>>23571997
Most battletech designs are literally traced over japanese mecha. Atlas is just a VOTOM with a skull painted on its face for example

>>23572074
clean

>>23572053
They look a bit petrified so one would hope they dry them a bit to preserve them.

>>23572074
cool g-3

>>23572087
I don't know what that means. This is a gundamn

>>23572095
g-3 is a gundam

can i handbrush mr hobby flat clear?

>>23572064
>You want some kind of action pose on a mini, even if it's something as simple like running towards the enemy with a beam rifle or heat hawk.
Warhammer didn't have action poses when it was still good

>>23572107
mr hobby is not good for handbrushing in general.

>>23570620
Making progress on my FA Unicorn with some metal frame parts. Running into a weird fitment issue on some things. I can push a PS part into one of the POM parts from the metal frame kit, but then it gets like pushed back out. I solved the pilot seat issue with super glue, but I'm assuming if I need something less permanent I should just sand?

>>23572109
I wish that was more of the norm with miniatures nowadays. I think a bunch of guys standing either at ease or with their weapon at the ready looks better than everyone flailing their arms and legs waving their gun in the air

>>23572114
Sand, trim, cut do what you gotta do

>>23572109
Even a standard "Dude holding gun" pose has more character to it than "3D rendition of Okawara lineart". You're also forgetting that Marines come in boxes of multiples, so you got stuff like
>Sergeant with a melee weapon
>Dude with a rocket launcher
>Dude with a flamer
>Several variations of dude holding a bolter
Not to mention other factions like Orks and Eldar have fairly dynamic poses too. Again not everyone needs to be in a super dynamic pose, but it definitely needs to be more than "Dude at resting neutral pose"

>>23572114
Use a glass file anon.

>>23572124
I miss the proportions on old school minis

>>23572124
Sure, I just meant that poses back then were varied, but usually not dynamic or indicating movement. I much prefer that over modern GW sculpts all doing gymnastic acts on random rocks.

>>23572124
>>23572137
the weird half-squat pose that 2000s era GW models all had was pure sovl

I need an AC6 Ibis CEL kit NOW

>>23572156
So a malnourished qubeley?

>>23572010
Tbf those eggs are delicious.

>>23572156
i 3d print files for one a while back

>>23572156
Is this the new thing you'll spam every thread?

>Pbandai store
>In stock and pre order are both considered "available items"

>>23572167
Their website is fucked on firefox. I get constant error 501s.
Also the preorder button isn't grayed out when it hits preorder capacity. I swear it's worse now than it was before they revamped the website.

>>23572156
Theres already one, now if only Bandai stops being a pussy and make a kit out of it. HG Gre Drei is all I want Bandai!

>>23572173
just get the resin recast

How desperate do you have to be to do this

>>23572183
the build itself is pretty cool

>>23572183
Desperate for what? To do what? Males take pictures next to their models all the time but you never complain about it.

>>23572186
But that is a male

>>23572186
He literally just complained about it.

>>23572186
They apparently made that same post across multiple sub reddits

Wait, why are we even talking about retarded reddit shit?

>>23570620
gotta prime

>>23572186
The difference is that his face doesn't overshadow the model and serves as a good size reference. This shit >>23572183 is just some catfishing whore flashing her tits, with the model as a footnote.

>>23572074
Jayz2cents?

>>23572186
I can see the theme that this guy is going for. I would like to see a closer up picture of the kit, the paint job looks nice but it's too blurry.

>>23572183
what do you mean by desparate? GBWC judge by the awesomeness of the build

>>23572215
nah it will always be gritty longsnap plus diorama
they have their license to protect

>>23572074
Real type color

A buncha new original Chinapla was shown off at Shanghai WonFes, some of it looks really interesting

>>23572198
gpg IS reddit

To the other anon doing a metal frame Unicorn, you mentioned yours was based on the Ver Ka with the less articulation. Mine seems to match my old ver OVA in the knee which I thought was one of the changed points.

Also this 1 let weights about half of what the full Ver OVA w/Gattling, Bazooka and shield weigh, so this guy will be chonky when done.

>>23571492
HG

>>23572235
ooo i like these

>>23572258
Same. I like when they do their own thing and don't try to look like Gundam

I need MG 2.0 Labubu. V1.0 is 5 years old at this point - basically an ancient technology I can't subdue with my modelling skills.

>>23572262
Ishigaki and Yanase worked on Mechabreak so, in a way, they kinda look like Gundam.

>>23572262
I cannot wait for fuckheug tricera

Shading kino is back on menu.

>>23572265
>>23572235
oh wait these are action figures bruh

>>23572235
Why are their legs backwards?

Where the fuck is that one kit of a mecha ninja that transforms into a frog

Damn I kinda do want it. But I dont want to start collecting seed kits

>>23572294
I also kind of want it but that bitch is going to cost like 170 bucks and sell out immediately.

Sorry for the noob question here but after cutting the nubs off the sides of the pieces when you still have a teeny little bit left over like this, is it best to sand it down or should I be buying a art knife or something?

>>23572303
both

>>23572302
Probably more than that. Base price for the MGEX is already 170. It'll be like 250.

>>23572302
The gold popping out from that clear outer armor looks really good.

>>23572183
Probably for validation after losing.

>>23572034
Trains don't have many customers, but the ones they have are huge spenders. To have model trains is to have an entire room dedicated to an autistically crafted miniature landscape full of trains driving around.
A store only needs a dozen or so train autists to make a profit.

>>23572156
Just buy a Qubeley andd give it skinny chicken legs.

>>23571159
Where did you order this from?

Paint your innerframes or else!

>>23572364
bold of you to assume i buy slops with inner garbages

>AG
>KPPOBBS
>004
>SVOIJBJPIMWEOPJXVLKBDBSB
kek Titans BTFO

>>23572368
I dont hold any assumptions for a snapshitter like you.

>>23572368
>bold of you to assume i buy slops with inner garbages
Based Unkosul enjoyer

>>23572396
dozens of MGs died for this

>>23572396
what is the appeal of poopla

>>23572404
Takeshi from accounting likes them because he thinks they might make Shiori in HR laugh, and then by Nipponese law they're legally married.
He's single-handedly propping up the shitpla market.

I'd like shitpla if it came in MG with more details like corn pieces

>>23571833
>Red logos
A fellow veteran I see.

>>23571142
it's a pile bunker, not an arm cannon

>>23572183
If you saw the tits before the model kit, you're the problem.

>>23572414
throw in a random runner you can fit into your shit and pretend like it the undigested remains of a vored gundam.

>>23572423
It's no better if a man were to do it either, like thighs anon seducing half of /gpg/ when he used to regularly post pics.

>>23572270
That's a nice build. Where'd it come from?

>>23571703
I don't hate the wing RG sculpts as much as I think I should
the G sculpts are atrocious though

>>23571989
o, my orange peel

>>23572427
I agree. I don't want to see your flesh while you're posting your plastic.

>>23572418
It's a laser lance.

>>23572446
a lance is a weapon with a blade on the end of a polearm.
that's a laser pile bunker.

>>23572452
gooks are retarded
more news at 11

>>23572454
Lance is a term used in modern military parlance that can refer to launchers. It's not that crazy.

>>23572454
It's just a laser/energy version of stuff like pic related, unless you consider a weapon like this not a lance, then what is it? a big pointy stick?

>>23572472
A big pointy hat :)

>>23572472
another gook corruption of fundamentally misunderstanding european combat traditions.
that is misinterpreted jousting lance, which is non-combat weapon with the lancehaed blunted or specifically removed.
the whole pointed part is what should be the shaft of the lance, but it is comically proportioned and missing the lancehead.

>>23572428
https://youtu.be/QZm-XDGyZWc

>>23572270
worst looking gundam of all time

>>23572522
>worst looking gundam
not as long as this shit exists.

>>23572532
nah, that's like 8/10 bad
thrones are 10/10

New gorillion yen idea for Bandai: RG poopla

>>23572532
not even close

>>23572541
I like Eins and Zwei.

>>23572552
At least this has a cool silhouette rather than an Eva facsimile.

>>23572552
I managed to forget that this series ever even existed, but you just had to remind me.

>>23572556
and some people like eating human shit

>>23572580
Speaking from experience I assume.

>>23572589
Yes. I also paint my kits in non-canon colors if I didn't make that obvious.

>>23572552
The EX is cool, even though its series isn't. Fuck you.

>>23572591
yeah right and you can see full color apples in your mind too

>>23572597
Full color apples are propaganda.

>>23572597
strangely, the apples won't stop screaming

>>23572597
I only see in either black and red or violet and grey because I have a sense of aesthetic of 12yo boy and am too afraid of painting white.

>>23572407
Takeshi is a common male name but Shiori is definitely an anime name. It's like a girl named 'Moonflower' you might meet one in real life but hardly ever outside of TV/movies

>>23572563
Lol I was thinking the exact same thing as soon as he posted the cuckold gundam. I had it nicely locked away in the back of my mind, forgotten.

Tristan looks pretty heroic and thicc

>>23572423
>if you see the thing twice the size of the model you're the problem
Okay faggot

>>23572270
Makes me wanna go back and re-do this thing now that I'm a higher level builder with more DEX

>>23572717
pretty straightforward build, although the pins that are inserted in the chest and waist that serve to connect the arms and legs are a bit too tight for my liking so I suggest to slightly sand them

it is the size of a HG kit, and the inclusion of a full inner frame makes it basically a RG.

most parts are undergated so cleaning nubs is easy

there are some minor fit issues with the white armor parts in the chest and the legs if you don't look carefully at the instructions, as the sequence order in some pages in the manual is weird

the eyes are molded in a small clear green part, but they are so obscured by the helmet and v fin they are barely visible, not to mention you get no metallic stickers at all like you do with bandai kits, so they don't stand out

still, comes with a wide array of very expressive hands, like this one pointing at (You)

I'm applying the decals it comes with, they are a bit fragile as they can tear easily so you must be careful, but they really make the kit stand out more

I'll probably finish it in a few more days

>>23572114
And finished the main suit today. Took me an hour to get the left knee done as the screw just wouldn't bite. Ended up super glueing it and it seems to be holding up and both joints on it work. The extended knee armor isn't clipping to the psychoframe on either leg, not sure if Bandai or the third party frame's problem but it mostly stays in place.

A bit more stuff on P-Bandai including MG Nataku (which is 30% more expensive than pre-tariffs). They also somehow had RG Shining in stock a day or two back, but who the fuck cares about retail kits.

>>23572240
Huh. Did your frame come partially pre assembled or did you build it yourself? Mine came pre assembled, just install the armor and put it all together.

I heard there are two different Unicorn metal frames available.

>>23572813
I had to assemble it. Also after picking it up from
>>23572794, the left leg stopped sticking to the hip peg and both tape and glue haven't fixed it yet.

>>23572557
>>23572593
proof that people will only start talking positively about designs after the next new series spawns in. once we get our next AUslop, people will start pretending the gquuuuuux designs are good

>>23572714
>>23572717
>>23572742
I saw this thing pop up on amazon but was on the fence about buying it. Prices on chinapla seems to vary all over the place and I'm wary of getting scammed.

>someone is claiming to sell some recently announced chinapla for a hundred bucks
>but I thought it wasn't releasing until next year, hmmmst

>>23572847
It cost me 20 bucks in aliexpress

>>23572852
I knew those fuckers were up to something charging 45 for chinapla

Is $72 for the Zeta Ver Ka a good deal or should I keep looking?

>>23572871
You can get one for cheaper at hobby lobby during their 40% off sale but they don't always have them. I got mine for 50 there because of it.

>>23572870
well that like 2 months ago before the whole tariffs shit went crazier

>>23572815
Still can't get the leg to stay on. Can't tell if it's the POM in the leg too tight or if it's all too loose. Not sure how to sand the inside of the joint if it's too tight.
Think I'm going to have to put this down for a while and just leave the weapons unbuilt.

>>23572878
Gunpla are not made in china so it won't be affected

>>23572878
ah so maybe not that bad

>dear leader is teasing another 100% in tariffs for some reason??

>>23572882
but we are talking about chinapla

>>23572893
oh lol I thought it was a reply to a different post

>>23572882
some of it are albeit

>>23572882
FATCAT bros... not like this.

>>23572878
The changs will simply mislabel and undervalue their packages.

>>23572960
the hell is this?

Why do people shill the RGs so much?
I did the zaku rg and this mg just feels like a much more thought out build experience.
I only paid maybe 500-700 yen more for this kit in comparison too.

>>23572968
You built like the 3rd ever RG. Try one that is later as they got a lot better over time.

>>23572968
Early RGs were shit, the line started getting good ~2018.

Gundam MK-II is the only early RG that really holds up today. All the other ones are plagued with various issues.

Am I just a bitch or is it recommended to wear gloves when handling chinkshit kits cause holy shit those spikes are fucking up my hands.

>>23572597
I can't see SHIT in my head, let alone an apple, and I am still the second best builder in /gpg/.

https://youtu.be/c-Ki28Vnz98
the eventual fate of a /gpg/ anon.

>>23573059
>anon learns hoarders exist

>>23573056
I'm rotating you in my mind anon

>>23573063
NOOO, NOOO DONT DO THAT FUUUUUCK

What is the best MGSD? I really feel like getting one to see what they are like, I was thinking of Barbatos

>>23572968
RG serves both niches. They are tiny and and have a more lengthy assembly with relatively complex structure compares to HG, their designs got heavily refurbished to catch up with the modern taste and trend from mecha genre, which is something most of normies like to shill. 1/144 scale is both: hoarder scale and guerrilla scale. You can buy shitload of 1/144 kits with affordable price and the shelf will contain them all, it is much harder to do this with large 1/100 kits. And it is easy to hide 1/144 kits so your parents won't find out that their 30 years old son is a manchild with a fondness to plastic toys. This mentality is common.

>>23572597
I can fully render an apple in my head, make it grey, blue yellow pink red. Are some people incapable of doing this?

>>23573075
wait for the eventual MGSD Unicorn or Banshee. they translate well on this line.

Just delete the 144 line. What a waste of production slot, if they just committed to 1/100, every design would have an mg.

>>23573080
Have they already been announced or is this wishful thinking? I want something to build right now, not in a couple years

man, I finally finished snapshidding the Yugioh Zeus kit, it's nice and big but has so much fucking issues, holy fuck. I hamhanded some parts, they snapped, had to glue them in place, trying to pose the damn thing is so damn scary cause the plastic feels fragile and there's some areas where the plastic rubs against each other hard. It's also VERY top heavy, can barely pose it doing the "Zeus attack" where the jet turbines face forward in a mega laser attack without the kit starting to lean very hard forward.

Overall it's a neat kit, but if you're not a small Japanese man, you might accidentally hamhand some parts too like me.

>>23573090
size comparison with the HG RX-78

>>23573081
I bet if they do, it would just be the new normal. Most of fan favourite kits are the large one anyway, like Sazabi, Sinanju, Unicorn and Nu. The push for 1/144 is redundant and stretches Bandai way too thin.

>>23573086
a bit of both. Bandai loves milking this particular suit so it will eventually happen. it's just a matter of "when"

>>23573093
Seems like what HG Nintinghale gives the vibe off. Not the tallest, but has huge volume and presence.

>>23572957
>microsoft ip
at best it'd be funkopops or some shitty action figures.

There is nothing in the west really like Gundam. Pre-Disney Star Wars could have been it. The only big western mecha is Transformers, which I don't totally understand how anyone over the age of 8 could find any interest in.

>>23573093
also I really just wanted to post this snapshidded Zeus cause it reminded me of my really early custom build from like 2017, SORT OF, not saying I'm creative etc.. inspired Zeus or whatever but it's like I built the shitty prototype that would eventually become "Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS - Sky Thunder"

>>23573109
>snapshidded
>snapfarded

>>23573117
snapdefecated

>>23573075
Heard they all pretty decent. Just get the design you fancy most. Waiting on the destiny myself.
There's also this chink addon of big meaty claws with sectioned tail for the barbatos.

>>23573036
Your ancestors who had to cut down trees with their bare hands would be ashamed of you

>>23573152
Well my ancestors didn't have to deal with changpla.

Is this a correct reference for zeon rank insignia? i want to decal my hygogg, zgok e and bootleg efreet
Hygogg Misha liutenant
Zgok E Hardie Steiner captain
Efreet Henrie Boone captain
Efreet exam Nimbus captain

this is you're GBWC PH champ. say something nice to it!

>>23573179
God fucking damn it when will they learn how to take photos of the entries? How hard is it to have a full hd png? I cant see shit captain.

>>23570620
I think my gunpla is getting attacked by fucking mould
>Uploading files has been restricted from your IP range
AAAAHHH HIROSHIMOOOOOOOT

>>23573232
someone near your area probably posted CP. unfortunately it is what it is...

I HATE WATER DECALS
I CAN'T MAKE IT WORK

>>23573232
Should have ip banned you filthy pdf.

THEY SHOULD PUT IQ RATING INSTEAD OF AGE RATING ON GUNPLA BOXES

>>23573275
same number

>>23573179
I was rooting for this one, it's pulling its own thing

>>23573000
>>23573011
>>23573076
I did the RG sinanju(pretty new) too and it was pretty crap compared to the ver ka made in 2008. The gold part separation was neat if you don't want to paint, but the rest of the kit can barely do a standing pose for the shelf.
I keep trying to give the RG line a try, but get disappointed every time. I could have allocated the time and shelf space for a MG instead.

is there a western gunplatuber who actually put an effort into building their kit? like painting or custom build? there are plenty channels like that but they're all Japanese/SEA (dark hands)

>>23573360
Unironically ZakuAurelius

>>23573363
He only does OOB with panel lining, not even decals.

>>23573366
Dumbass.

>>23573366
That's all you need to do.

>>23573360
https://youtu.be/nA0qn3aW43E?si=FUjdsujugdP37l8b
What is with the obsession with skin color on the hands? Its literally a japanese/SEA hobby

>>23573356
>I keep trying to give the RG line a try, but get disappointed every time.
So stop building the shit ones and build the good ones.

>>23573371
Where does this guy get his hands? He has a whole video about resin printing hands but doesn't say where he gets the files.

>>23573369
I gotta rewatch his completed customs. I really wish he does it more often.

>>23573356
RG is fucking trash, man.
It's way too detailed, too many components for a 1/144 kit. It being tiny also means it has NO AURA at all.
1/100 or bust. can't believe MG died for that line because japan love 1/144 more.

>>23573376
snapshitting does better on yt algorithm

>>23573381
MGs are overdetailed and gimmicky now too, we'll never get something like the OYW 2.0 line ever again

>want to start painting
>have to BUY a lot of paint and panting equipment
>no longer want to paint

>>23573389
honestly the worst part is the availability, actually getting paint is such a pain in the ass and it's all overpriced as shit compared to japanese prices
genuinely you just shouldn't bother with this hobby if you aren't japanese, westerners should just paint miniatures instead

>>23573036
You must have the softest baby hands if you need the +1 protection gloves give. So yes you are a bitch

>>23573360
Paintonplastic, although he most builds MaK. He's got some gunpla videos too.

>>23573388
This is true.

>>23573396
admittedly the original artwork is overdetailed slop there too, can't blame the kit for the subject being ugly

>>23573370
R.I.P

>Ugly this and that

Show me what you consider beautiful. No posting of MGK's fingernails.

>>23573399
That's because F90 Cluster is a modern manga from 2024 - so I still count this.

>>23573402
Look at this beauty. Look at those curves and lines that all flow like water. Look at those armor pieces all over, not broken up by completely unnecessary panel lines or details.

>>23573402
All of the replies to this are doing to be kits from the 90s/early 2000s or an obsure unit absolutely no one gives a fuck about.

>>23573389
Could be worse. Really thinking of getting an airbrush for sazabi ver ka and psycho zaku ver ka.

>>23573399
Gunraid was commissioned especially for a MG release. Yanase knows how to work with 3D models.

>>23573420
>he fell for the mr topcoat meme
The blue cans are shit, so are the premium ones too. You're better off using the tamiya TS clear cans

>>23572879
Thought about this overnight. If the metal peg goes in, but only with force,that means the plastic part of the joint is just flexing, then pushing the metal out when I'm no longer applying force.
That means I need to sand either the peg or the inside of the joint correct?

>>23573374
It was flashed through in that video or maybe the one that was an ad for the printer. It's some Patreon or something similar that gives the files.

>>23573423
>commissioned especially for an MG release
It looks like they took an SD Gundam and then scaled it up while keeping some of the children's toy qualities - the face/head especially. Something about the Gunraid has been off for me ever since I first saw it and I think that's the best I'm able to describe what it is.

>>23573425
Nigger if I could find them locally I would.
Lots of tamiya paint near me, but no one fucking sells clear for some reason.

>>23573434
Why not order online in bulk

>>23573423
>Yanase
The 00 guy? He designed Gunraid? Did he design anything else for the F90 manga?

>>23573435
I live in a shithole simple as. I've just been picking up cans every time I pick up a kit from canadacomputers

>>23573142
That looks cool, in case I get Barbatos where do I buy the chink stuff?

>>23573371
>ItsAGunpla
last time I tried watching him was years ago and he came across and really bitter and abrasive. seems like he's mellowed out since then tho, this vid was pretty good.

Bros I'm really tempted to get another PG Unicorn just to display it in Unicorn mode, am I crazy?

>>23573456
Well what else could you get for the money?
Another RX78 PG slop? A PG banshee?

>>23573079
Approx half of the people you meet are incapable of it and some might not even believe you can do it

>>23573458
I was also thinking about Exia because of the leds but I'm really not a fan of the design. I don't like the PGU either, the RX 78 2 proportions in general are too toyish

>>23573419
zwerg really is kino

>>23573444
>leaf
My condeleances. There's always aliexpress if you don't mind paying a bit more

>>23573454
he was one of those guys going on schizoid rants about trannies and leftists when WfM was making rounds
maybe he did the sane thing since then which is just abandoning all hope instead of getting mad

that Banshee came out beautiful though

>>23573454
No he just acts like a normal person for his gunpla channel because his other channels, where he spergs out about disney/marvel/star wars, were demonetized so the gunpla channel is his only way to make money from youtube. He's still a lonely brown man living in a tiny apartment hoping that the white man will come to his aid one day.

>>23573464
PG nu it is or sazabi when it comes out
>>23573467
I can't imagine a fate worse than being a leaf. Can't even paint in the winter when I'm building kits.

>>23573475
I like the design of the Nu but it's ridiculously expensive, I can buy 3 PG Unicorns for its price. It's just not worth it

>>23573475
quite possibly the worst bastardization of the Nu's design I've ever witnessed and that includes chink resin kits

>>23573478
wait for Daban version

Do you prefer rg Sazabi or Zeong

>>23573499
HG for both

>>23573480
Same I actually really hate the PG Nu. I wish we got one 20 years ago when it would've looked more normal.

>>23573500
Why?

>>23573480
>>23573502
How does the Nu have 0 good kits despite being the most popular Gundam

>>23573509
EG, HG and old MG are all good

>>23573509
It's hard to get the funnels right because of their size, a Nu with good stability would defy the laws of physics

>>23573512
EG and HG are too lanky while MG is too blocky, none of them get it right

>>23573425
>You're better off using the tamiya TS clear cans
Or better yet, mr. clear color
>>23573475
>I can't imagine a fate worse than being a leaf
It could be worse. You could be russian. :(

>>23573516
PB Russia any day now, brother. Just gotta believe

>>23573509
lmao do you retards not get tired from being such miserable contrarians?

>>23573514
>none of them get it right
If you design a Nu kit faithful to Izubuchi's lineart, it would have a really fat torso with lanky limbs, basically what Katoki and Mika Akitaki did with Sentinel lineup. Most of normies wouldn't like this.

>>23573520
2 more weeks comrade*
*ships to Moscow only

>>23573530
Eh, I'll take it.

Vintage Wing Zero kit was surely something, huh? This thing literally has no sculpt.

>>23573529
Even if they did release a kit that looked exactly like the lineart, people here would still shit and piss themselves that it doesn't look like a random poorly drawn frame of the anime.

>>23573520
more likely than PB Canada

>>23573529
Deeply glad that absolutely nobody takes you lineart motherfuckers seriously.

>>23573546
do you know what sculpt means

>>23573554
No i don't, but it is definitely not that humanoid bubblegum.

>>23573559
I'll kill you.

>>23573559
Man, you call everything "bubblegum". Like, it's scarily consistent about how you specifically use that term, I doubt there's several anons using that.

Also, you can just sand and rescribe shit, you know.

>>23573568
>I doubt there's several anons using that.
there is

>>23573568
Not him but I do complain about Bandai's soft, gummy details sometimes. I dont think I call it bubblegum specifically but I mightve once or twice

>>23573529
but that looks kino

>>23573579
normies don't like kino

>>23573568
>you can just sand and rescribe shit
These drooling retards can't even afford to buy the shit they complain about.

>>23573609
>LEAVE MULTI BILLION DOLLAR COMPANY ALONE!

>>23570617 (OP)
Ladies and gentlemen, QC Flaws on RG wing zero tv ver has been detected on Korean lots.
A-5 being missing, A-32 being scratched and crushed, C2-22 being broken, wing scratches. Anyone outside of Korea and China noticed the QC flaw on RG Wing Zero TV ver, or is it only Korean lots being fucked off since Japanese didn't notice the flaw on RG zero TV ver?

https://gall.dcinside.com/mgallery/board/view/?id=gundam&no=3448436

>>23573568
>Also, you can just sand and rescribe shit, you know.
Ok. Sand and rescribe every fingers for me.

>>23573625
Once you learn to stop incorrectly pluralising random words, 3rd worlder.

>>23573630
Don't care. Sand and rescribe them. Don't forget to post the WIPs.

>>23573625
>"I want to partake in a creative hobby but I don't actually want to use my hands or do anything except play with my action figure"

>>23573643
>Creative hobby
>Robot toys
LMAO

With the decals

this is my favorite mecha design of all time

>>23573650
It's OK.

>>23573630
Anyone noticed flaw on RG wing gundam zero tv ver? It is so serious in Korea that Korean gundam fans are vocal and unhappy about RG Wing gundam zero tv's QC issue.

>>23573649
These guys look so snazzy. I'm tempted to get one.

>>23573625
>Model requires some basic modeling skills
>This makes it a bad model
Maybe Lego is more your speed anon.

after watching a bunch of jp vids on decals the strat is:
use mark setter or w/e on a decal
gloss coat it
sand the decal area a little with high grit
matte coat
is this correct?
can the sanding part be skipped?

>>23573647
It is when I slap putty on my kits.

>>23573657
>reshaping entire body parts
>basic modeling skills

>>23573659
I just put the decal into a thin pool of mark setter, get loose liquid with cotton swab and then matte coat.

>>23573662
Nobody's talking about reshaping body parts, just deepening detail and doing some sanding.

If it bothers you so much, just go back to fucking Lego

>>23573662
True modelers know how to sculpt, yes.

I have Wing fatigue.

>>23573679
at that point why buy kits, just fire up fusion/blender/whatever and 3d print your own shit

>>23573667
>Nobody's talking about reshaping body parts
Nigga there is a huge difference between a modern kit looking slightly mushy and a fucking happy meal toy made in 1995. The jap who customized that kit even admited that he had to use a much more modern kit to kitbash. Not even the autistic japs can fix these shit by just sanding and scribing.

https://x.com/To_tama/status/1977016461127545127

>>23573706
Unironically. Even the boomers get decent sculpt for their military kits. There is no reason why we should get an inferior treatment.

>>23573716
I agree about the difference but that wasn't what was being talked about when bringing up reshaping, or the kit I was responding to, it was about >>23573625

>>23573719
>Even the boomers get decent sculpt for their military kits.
If they're lucky the kit's shell will have more or less the correct shape and only require minimal putty work, they will have to buy aftermarket resin and photo etch parts for the rest and redo a bunch of detail by hand

>>23573716
>>23573546
This is par the quality for most 80s kits but coming from the innovations of F91 and other early 90s late UC kits it's a sifnificant step backwards.

>>23573716
honestly the original kit had better proportions

>>23573727
anon it's not the 90s any more. modern military kits are good

>>23573650
Imma say it. I don't like the big feet

>>23573649
>>23573674
eh fuck it I'll add one to my backlog. How well does it come apart for painting? Any seams in dumb places that would need to be assembled before painting?

>>23573727
>they will have to buy aftermarket resin and photo etch parts for the rest and redo a bunch of detail by hand
Objectively not true. Military kits are especially detail focused rather than playability, it is up to you to have enough patience to glue all of them or not. Whatever the fanfiction you have in mind that the kit doesn't provide with such is not its fault. If you buy those dogshit vacuuform kits then that's on you.

>>23573716
the detail is honestly sharper than you make it out to be, it just looks goopy because it's glossy

>>23573390
If Vallejo made lacquers, I'd be set.
I can get their shit cheap here, but it's all garbage for gunpla.

>>23573760
Don't they have a line specifically for gunpla? Vallejo Mecha Color or something. Also why do you say it's garbage for that specifically?

>>23573764
They're still water based and spray poorly compared to the more popular options.

>>23573750
Depends on the manufacturer. Tamiya often has small details slightly out of scale, and no manufacturer bothers with armor texture.

Nevertheless, probably the most soulful part of armor modeling is modeling a kit off a specific real world vehicle, replicating the battle damage, markings, modifications, and repairs from historical photographs or sometimes viewing the real vehicle in a museum.

>>23573764
NTA, but yes, Vallejo does have an acrylic Mecha Color line. I've never actually seen it in stores, so I don't know how it compares to their model color or game color lines.

>>23573767
I've never personally had a problem spraying Vallejo. If you want to experience pain and anguish, try putting Apple Barrel through your airbrush. I don't know why I did that, but it was a mistake.

ZAKUAURELIUS.
ZAKUAURELIUS.
ZAKUAURELIUS.

>>23573748
the armor parts cleverly hide/avoid any seamlines AT ALL

but the armor in the legs can be a very tight fit so keep that in mind if you plan to paint this thing

>>23573767
it's funny that most posts like these come from anons who admit they never actually painted

>>23573785
You caught me. I was trying to get someone to contradict me because the stuff is less than half the price.

>>23573786
vallejo objectively doesn't spray as well as lacquers. i used them for about a year before trying lacquers on a whim and i didn't look back

>>23573752
Nah, i touched some vintage kits before, particulary G Cannon and Hardygun. They are as goopy as you expect them to be.

>>23573769
Armor texture for unpainted plastic is abit redundant because they will go through alot of other things, from putty or finishing clear coats. Military kits get the real priority straight with this atleast.

>>23573796
>x is bad because y from half a decade prior was bad too
genuine retard moment

>>23573767
It sprays pretty good if you use the actual thinner vallejo sells instead of water. It's the best water based paint you're gonna get for gunpla. Just make sure you clean your gun really well. It'll make itself a problem if you don't.
It's obviously worse than alcohol based paints like aqueous hobby color or tamiya, or lacquers, but so far as water based paints it's very good. It dries a lot harder than most acrylics and has good abrasion resistance.

>>23573760
>>23573767
acrylic paint airbrushing is like stick welding.
if you can master it, you can spray any paint without issue.
lacquers are like MIG welding. easy and retard proof, but people who have only used it will be dogass at stick welding, and struggle when pushed out of their comfort zone.
anyone who struggles spraying acrylics is just generally poor at understanding pressure, thinning ratios, retarder mix and coat thickness.

>>23573810
The finish will still always look worse than with lacquers simply due to the chemical makeup of the paint

>>23573811
peak dunning kruger

>>23573811
You just affirmed his post

>>23573810
Good thing painting isn't my job so I don't have to use paints I don't want to.

mfw all this airbrush talk and I'm still a handbrushfag that uses citadel because it's the only thing I can get from local stores

>>23573819
E-commerce exists anon, you're not limited to citadel with the FLGS upcharge.

>>23573812
>>23573813
Acrylics have inferior self leveling and don't dry to a hard, glossy finish, so for the purposes of Gunpla, they are simply inherently inferior.

>>23573826
They can do both of these things. You're just proving his post right.

>>23573826
Literally skill issue.

>baaah, they don't dry to hard glossy finish!
Then apply varnish, dummy, that's what it was made for.

>>23573828
>they can do both of those things
Most water based acrylics are designed to dry to a matte finish because that's more desirable for miniature painting.

>>23573826
VMC "flat blue" is the glossiest acrylic I've ever seen in my life, somehow glossier than Vallejo's gloss varnish. I have no clue what's in it, but it's a pretty color too.

>>23573831
>Then apply varnish, dummy, that's what it was made for.
If you need 2 layers of paint to achieve what lacquers do in 1 then you're admitting that they're inferior.

>>23573817
this is a good take to respond to not using water based acrylics.

>>23573821
Easier for me to walk to the (5 minutes on foot) store, compare the colors right in the shop with the physical pots, occasionally get a discount from the shop owner (the perks of not being an asocial schizo), and walk home within like, 30 minutes if I'm really taking my time, and not even have to bother about shipping fees or time.

>>23573837
Are you sprinting full speed to the store and crawling out? wtf anon. Paints aren't that heavy.

>>23573840
It's just straight up like, next street from my house, and I just take my sweet time browsing and shooting the shit with the shop owners that also do gunpla.

>>23573832
>Most
This word ruins any argument you could have made

>>23573835
You should be clearcoating lacquers too.

>>23573835
Rather you admit your lack of understanding of paint properties. Sprayed acrylic dries into matt or satin finish, lacquer will dry glossy. Want matt lacquer or glossy acrylic? Apply varnish or stop bitching like some little kid.

And later they wonder why rest of scale modellers consider Gunpla kids toys.

there's such a thing gloss acrylics and matte lacquers

>>23573850
Matte lacquers exist and so do glossy, self leveling acrylics.

>>23573847
>You should be clearcoating lacquers too.
If you spray lacquers properly, you don't need another layer of gloss clear before panel lining and doing decals. With water based acrylics, you do. So for the purposes of gunpla, lacquers are simply better.
>>23573850
>lack of understanding of paint properties
I literally just listed those same properties earlier, the properties of lacquers are simply better for Gunpla than those of water based acrylics. I don't care if you can paint your model with supermarket craft paint and get a good result.

>>23573856
Clearcoating protects the paint. You need to clearcoat your paintjob.

>>23573858
Yeah, AT THE END. With lacquers, you need fewer intermediate layers.
Are you seriously that dense or just trolling?