Thread 23584452

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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!

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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:
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: >>23581826

-= 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

Post!!!!!! Your!!!!!! WIPs!!!!!!!!!!!!

>>23584455
Snapshitted Schwarzette for now. Gonna work on deleting those big seam lines found on the arms and legs tomorrow, then deepen some of the panel lines

forgot my image like a retard

Wrong height? Wrong proportions? Wrong colors? Nah, I don't care, it's not like modeling is about replicating something faithfully. The only thing that matters is how I feel because gunpla is freedom. Please shower me with your reddit gold sirs.

>>23584476
>faithful replication of cartoon characters that are barely consistent in their own source material, let alone other official appearances
Sure thing

>>23584476
Modeling isn't about replicating something faithfully. Modeling is about creating a physical reproduction of an oject that fits your aesthetic sensibilities.
Only giga-autists think a model has to be a perfect 1-to-1 replication.

FATCAT God Gundam is 1/80 scale. Why are chinks retarded and not using standard scales. It's just like that one Chinese PG Quebley that is for some reason 1/72 instead of 1/60 or 1/100.

>>23584488
>Only giga-autists think a model has to be a perfect 1-to-1 replication.
This is an autistic hobby. I am really sorry, secondary.

>>23584455
Finished this awhile ago. I suck at taking pictures

I shall not buy fatcat kits.

>>23584555
cool scheme

>>23584559
me neither
i respect the hustle but i don't go for 1/100 slops of RG garbages

>>23584567
RGs only have the wow factor at 1/144 as it is impressive what gets packed into a kit of that size. At 1/100 I would just prefer standard MG engineering or even RE/100.

>>23584574
and who would want a new mg god gundam right

>>23584575
I would like a MG God Gundam or MG ver Ka God Gundam. Or maybe a MGEX God Gundam with Funnikaze and LED God finger. I don't want a 1/100 RG God Gundam.

>>23584578
no real difference between a 1/100 rg god or a modern mg god
you just sound like you're coping

also there won't be a new mg god any time soon possibly ever

>>23584581
RGs have more surface details than most MGs even Ver Kas. They also have the multi tone plastic to simulate the shading the painters do. They also still usually skip things included on MGs like opening cockpits.
They are not the same.

>>23584585
You have no idea what you're talking about

I'm curious. Is there any HG kit that are 100% color accurate? Like, even counting little vents and verniers? MG and RG are a given, but HG?

>>23584585
color variation between panels is not at all supposed to simulate shading, wtf are you on about

>>23584581
Fat Cat

>>23584598
Sorry I phrased that wrong with the "simulate". They are used to break up areas that would otherwise be mono colored parts if accurate to the line art. When painting, you do shading to achieve a similar effect, without having to change the whole piece color and only edges. It accomplished the same thing by making the parts more distinct and visually interesting.

>>23584601
1/80 scale not 1/100 like MGs.

Yeah, I'm thinking it's kit of the year.

>>23584622
You don't even build. What are you doing in this general?

>>23584585
the arguably most popular mg the nu and sazabi ver kas have the multi tone plastic to simulate the shading the painters do
they also have do have opening cockpits you mong retard

essentially buy fat cat it's your only option for a new mg god

>>23584612
mg kshatriya never ever

>>23584595
gogg

i really really like this kit. the aerial works really well with this proportions. wish they'd do a calibarn and gcucks.

>>23584634
Not quite. The cannons on the waist are not color accurate. Also part of the foot

>>23584625
I've built more than you and have more in my backlog than you.

Pretty cool use of option parts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU9Ck0x6E9s

>>23584640
Sure you did

>>23584631
>mg kshatriya
Is irrelevant with the Osiris release.

i think the simpler designs actually go so much better with this style than the more "elaborate" designs.
kinda wanna get the chink strike rouge though.

>>23584648
>chink strike rouge
Which kit is that?

>>23584612
How's the build experience? I got mine, but after seeing the manual, I just ordered the correct batteries and put it aside.

>if you don't like bootslop you don't build
the thirdies are really reaching with this one

>>23584642
Yes I did thanks.

>>23584654
They really are. I only buy bootleg when it's a "original" kit like the Osiris, or things like effect parts/metal frames/swap parts (like the MP Nu backpack). I don't see the point in buying a straight bootleg of a kit Bandai has printed in the last 4 years.

>>23584657
I honestly buy bootlegs for the weapons and maybe take some armor pieces.

man how are bandai decals so thick
i let them sit in a puddle of microsol and i still see the borders, I topcoat twice and still see the borders
meanwhile every 3rd party decals I used looked pretty much painted on without doing anything

I buy bootlegs because they're cheap.
>but they often suck though!
You get what you paid for.

>>23584659
>SD
I thought you were talking about a real kit and not a funko. Shame.

>>23584663
They're thick because they're for the average person who snaps a kit together. Thicker decals means they're harder to break but the downside is they look worse.

>>23584668
that's totally fine man, there's nothing wrong with being cognitively impaired. i used to work with people like you and i can empathize. stay strong dude.

>>23584640
I disagree
>>23584653
Really nice, only had some minor issues building the torso so far.

>>23584555
I don't know why, but mechs with pistols do something special to me. Ever since I saw Robocop as a kid.

I'm actually a big fan on the gold frame.

Imagine taking pride in snapshitting and boasting how many kits you've """""""finished"""""

>>23584710
imagine being you lmao

>>23584687
I've surpassed you old man.

Are there any good Chrome/Chrome Gold paint markers?

>>23584709
Which Zaku is this?

>>23584718
The stedi ones are really nice

>>23584719
Chars zaku II but I have extra parts from a resin conversion kit I did so it's getting two spiked shoulders.
Pic related.

>>23584455
Finished. Don't plan on winning my local comp, but submitting something is better than nothing

>>23584722
Oh you're the resin zaku pos-
Oh no you're the gay background poster.

>>23584710
I paint too, what's your next cope?

>>23584726
What is that big thing in the back on the left?

>>23584725
I am every poster in this thread other than you.

Which Real Grade kit between these 2 choices would you want Bandai to make:

RG ZZ Gundam
or
RG Ex-S Gundam

>>23584721
Oddly not on Amazon like their nippers and files

>>23584728
Full mechanics Kimaris

>>23584715
Proof? Are you counting snapped but unpainted kits in your backlog? And also 30 isn't that old :(

>>23584733
Holy cow that's quite some customization done to that thing.

>>23584730
RG ZZ, it'll probably be a hand grenade but less so than Ex-S. Plus a P-Bandai Full Armor expansion would be the bee's knees.

idea: have /gpg/ posters submit 5-6 images of their best works and do a tournament bracket to find the best builder

mgk ridicules himself every time he does "reporting" instead of reviews, this time going all in on the new frame being fucking asmoday

>>23584723
Looking good anon.
>>23584730
RG Ex-S Gundam

>>23584730
ex-s because zz would inevitably lead to them using all its variants as retail release stopgaps

>>23584747
I second this idea. Participation will be mandatory.

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).

All right, I finished snapping the MG Exia (fixed the ankles as well). It is not a bad kit, just a bit dated. Overall good experience. I have complaints about the way the GN Short and GN Long blades are mounted, I can't seem to be able to set them properly in place. Time to tackle the MG GM Sniper 2 to clear my backlog.

>>23584788
The exia is by far the worst of the 00 lineup. If you enjoyed it the rest of them are very good builds.

>>23584790
I have already built MG Dynames and MG Kyrios. I want the MG Virtue and the MG Qant FS. I have the RG Exia and RG Qant FS. Not sure if I will get a 00 Raiser.

>>23584747
I should finish some builds instead of having them in a half-complete state

>>23584723
Well done, Anon. Good luck!

>>23584730
RG Ex-S, the last 1/144 Ex-S kit was made like 20 years ago so its due, and that HGUC kit needs much better proportions, which could be done with a RG

RG Ex-S would be the loosest floppiest RG since RG RX-69 your mother's vagina.

>>23584797
that's rad as fuck

I care about scale, but the FATCAT God Gundam is fine. If its only a minor difference I dont care, but if f91 and sazabi are the same height Id have issues.

>>23584760
>Team Aplha
>Hummingbird
>Booster Unit
>Deep Striker
>S Gundam
if there's a will, there's a way!

Gee, why does your mom let you have TWO Hyper Mega Bazooka Launcher?

>>23584820
Oh neat
What should I do with the old version bros

>>23584820
DUAL WIELDING!

>>23584821
Repurpose it. Either way, I got the bootleg of both so I'm covered either way.

>>23584820
I never liked the manga version. It's so bulky that it takes away from the silouhette of the suit itself.
Also, there's such a thing as a weapon being TOO big and unwield that it breaks SoD.

>>23584825
beginning to think I should get a second RG Hi Nu

>>23584829
>Also, there's such a thing as a weapon being TOO big and unwieldy
They're in space.

>>23584820
>novel version comes in ugly lineart purple
>not giving us a RG Hi-Nu in ugly lineart purple as well

>>23584852
RE/100 is such a weird line since its purpose is the same reason Bandai gave for putting Gunpla on P-Bandai in the first place.

So they're taking a line created for kits that supposedly are too obscure or wouldn't sell and putting it on their Premium shop that was meant for kits that they supposedly couldn't risk sending to retail because they thought it wouldn't sell.

>>23584831
Or just buy the bootleg Hyper Mega Bazooka Launcher.

Is there a difference when thin the paint using water/thinner?

And it comes with beam effect parts, and stands for the kit itself, the bazooka, and funnels

>>23584880
>Funnel beam sabers
Is this even legal?

>>23584858
>So they're taking a line created for kits that supposedly are too obscure or wouldn't sell and putting it on their Premium shop that was meant for kits that they supposedly couldn't risk sending to retail because they thought it wouldn't sell.

>>23584894
it's not saber, it's just a beam shooting effect

>>23584880
Those beam effects are neat.

>>23584898
Thanks, I hate it.

>Schwarzette comes with just ONE open palm hand
Why?

Domon! Stop flirt-fighting with Allenby and come home already! Your daughter doesn't care if you get stronger!
This was a fun build outside of the head. There were a few parts there that felt like they were separate to bump the parts count (vents on the side). Not sure why they bothered with advanced MS frame for the arms, felt very doable with normal parts. Also not sure why it came with hands on the frame.
Also, not sure why I bought decals for this kit as I feel like G-Gundam kits should be pretty plain. I'm thinking maybe 1 King of Hearts as either a Shoulder or Tramp stamp. Any others that I should consider?

>>23584880
>>23584894
Those funnel effects are just from the 2023 P-Bandai expansion pack.

>>23584906
Is this/God Gundam the reason why people expect every kit to have articulation to break dance?

>>23584912
Had an idea, but sadly the back skirt gets in the way of an upside down pose on the pole. Who would have thought clothes get in the way.
Also the beam saber hands are just a hair too small to grab it.

>was too slow
well fuck me hard sideways

>>23584912
Even the Katoki stance or Okawara stance require some articulation. You need swivels at the thighs for God Gundam to do this.

>>23584917
Some strategic tack to give just a little grip on the chrome did it.

>>23584924
Thigh swivel is pretty normal with the peg into waist, peg into leg hip design. The extra twists in the arms are really nice.

>>23584928
Most of older gunpla didn't have rotation for the thighs. It started to become a thing after since G Reco.

>>23584917
>tfw my ex-gf does pole
This is doing numbers on me.

>>23584912
It was a main selling point of the original G gundam master grade line.

>>23584931
I checked a number of my old kits.
Full rotation:
MG Turn A
MG 00 Raiser
HG Harute
RG RX-78 1.0
HG ReZel Commander Type
Partial (Enough to do that stance):
HG HiNu
HG Ecoas Jegan
HG Exia
HG Strike Freedom (The 2005 kit)
The only ones that didn't have enough were:
HG Gundam MKII (the one with the flying armor if it varies)
HG 1/100 V2AB (1994 kit)

>>23584940
>MG Turn A
Press X to doubt

>>23584938
Sorry, the kit is very fun to pose and I am having to make up for being called out of "Autism posing" my Victorys this weekend.

>>23584943
You are correct. It does go pretty wide and it's been in this stance for years. I just assumed since it was near the back of the cabinet.

>>23584949
I'm talking about the actual modern swivel that you can rotate 360 degree. For Okawara stance, old kits can almost do it, but not as good as how modern kits pull it.

>>23584967
I don't get it

>>23584944
No need to apologize, anon. Stuff happens anyways. Unhealthy fact she and I keep I touch after 5 years of not talking with each other. But things are different and we both know that we don't work well together

>Changs did the SRW version of Hyper Bazooka Launcher, obviously retail
>Bandai finally did it several years later
>It's another Pbandai FOMO faggotry
The fuck is wrong with this company?!

>>23584894
Sword bits have been in the franchise since forever, 00 calls them "Fangs".

>>23584967
cute

>>23584953
say that again, but in not ESL gobbledygook

>>23584986
You are a faggot. There, understandable enough.

>>23584986
That wasn't ESL and made perfect sense.

MGEX? More like MG EXPENSIVE.

Do you think classic SD is dying out? Did Cross Silhouette or EX-Standard get anything this year? I wish they would just consolidate SD into one line with consistent quality and proportions.

>>23584991
How much did you pay?

>>23584996
Around 130 dollars or so in my country. It is the most expensive item in my backlog atm.

>>23584996
gw dapet 5 juta bro gilak mahal banget

>>23585005
>Expected it to be some mockery in gibberish just to make fun of ESL
>Translated it
>it is Indonesian
You people have been larping as American this whole time, huh?

>>23584905
same with calibarn
aerial doesnt even come with extra hands

>>23585006
we're mostly chinese indonesians, or chindo in our own turf

>>23585014
That's because you're supposed to buy the Mirasoul flight unit, which comes with the open palm hands.

>>23585014
Most of modelkits accross all grades got that kind of treatment except RG God Gundam with 10 hands for some fucking reasons.

>>23584905
Because usually MS carry one weapon and have little reason for two open palms in an era of peak bandai hand stinginess
be glad it comes with one

>>23585024
I unironically believe Bandai killed someone for letting HG Reben Wolf through with a complete set of hands instead of 2 lego boxes.

>>23585025
Every kit pays the hand tax so that once every 3 years a kit is allowed to taste greatness.

>>23584797
Is there a video showing the process?

>>23585024
>>23585026
30MF kits come with so many hands

>>23585045
Bandai puts priority into the wrong thing. No surprise here.

>>23585048
30MF are nice kits in my opinion, but I agree that was a very strange choice to make the kits as nice as they are. A lot of other kits would have benefited more.

>>23585051
They should have kept these 30 Minutes kits as small side project, about 1 release a year and focus on Gunpla and FRS, things people actually care about and have ebstablished fanbase.

>>23585045
It's because it's a cool fanbase and they don't spend 6 hours a day screeching about hands. They deserve more.

>>23585058
>30MF
>Fanbase
Lol. LMAO even.

>>23585058
>HOW DARE YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT THE PRODUCT YOU PAID FOR?!

>>23584990
if that wasn't ESL, that person is a zero language speaker as they failed to finish learning their first one.

>>23585065
>Complains about ESL
>Uses "they" for a single individual
Kek

>>23585067
afraid of neutral pronouns?

GM Sloep is literally Revive GM HG.

>>23585080
You insult people's nationality, yet concern about gender? Pffttt do Burgers really?

>>23585083
ESL isn't insulting anyone's nationality, thoughbeit.

>>23585085
"English as a Second Language" implies you have a foreign language as your first language. it is pretty much an insult to who you are entirely. The mockery for bad English is " Gibberish".

>>23585005
>gw dapet 5 juta bro gilak mahal banget
Disgusting language.

>>23585087
ESL means you're using English badly. It isn't insulting your nationality, it's insulting your mastery of the language you're communicating in to the point it's obvious you are a non-native speaker.
Obviously it's used as an insult but it's a generic insult that doesn't give a shit which nationality you are among the many options.
We're not on /pol/ so the only real way for anyone to truly insult your nationality here is if you reveal it, and seeing as we're not on /pol/ or even /v/ most people still won't give a shit.

>>23585055
Unironically, FRS lose to 30MS is the reason why 30MS and 30MP growing so much, to the point FRS have to follow the 30MS format

>>23585097
>ESL means you're using English badly.
Again, Nguyen, i know you are Vietnamese and give too much shit about super accurate English, but " English as Second Language" is a common term people people who don't have English as their native language. It doesn't matter if you are an English expert, if your people don't use English, then you are an ESL. Most of Americans would rather call bad English as " Broken English " or humorously " Engrisk".
Also, when the fuck did 4chan care about accurate English? Stupid fucking faggot.

>>23585099
>FRS have to follow the 30MS format
Yeah because Alphamon and Kamen Rider Kuuga Ultimate Form have modular armor and can be switched to each other. Retard.

>>23585097
You should you kill yourself now. Is my English good?

>>23585103
KEK

>>23585101
okay schizo
I'm telling you how it's used right here on 4chan, the place it's relevant. The only reason anyone can call you an ESL is because they read badly written English (in ways non-natives usually don't, but there's no end of retards who will make mistakes either way) to make the accusation.

Based tranny kino plebbditor nog woke goyslop faggot Ching Chang Chong are totally accurate English words with correct meaning. You ESL plebs are just too dumb to accept their legitimacy.

>>23585090
>>23585103

>>23585108
You a Vietnamese. We know. Now shut the fuck up.

>>23585102
I think you forgot the certain Shelfwarmer goddess.
But also Tokai Teio FRS and 30MS was made closely only for 30MS version came out as victor

>>23585099
Mainly just the head of their girlplas. Except Avatar Fumina which is a D-body Color A 30MS sold under the FRS label.

>>23585112
Anon, 30MS is especially a Megami Device clone with modular mecha parts for the girls. FRS are character kits from ebstablished franchses such as Kamen Rider, Yugioh, Digimon, etc...They have fuck all to do with mecha musume most of the time.

>>23585111
but I'm American actually
btw it shoulda been "you are Vietnamese" bro

>>23585117
Don't care about your English autism. Now suck my cock, faggot.

>>23585114
*G-type, same size as Richetta

>>23585117
>I'm American!
>Eats Pagpag

>>23585121
Stop replying to yourself, thaicuck

>>23585114
Which happen after Shion and Tokai Teio. And lets be honest the Head is the most important part for Girlpla, This is why Super Fumina is called Jashin because of the head and face.

>>23585115
FRS is Bandai's Girlpla, Shounen, Toku line before 30MS come in. All Girlpla kit that came out since Build Diver was labeled as FRS(with exception of Mei and Sara, which is HG of their Mobile Doll form)
But i'm not talking about theme, but its format and the kit engineering. While these day it's pretty simillar, but back then the different were far more noticeable. Especially when Rishetta and Lacus cameout at the same time

>30MS is especially a Megami Device clone with modular mecha parts for the girls
Not really, since 1/4 of the line is filled with Idol

>>23585128
Anon, just because a small part of FRS brand didn't get the buzz does not mean it somehow "lost" to 30MS. They are quite literally apple and orange. FRS didn't start with Girlpla, it was for Dragon Ball and later on branched out to Kamen Rider, female characters in Gundam and Ultraman Suit from the manga.

Another 14 hour session done. I wanted to finish this today but I need to scratch build a way to attach the flight unit to the back. I just don't have it in me tonight. 2am is as late as I can go.
The waist part is definitely getting stripped. I didn't like the white to begin with there, then damaged it and tossed some primer over the damage. I just don't like it. I might make it bright gold, like a prize belt. I will think about it over night.

>>23584726
>centipede guy
based as fuck

>>23585130
I argue ever since 30MS rise FRS have been started to released girlpla more, and mainly Gundam girl. DB line was pretty much dead, Rider and Toku are now one release per seasonal same as girlpla. While Digimon are more into Amplified line with YGO

>>23584821
>neat
reddit

Please forgive me if this sounds like a shitpost but how is the relationship of Gunpla adjacent hobby with 3d printing and resin casting? You would think that could be a great opportunity to score some pocket change by making STL files for obscure, rarely reprinted mechs. But all i see on sites like cults are a bunch of gundam bits for warhammer figurines, a whopping one artifact scale Exia and some printable extra bits for hg/mg kits. Is everyone hiding from banhammers or is bandai really that cheap that all 3rd party casters and sculptors just gave up on this niche?

>>23584900
>neat
reddit

>>23585139
Nah, there are plenty of resin conversion kits.

>>23585136
>While Digimon are more into Amplified line with YGO
Still FRS nontheless
>I argue ever since 30MS rise FRS have been started to released girlpla more
You still don't seem to get what i'm saying. 30MS are literall OCs, they have no established media, no source material, no fanbase. Literally just kitbash fodder with a generally acceptable aesthetic. FRS are character kits, they have source material and caters to specific fanbase. And if you are making theory about why are they making more female kits now, the answer for it is that they have always wanted to do that, but their early attempts were so fucking atrocious, everyone begged them to stop.

Say one was trying to make an Amakuza, what parts would one want to start with? The fins are obviously Zeong and the head could come from a few different larger Gundam heads, but I'm a bit stuck on the torso. A Crossbone would clearly look the closest but the Crossbones are smaller than the Amakuza. I think the Gelgoog's or the Efreet's shoulders are the closest to the Amakuza's unless I'm retarded, but I'm open to better suggestions. I've seen a lot of comments that say its legs are Tallgeese legs but I'm not sure I agree except for the skirt armor being kind of similar.

>>23585149
Tallgeese gets you reasonably close to the body structure and is what I'd use for the frame.

>>23585149
The thighs look like they are from Vayeate/Mercurius, just for customized.

>>23585149
The thighs look like they are from Vayeate/Mercurius, just more customized.

>>23585148
>but their early attempts were so fucking atrocious, everyone begged them to stop
Which is changed AFTER the 30MS success, Even the FRS kit with zero fanbase like Synduality's Noir is only see sales because people were using it for their 30MS kitbash.
If you actually collect Bandai Girlpla's you will realize how much 30MS change the FRS Girlpla.

>FRS are character kits, they have source material and caters to specific fanbase.
So did 30MP
>30MS are literall OCs
All those 11 Idolmaster kit(along with its head part set) are anything but OC's

>>23585090
malaysian retard........

Anons, what website can I use that actually has discount codes that work for Aliexpress?

>>23585149
How tall is the Amaksa? I thought it was sized like all the other late UC suits

>>23585168
18m

>>23585169
You could try using a MG crossbone chest

>>23585149
The shield and shoulders definitely look like they'd involve scratchbuilding around zaku shoulders

>>23585167
Someone posted this link a few threads ago, I haven't personally tested any of them though.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1x_PmVHiQNHyw5t05peEDG1DcCKDCvH_UPd3p7yCw4xg/edit?usp=sharing
The Chink Shit general on /g/ has some promo codes you can test as well.

>>23585172
Thanks

>>23584726
Is that a samurott custom? The fuck?

>>23584852
What bullshit. Most of the guys buying F91 kits are dudes in their 40s who saw F91 in the 90s. They want waterslides, not stickers. Giving stickers to long time gunpla builders is a fucking insult.

>>23584726
did you really turn those kyoukai senki designs into a human centipede

>>23585130
Don't argue with the retards that cry about one line killing another. They're schizos that will come up with a new excuse to every reply.

>>23585160
>All those 11 Idolmaster kit(along with its head part set) are anything but OC's
Anon, you should see it the other way around. 30MS slowly becoming a character kit brand because the OCs sold like shit. And even the characters of 30MS sold like shit. They are the bane of every hobby store.

>>23585216
I wish I can run into sales like this.

>>23585205
Yeah, he is such an epic kitbasher.
Remember what /r/gpg always says
>Modeling isn't about replicating something faithfully.

>>23585219
Damn, the Biomecha entries are looking good.

>>23585219
Post your work, sissy.
Oh wait, you have none.

>>23585225
stoopid malaysian retard

>>23585219
Sorry anon, but the only builder on 4chan that I accept criticism from is that one dude from the /toy/ thread who has like 17 different nippers and does all the boat and airplane models with the really tiny photo etched parts.

>>23585216
>3 years old kits that has been reprinted kits a lot
>the middle is about to receive the 2.0 version
>None of the current one
When did this image taken, could you at least pick the more recent one? because mine is one of more recent
>30MS slowly becoming a character kit brand because the OCs sold like shit.
Imas only happen because they promised doing all character when it was announced
And lets ignore the fact that they just announce 3 OC(one being P-Bandai) and 1 Upgrade
Also I wish the OC sold like shit, Because then i can buy Sestieh or Sourei

>>23585235
The new P-Bandai OC one is cool at least.

Speaking of which, 30 Minutes Fantasy, an offshoot of an offshoot, added an IP-based series in Ronin Warriors, which allows you to use the OC Silhouette bodies as armor racks, something I honestly expect ever since the line was first released near the end of 2023. And if we try and piece Digimon together with the more Digimon-based Figure-rise Standard, there could be enough potential to create human characters from Digimon through either Figure-rise or 30ML's fourth line, 30 Minutes Preference, which is entirely IP-only.

>>23585245
The thing is 30MP was designed to be "respecting artist" meaning any direct customization will minimum at best. 30MP is quite literally a FRS for any non Bandai IP.
There is also the fact FRS/Amplified Digimon kit is actually huge compared to 30M series kit.

Personally i wish for Monster Hunter Armor kit, Because its same feeling as 30MM AC assembly

I still don't understand why anyone would need something this fancy

>>23585251
What about humans from the Digimon franchise? Where do you think will they be labeled at?

>>23585256
Are we talking about the Human Tamer or Humanoid Digimon? Even then both are definitely FRS.
Though i cant see them doing human Tamer kit, since Bandai has been pushing the monster side of Digimon in recent year.

>>23585255
Raser is known for putting fancy packaging for dollar store manicure shit to make them look "premium"

>>23585255
The micro swab is really nice to have if you're into hand painting.

>>23585266
Human Tamer. Maybe on a technicality if it were Frontier because the humans transform into the Digimon themselves. Though I doubt we could get more of that because Bandai hates Frontier, as they only just made Amplified KaiserGreymon, which never even had official pics before the release week and only stuck with a goofy-looking CG render. Despite that, along with the official naming of the Digital World: Shambala earlier this year and hints of a soft world building for the now-named Eastern Digital World through Beatbreak's Digimon, they could give at least Susanoomon a pass due to all sorts of unused joints on KaiserGreymon that are meant for the final combination with MagnaGarurumon, which we'll learn more about either at the end of this year or next year. And I shamelessly want physical toy versions of post-Xros Wars Digimon as of late, and Beatbreak could do so because, again, promoting the Shambala server and all that.

>>23585272
you can get those on aliexpress for like 1 cent each

>>23585283
I don't buy bootlegs.

>>23585255
um, crazy that i want good tools instead of shit normal napkins!
don't own multiple bottles of SOLVEN = you eat pagpag

>>23585279
I honestly can't tell what's coming with FRS Amp, I mean we are getting FRS Amp MagnaGarurumon since it's confirmed on Digifes but the detail is going to be this winter along with the usual Bandai retail reveal

The YGO and Digimon line is pretty unpredictable. I kinda want Shoutmon X4 Amplified, since the arrengment will likely made him more Brave-esque

Both sides of a waterslide decal are equally adhesive right? Say you want to invert a decal, you can just flip it over when applying?

>>23585267
What's the generic of the Balancer? I know the glass file is the equivalent of the other one.

>>23585131
>14 hour session
So this is how you do it. Most I do is 8-9 hours sessions during summer

>>23585142
neck yourself.

>>23585316
most of the adhesion come from the setter, so technically yes, you can just invert the decal, but sometimes some decals don't have any color underneath so be mindful of that

>>23585296
Oh, thanks. So details for that are around December's list reveals. Knowing them, it will come out in June at the earliest. But now I wouldn't go past them to suddenly drop some blanks for the Figure-rise Standard line in regards to potentially new members in the Tentei Hachibushu appearing in Beatbreak (though I have a thought they could push their numbers from eight to ten not just to fit in a Tsukuyomi expy, but to match with each member of Frontier's Ten Legendary Warriors so that each of the Tentei Hachibushu get one element to inherit). And I really want a Siriusmon and Regulusmon.

>>23585323
Stay mad lmao

>>23585327
Telling you to kill yourself because you spilled spaghetti over a singular word at 3:30 in the morning isn't me being mad, honey.

>>23585329
upvoted good sir

>>23585081
Bandai could've make more money by selling GM revive in retails instead of shitpla

>>23585330
This isn't reddit /gpg/shitter

Oh wow, this is the power of 30 Minutes and One Piece kits? I'm impressed. Same stock 3 years ago btw.

>>23585343
Does anyone actually build the one piece kits? I've never seen a single image.

>>23585350
Maybe because of our associations we don't see them? I've never seen One piece, I've never seen the metal builds or action figure robots either. Yet they apparently sell so well bandai keeps flooding the market with them?

>>23585355
The only kits they have are mostly the ships various characters use (some of them were even made before Oda made names for them like the Polar Tang (Heart Pirates sub) and the Saber of Xebec (Blackbeard Pirates raft-like ship)) and obviously non-canon Chopper Robos, of which there are two variations, one based on pre-timeskip, and another based on post-timeskip.

>>23585365
Does One Piece fan even give a shit about the ships? The characters are way more popular, why not make kits for them?

Imagine all the MGs like Jamru Fin we could have if it wasn't for the One Piece kits.

>>23585368
Maybe the Going Merry and Thousand Sunny. That was a plot point about the Going Merry's retirement in story.

>>23585343
>opened box
>no price tag
Are you sure this isn't somebody backlog or second hand shop?

>>23585350
People did but it's definitely not on /gpg/, for example if you look at Pokemon general on /toy/ you can see people brought Pokepla as well

>>23585376
Most of retail remove the factory seal. Probably for safety concern or to avoid selling defective copies.

>>23585384
I guess so, but where the fuck is this.
Kinda want that Ilshana and Luna if this legit

>>23585384
there is no factory seal on bandai kits
those plastic straps you sometimes see are added by the retailer

>>23585396
I think in the US they are added by the distributor as they are the same from multiple stores.

>>23585402
that's probably it
you very rarely see them in my country or japan

>>23585317
nail buffer blocks

>>23585384
here in country they just seal them with scotch tape. otherwise all Bandai boxes come out of the factory unsealed.

>>23585368
>>23585373
Maybe in Japan, their mania are often different from overseas especially their merch consumerism.
One Piece is one of Bandai's money maker especially with Toys and Merch after all.

Scale fags I would like to have a word with you.

>>23585427
Use your words, I'm not a mind reader.

>>23585429
Why?

>>23585432
Why not

>>23585427
What's wrong with it?

>>23585427
that Denan Gay is just a 1/144 disguising as a 1/100!

>>23585445
Always has been

>>23585446
He's a little guy.

>>23585427
This looks correct at first glance. What is your issue? You one of those size queens?

>>23585427
That's correct scale. Denan Gei is around 14m tall while Jegan is 20m

>>23585446
a mobile suit powered by unbridled manlet chud rage

>>23585057
>>23585062
Looks great, chinks are going to start absolutely dominating this hobby if they keep putting out designs like this, along with mogging Bandai's prices/what is included in-box

>>23585439
Why does it exude smalldick energy?

>>23585446
Even the pilots are manlets

>>23585454
The opposite. These guys would eat your Zaku alive if they ever met each other.

>>23585456
Isn't the Gay like 100 years in the future from the Zaku? I don't remember the timeline.

>>23585457
44 years of technology gap.

>>23585457
>>23585459
It also would eat an Oldmobile Zaku with updated tech for breakfast.

mental illness

>>23585454
Big eyes, ear-like antennae.

>>23585489
>hating on based 36 maganacs
You're the one mentally ill here

>>23585489
IDK man, he seems pretty based to me

>>23585489
Fucking based

As expected, a full new line of Wing EW HG's.

>>23585216
>those sales
Im SEETHING FUCK

>>23585500
>4000 yen + tax + tips / unit
*raugh*

>>23585489
Didn't they sell all 36 in a huge box set? Too bad they didn't make the dopey Homsar looking support guy too.

well well well
Bandai is selling stuff that no one can buy again

>>23585521
It's wild how P-bandai JP has a botting problem

>>23585509
The 36 box set is a P-Bandai exclusive that lets you build the entire Maganac Corps in one purchase instead of buying 33 individual Maganacs and one each of the three leader customs (which are also P-Bandai).

>>23585489
Reminds me of speedrunners that play just 1 game for thousands of hours

>>23585521
>no one
We have a P-Bandai store now. Sorry you and those 2 other Canadian anons dont have access to it but let's not pretend 'all' of us are excluded from it

>>23585521
>Bandai is selling stuff that no one can buy again

More like everyone wants one and it sells out really fast.

>>23585553
>We
Who?

>>23585533
It's not a problem according to bandai.

>>23585561
AmeriCHADs, aka your superior.

>>23585316
Yea in my experience. The decal softer isnt really used very often but id suggest getting decal setter

>>23585384
>Most of retail remove the factory seal.
what the fuck you talking about
if there is any kind of seal, it was added by 3rd party

>>23585452
Don’t forget Iron Mask’s cuckhold energy.

>>23585500
>ew
>hg
GIVE TV VERSION MGS YOU FUCKS

>makes poopla
>doesn't make it Arale-chan branded

Not very n'cha of you, Bandai.

>>23585587
wtf that turd looks like majin buu

>>23585561
This is an American site. By default you are assumed to be American. I know that there's a couple of Canadian anons and like one guy from the Philippines but the vast majority of us are from the US. I know you hate when I point that out but it's reality.

I suck really badly at seam welding. Looked for plenty of tutorials but they all use quick cement, and the few that use normal cement don't seem to have the same problems as me.

Any advice on how to properly weld with normal cement (the gaps basically never close properly), how to fix failed welds and maybe what kits are good to practice on?

>>23585598
I am white.

>>23585604
Sorry to hear that. You will be extinct in a few years.

>>23585604
Ok pablo.

>>23585604
>he says to himself, while angrily looking at the Indian/Filipino/Mexican/Italian/Irish/Eastern European/Arab man in the mirror

can the /pol/ rejects fuck off or at least pretend to be snapshitters instead of transparently being here because they want to fuck the shitpla ty

>>23584476
Nobody cares about your goog k?

>>23585605
>>23585606
>>23585611
>Americans can't even comprehend being white
lmao, poetry

>>23585622
You're not white.

>>23585233
Whom?

>>23584725
The 5 inches of workspace guy

>>23585618
I second this. What are you working on currently anon?

>>23584738
That's what it looks like

>>23585627
Currently a non gunpla project, but I fucked up while making a mold for it and now I need to buy more silicone, so I guess I'll get back to work on my groupbuild. Probably gonna test some painting techniques on a spoon to see how they come out. Gonna try this technique I saw some Warhammer YouTuber use were you use layers of super glue between your paint.

>>23585131
14 is too long. You got tired during this time and the work proves it. Chill out and try harder to not be so goddamn sloppy.

>>23585627
Started a HG F91 and currently despairing at the number of little vents I need to paint. Decided I'll experiment with different colored primer coats to see what kind of golds I get from it.

>>23585627
my body, I'm gonna finally get rid of my pot belly

>>23585627
currently priming myself to lay down a pristine white base coat

>>23585627
Building the SNAA Tristan. Great line so far, built the Gwain and was impressed. The line is RG quality and damn cheap, they are good kits to dip your toe into chinaman kits

>>23585627
need to put the finishing touches on an impreza I did as a break from gunpla
then I need to decide on titonmachia, Black Sarena or a kshat I got gifted

You guys think 1:87 scale little humans used for dioramas would scale well with HG kits? Want to build another diorama and trying to get stuff in scale, same with tiny construction machines

>>23585627
Finished that RG Shining last night (Well besides topcoat, doing that as a batch this weekend). Going to continue snapping through my RG backlog by finally starting Char's Zaku II.
I decided that my backlog's size was making me not want to paint, so just snapping everything that I don't feel strongly about painting.

>>23585651
>Will 1:87 figures scale well with 1:144 MS?
no, anon.

Has the Mk II that comes with the HGUC Super Gundam any good at all? If I get the modern Mk II and the Super Gundam, but the extra one I'm stuck with is a total waste, I might not bother.

>>23585657
What scale would?

>>23585659
What?

>>23585663
Bandai HobbyBuilders Parts HD MS Figure 01

>>23585627
Ive been stuck with a custom dra c, I tried doing something different and try scratch building some pieces but I got mindblocked

>>23585630
holy cow you made it resemble the official art

>>23585627
Decals

>>23585659
The best version of the hg mk II is the gundam base one.

>>23585668
Thanks anon. I need to find someone with a 3d printer

>>23585672
My favorite part of the build process believe it or not. It really puts the finishing touches on the kit. Amazed by just how long it takes

>>23585675
Personally I think anything 1/120ish is still going to be fine. You can get away with 1/100th to an untrained eye, there isn't much intrinsic to most gunpla to denote scale unless you open a cockpit on something or use an included figure. But anyone that knows Gundam well enough and has a decent eye for scale will be able to tell that level of mistmatch, let alone something like 1:87.

If you live in any reasonably sized town or near one, chances are there's something like a maker's club or similar that you can use a 3D printer at. Hang around any local hobby store and someone will probably own one there too.

3000 yen is cheap for this.

>>23585678
Appreciate the insight anon, looking foward to the process

>>23585680
It's not too bad, the two bases account for half the price on their own.

>>23585680
Where is it available?

>>23585666
It's pretty clear, Satan.
>>23585674
I don't know what that is, but it makes me mad anyway

>>23585680
Just get the bootleg MRD Hi-Nu.

It looks better because it doesn't look like a Chang'd up version of the Hi-Nu like the RG, it comes with the novel launcher, base and funnel display/effect parts.

It's cheaper than buying the RG + launcher.

P Bandai has an exclusive Ex-S, task force alpha version, what's different from the normal version?
It looks the same.

>>23585694
Colors IIRC.

>>23585694
I thought it was colors and a gun but now I'm not sure.

>>23585694
Colours and some new parts to make a different gun from the S-Booster.

>>23585685
Its gonna be on pb soon, jp got it first.

>>23585682
I honestly thought that it was just the gun.

>>23585705
The gun for 3k would be absurd. That thing's a 1k accessory at best, probably a dozen parts.

>>23585694
The "normal version" is actually called the Blue Splitter version, because the feet and other parts are blue, where on the Task Force Alpha version, the feet and other parts are red, and the TFA version is actually considered the normal version.

Also, the TFA kit comes with waterslide decals, where the previous Blue Splitter version only came with stickers.

pic related, left is the Blue Splitter version, right is the TFA version.
The molding is the same, the colors and decals are the only difference.

>>23585603
Welding with cement doesn't guarantee a smooth weld, often time you'd be going back and hitting some spots with putty or CA glue to make it completely seamless. Try using CA glue for some seams, it usually guarantee a solid and clean weld in exchange for more clean up effort.

>>23585714
>The molding is the same, the colors and decals are the only difference.
The TFA form has the rapid fire barrel attachment and a redesigned radome for the gun.

>>23585714
Very easy to fix with painting but the red version looks a lot better.

>>23585704
Not suprised about the P- Bandai part. That was actually my first assumption

>>23585680
>paying the amount of an HG kit for a few little extras that should be/used to be included by default

Bandai fans are a funny bunch.

>>23585719
No way. Two primary colours is way better than three. The blue looks much cooler.

>>23585722
>should be/used to be included by default
Everytime a kit comes with a stand you aren't getting a magical free blowjob, they didn't push it under the radar from those pesky accountants or whatever the fuck, it was factored into the price. Always.

>>23585725
The red contrasts far better and pops. The original one already has red on it but not enough to help break up the color scheme. It looks like a person wearing all jeans. Goofy.

>>23585729
You're mindbroken by typical lead Gundam schemes
The white is breaking up all the blue and the minor accent colours pick up the rest of the slack

>>23585318
Normally I spend like an hour or two a day. I just got really caught up yesterday. I love a good zaku build.

>>23585350
I like them a lot. They're just pretty rough out of box. They come with a ton of stickers for color correction and detail so they need a lot of work to look good. It's also not really topical to this board so I don't post them.

>>23585725
Im with the other anon, the tricolor wins for me.

>>23585732
>You're mindbroken by typical lead Gundam schemes
Speak for yourself. I prefer good contrasting colors.
>The white is breaking up all the blue
Your color theory is way off and you are ignoring that the original version is lacking that white to even break up the blue. Look at the tips of the wings. Large swaths of blue followed by black.

>>23585719
True, but the waterslide decals they put in the Task Force Alpha version won me over. The blue version only comes with stickers, and I hate stickers with a passion.

I;m still hoping for a Ex-S Ver Ka kit one day with the proportions of the Ka Signature toy.

>>23585603
Do you keep the parts pressed throughout the drying? If not, then you should.

I'm with the blue guy
Color theory is for people with no innate sense of aesthetics, it gives them words to talk about what they don't get

>>23585748
>Anon got laughed at at the prom because he dressed like a retarded clown
Sorry guy. Inb4 no u.

>>23585738
colours being broken up by a different colour isn't a colour theory thing, what? Colour theory's about complementary and contrasting colours, but it's pretty crazy to say "no white doesn't break up blue because colour theory." Bro what.
>the original version is lacking that white to even break up the blue
it literally isn't, they have white in 99% of the same places except the TFA frames the hip cannons in blue and makes the head jewel white. The only area I think they fucked up with is the head jewel. Probably would rather it be red with a white v-fin.

>>23585748
Color theory is just a way for nerds with no sense of aesthetic to try and explain why they're right

>>23585752
>Bro what
Are you fucking retarded? This is what was changed.

The most kino thing you can do with a Gundam design is make it predominantly white with only one major accent color, but then give it a different form where the accent color changes.

>colours

So this is where the autistic discussion is going.

>>23585757
>look the red was made blue and the orange was replaced with black
Are you retarded? None of that was white. The white contrast against blue is the same. Which to remind you of what you said
>the original version is lacking that white to even break up the blue.
Yes, the blue makes the wing tips jutting out the shoulders blend in more and I think that's good. The fuel canister black tips look nicer than the orange to me, though I'd really just make them blue too.

>>23585761
This is why gunraid has so much potential.

>>23585762
nice typo dork

>>23585751
fuck u bich

Previous thread, an anon asked how big Fat Cat God Gundam is compares to the old MG, so here you go. Keep in mind that i used the built in height modification the RG has.
Don't buy this 2001 MG btw, it is dogshit.

>>23585764
Oh you're shitposting, silly me for thinking you were a genuine human.

>>23585767
>Don't buy this 2001 MG btw, it is dogshit.
It's actually good. It needs some color correction and mold line removal but it holds up.

>>23585768
But I'm not shitposting.

>>23585762
NTA but why do you act like this?

>>23585761
Factual and truthpilled
The generic gundam tricolor is tacky and makes so many suits look uncool, a great majority of protagonist gundams are worse because of it

>>23585776
zeek propaganda.

>>23585776
This is why designs that minimize it like F91 are so innately erotic.

>>23585761
The question is what type of form does each color represent. Blue, clearly, should be the big cannon form, red the melee blitzer, and green the missile spam, but what for the other colors?

>>23585761
Is there a hg nero trainer????

>>23585767
really highlight have been inching ever closer to chinkfication

>>23585782
Nero only has action figures, no plamo.

>>23585773
Color is just whatever, i don't care about molding color. But the hands are polycaps, the soles are polycaps, some joints are polycaps, the sculpt is shit, the design feels like BEECRAFT hated this thing because it looks so stupid. If you treat it like an ugly toy to play with then yes, it holds up.

>>23585775
No why do yall act like this?

>>23585779
I like designs that play around with gundam tricolor like nu and crossbone. Using darker reds blues and yellows make it look cooler and dont throw away the past

>>23585790
Like what? Having a normal discussion about robot designs in the toy robot thread?

>>23585774
>None of that was white
This is what you said. The wing tips have a white stripe with a red tip with the new version. I'm saying I prefer this instead of the blue + blue + black and then you randomly go on about white.

>>23585790
Yeah we don't fall to transgenderism easily like American. So proud, man.

>>23585787
Sounds like someone is afraid of a little rubber. The rubber feet and hands help it hold crazy action poses. It's a mobile fighter so the extra grip goes a long way.

>>23585793
Because you said "white doesn't break anything up and looks like someone wearing jean on jean" which is ignoring half the entire robot is white bro.
Yeah I overlooked the white band because the orange is more prominent there and the black still contrasts with the blue anyway.

>>23585796
Don't care, polycaps for hands is retarded.

>>23585800
Yes.

>>23585784
The most offensive example is still MGEX Strike Freedom. RG God Gundam or MG Providence is close, but they still have some restraint.

New option set for Zarov

>>23585767
Wtf, the mg is a fun little kit.

>>23585801
It's so that it can do handstands. You're free to use the hard plastic god finger hands too, or even recast it and make your own hard hands. This kit was actually very ahead of its time.

>>23585802
Yes, the red and white on the wing tip breaks up the sea of blue better than just black. As do the red verniers and then shoes.

>>23585792
This is beyond normal discussion.

>>23585767
Yeah that was me, thank you for posting. I see it is significantly bigger. That's okay though, scale autism is not one of my autisms and I just like the robots being on the larger side anyway.

>>23585812
I think it's badass when the main suit is smaller than the ones it's wrecking.

>>23585815
You want twink sized robots? That sounds gay.

>>23585810
But they look bad broken up that way. That contrast is the super robot toy merch lineage.
The splitter camo effect form does it even better.

we just had a hobby show and i'm still starved of things to look forward too
it's not just bandai, they collectively dropped the ball

>>23585809
>This kit was actually very ahead of its time.
Nah, it is a standard early 2000s MG. I just feel disappointed that compares to what released in that era, this kit feels alot more outdated.

>>23585824
>It is a standard early 2000s MG.
No a standard early 2000s MG couldn't pull off half the poses the God could. All the early AU MGs were very impressive compared to other offerings. NG1/100 Red Frame is another that was widely lauded for realizing a pretty absurd level of articulation for what it was.

>>23585820
>That image
I don't think you understand what you like about the image you just posted. Note the orange highlights all over from the sun. or from whatever.

>>23585831
I think I understand really well what I like about that scheme anon.

>>23585832
>posts another picture that has the sea of blue broken up by a lighter blue
We're back to shitposting again, huh cunt?

>>23585834
Turns out that two-tone blue is not red.

>>23585835
Don't worry faggot, nothing you can say or do will ever change my opinion.

>>23585837
I never wanted to.

It's impressive how /gpg/ can always come up with something to senselessly argue about.

>>23585840
It helps time pass while paint dries

>>23585840
No we don't.

>>23585767
Stupid 1/80 scale. If it was 1/100 I'd consider it.

>>23585842
Yes, you fucking do, retard

>>23585847
Name three times that weren't about Jackie Chan you shitposter.

>>23585831
Now that I taken the time to analyse Katoki's original artwork for the Ex S, it has that squished torso and gigantic skirt guns.

>>23585840
It's not as bad as last year when that particular "fag" was around shitposting.

>>23585826
You should look more into that to see the ambition Bandai had for MG back then. People tend to overlook this, but MG Zgok is what i would call ahead of its time. They managed to translate the wacky limb design of the anime to an articulated model and it worked. Instead of just another heroic gundam, they made this goofy shit, invested in it to give a very detailed innerframe. It shown the potential MG could have reached, which is tragically, never will.

>>23585856
This is 90% greebled clamshells.

>>23585850
I don't need to, you're a living example already

>>23585856
I bought an MG Z'Gok on release. It's a fine kit. Z'Gok and Gogg are both outliers with funky limbs that are actually not too complicated to do, I feel like you're overrating the difficulty somehow of making segmented limbs as a model. Right next to them however you have shit like the GP03 and RX-78 1.5, the G04 and G05, a lot of kits that despite similar simplistic designs weren't close to achieving what Shining/Spiegel/God/Wing/Strike could in articulation. The Ground Gundam and Zeta Pluses are from the same time too and I think hold up decently well, but they're still hobbled compared to the AU offerings.

>>23585782
>>23585785
It actually does (did) have a plastic conversion kit made by a Chinese company like 15 years ago but good luck finding it

>>23585856
One day I hope to be able to shade like they do in these promo shots.

>>23585866
I remember a GM III conversion but I don't remember a Nero

I think both color schemes for the Ex-S look good.

>>23585857
If that's empty clamshell to you then what is the HG?

>>23585885
I'm telling you that the zgok frame isn't that impressive. You're acting like it having a frame at all is some kind of massive milestone leap when it really isn't. It also uses rubber parts for the waist but you're suddenly okay with rubber parts on the zgok for some reason.
The zgok also only moves at the point where there isn't an inner frame. Every bit of frame is static.

>>23585862
I'm starting to think you are an articulationfag and think the articulation as the be all end all of a modelkit's quality. The polycaps hand of MG God Gundam is just so fucking retard, man, how can you forgive that?

>>23585891
Jesus christ you're bad at cutting out parts

>>23585891
I think there's little excuse for what the old MGs could do at the time and that it's not particularly complex to achieve reasonable articulation. The big thing is the AUs made no compromises to achieve it really and overall are well built representations, too.

I don't care for the God's hands but I also don't really care since they look alright on the shelf and I never wanted to pose it with anything held in them so whatever. They're a flaw, but so are all the hands of every other MG of that time period that can't hold a basic rifle for fuckall.

>>23585891
How the fuck did you do that anon are you an ape

>>23585896
With plastic hands, you can atleast glue them to the gun and call it a day. With polycaps hand, you are literally at a deadend once they have rotten. You can't paint them, you can't use cement on them, Bandai moved on from this kind of hand for good reason.

>>23585902
Then recast it. It's not hard.
I mean, it would be hard for you since you hacked them off the runners with a butter knife and ruined them. It wouldn't be hard for a normal person though.

>>23585891
This anon unga bungas a piece into snapping and has the audacity to blame the model kit's quality.

>>23585902
They aren't going to disintegrate in real time when they're posed on a shelf doing nothing and having no force applied to them. You can in fact just glue them into place with cyanoacrylate too.

just dreamcast it bro

>>23585905
They are polycap hands, they don't break. I just cut them using a nipper and use the plastic hands for the kit instead.

>>23585910
Why did you cut through the hand?

>>23585891
>Breaking a rubber hand
This is something beyond even ham hands.

>>23585910
>I just cut them using a nipper
Are you sure you didn't just chew it off the runner?

>>23585891
can you show us your tools?

>>23585910
For what purpose? Fat fingered it or something?

>>23585563
it's a problem for customers, Bandai couldn't give less of a fuck if it tried as long as they get the money. (Which is hilarious when retards here get assblasted with the bootleg kits)

This thread got me thinking what colors I might paint my Ex-S when it comes in. Maybe a red color scheme like the deep striker or this one.

>>23585940
Red's done a bunch. Embrace GREEN. Green Gundams are powerful.

>>23585940
Titans

>>23584455
The 3am work is rougher than the rest. Gonna repaint the black parts on the chest. Got the flight pack attached though. I made a mounting point by cutting the stock backpack in half and padding it out with super glue to create a sturdy mount.
I want to give it a katana but I have no idea where to get one in 1/100 scale without buying a whole new kit.
It also needs a name. Every iconic zaku pilot has one.

>>23585946
Green is powerful. I agree.

>>23585781
After some thought I have realized my error, and think red is big cannons and blue is melee. Purple is some wacky power like mirages or something stupid like that, black is the sniper, orange is the tanky bruiser, pink is bits, and yellow is the transformable form.

>>23585956
Kino.

>>23585956
MG Zaku? How did you get that backpack in 1/100?

>>23585969
you can buy prints of it

>>23585969
I found a resin kit of it on ebay.

>>23585965
Thank you.

>>23585940
im doing titans colors

>using lacquer on bare plastic for details
>clean up excess with leveling thinner
Forget tamiya panel liner cracking your plastic, ascend

>>23585994
>excellent painting skills being wasted on coomerpla

>>23585996
I'M GOING TO COOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
I don't know what mask I will use for final display, they all look cool. I also attempted to make some parts look like muscles with airbrushing but I'm afraid the paint will crack because the parts are made with TPE. I applied multiprimer beforehand but they bend so much

>>23585996
Anon, why are you able to tell that it's coompla just from 4 armor parts? You sound awfully familiar with the designs. . .

>>23585922
Do you not know what rocks are

man hemoxian's rosado broom girl thing is expensive

>>23586007
The box is also HUEG which makes shipping a pain

>>23585994
Why levelling thinner for cleanup?

>>23585418
Even more are interested in their re-established lineup of Figuarts. I mean, they made Renewal versions of pre-timeskip Luffy, Sanji and Ace (Sanji is still a prototype with no clear release date so far), while we don't have an updated Nami based on the design used in her 2010 Figuarts. And people thinking Renewal versions are tokusatsu-only are hit so hard by learning even One Piece (and maybe Dragon Ball) can do Renewals as well.

>>23586031
As lacquer thinners I have this one and rapid thinner, it was the closest I could grab. I also have mr tool cleaner but I dare not use that for excess cleanup. Pretty sure there's also a small bottle of 70% IPA somewhere in the house but I couldn't be assed searching for it. I also used leveling thinner to strip paint in the past, felt like a waste of money but it worked well enough and the parts weren't damaged

>>23586037
I think this is the reason tamiya is enamel. The solvent is completely incompatible with lacquers and acrylics so it makes it easy to clean up without damaging the paint.

The Den'an Gei kit seems like a hit from what I can tell, I hope this means more new F91 MS like the Heavygun and Den'an Zon

What F90 pack looks the best on the F80?

>>23586055
You did your part and ordered two, right?

>>23586055
No sorry, bandai will release some more poop and probably another gay gundam from a new tv show everyone who watches it won't buy.

>>23586057
I didn't fuck me, now I have to pay the scalper tax for another one.

>>23586066
You've disappointed me. I thought you believed in the revival of Cosmo Babylonia. We were gonna get a Berga Dalas together, but you betrayed me...

>Astray got 4 mgs

How is it even possible?

>>23586081
Anything astray sells well.

>>23585994
What paints did you use?

>>23584455
The zaku itse;f is done. I'm torn between finding it a katana or getting the fuckhuge axe. I just know I don't want it to be the standard heathawk and machine gun combo.
Also, how are the colors? I don't normally paint green because I am partially colorblind so I have a lot of trouble with the shades.

>>23586081
>Astray got 4 mgs
...and still no Amatsu Mina in sight. I sleep.

tell me what to build next /gpg/

>>23586116
Ex-S

>>23586116
Hard to go wrong with a zaku.

>>23586116
Sandrock because cloak cool.

>>23586144
Alright, that's pretty fucking cool. Excellent display.

>>23586148
It's not mine. I found it randomly clicking around Newtype and liked it.

>>23586116
pick whatever's left after is stomp this slop

>>23586083
I keep seeing this repeated in the thread but reactions everywhere else, both in the West and Japan say otherwise

>>23586154
I have personally bought 3 master grade astrays and have a perfect grade coming in the mail.

>>23586154
I like the basic Astrays (red flight, blue full weapon, blue second G, Amatsu and Amatsu incomplete especially) a lot. They're good designs. Outframe and Testament, Dread and Hyperion too. Once they start giving them giant swords I'm pretty much done with them though. I've bought three MG Astrays, anyway.

>>23586158
I wish I could find the regular red astray master grade for an okay price. I want to use it to make a gold frame custom.

>>23586162
Yeah, it sucks. For as popular as the Astrays are they make it about as hard as possible for me to get the ones I like. I wish anyone but me liked Second G. It's a simple part variation they could just release anytime instead of needing two kits to be bashed together and painted. Full Weapon Loadout would require some extremely basic new parts for the over-missile pod but there's really no reason it shouldn't exist now, it seems to be a pretty well liked config.

>>23584455
I'm putting some waterslide decals on this Red Gundam for someone else. Easy enough, just listening to a podcast.

>>23586116
You need a cat to sit on all of these

>>23586200
>seam lines still on the knees
>bare plastic
Absolutely disgusting

>>23586217
She's a kid lol, give'er a break. She'll obsess over this in time if she gets addicted to plasticrack but for now having cool char gundam is good enough.

>>23586177
The only ones that I like are the flashiest ones, the red dragon and maybe that other one with the double giant swords.

>>23584803
Wouldn't it be less floppy than the Zeta if Bandai's no longer using the Advanced MS Joint for it?

>>23586240
I see, you're my mortal enemy. Sleep with one eye open, "bro."

>>23586261
It must suck to have this low of an IQ

Has anyone ever do topcoating via hand painting?

>>23586269
I do all the time if it's a clear part, can't beat dipping in future.

SHOW YOUR BACKLOG

>>23586268
sorry that the gif upset you

>>23584991
>Still no effects for the Dragoons or Wings of Light
Still confused as to why there aren't any P-Bandai add-ons for the MGEX line yet.

>>23586261
just because you think about trannies all day doesn't mean I want to be reminded about them

>>23586279
it's not that serious. anyways they should make hathaway mgs so i can throw these hg mcdonalds toys out

>>23586269
only on really, really small things like pilot figures and a few clear parts/section

>>23586274
It will upset you.

>>23586154
Astrays are a hit in the Philippines. i never saw them shelfwarm and on the rare cases the longest time they stay there is only around 3 weeks

Thighs

>>23586278
None of the 2 MGEX kits have extensions. I was expecting Bandai to make Full Armor DLC for MGEX Unicorn with updated engineering,it has 3 gatling shields already, but Bandai is still radio silent.

>>23584455
Discovered that mark setter and softer are both paint destroying demon liquids. It's not too bad but it looks a lot less clean now. At least it can be played off as hastily hidden battle damage. I am just fortunate that it didn't fuck up the paint through the primer.
Going to need to invest in some enamel based clearcoat for the future.
So far as the design, I have decaled it as a blitz company ace unit. I just have to think of a good name and arm it.

>>23586274
All I have on hand is a sazabi ver.ka and the MG gogg. The gogg is my next project. The sazabi is a large commitment and I don't think I am ready for it.

>>23586386
did you coat your surface properly with a clear coat? Also I've only seen softener destroy paint, but only if you touch the decal and it's surrounding area too soon

>>23586390
It went right through water based clearcoat and the lacquer based paint. It didn't get through the primer luckily, so no red is showing through.
From now on I will be using enamel based clearcoats exclusively if I plan on decaling. It's just weird that it hardly reacted to the lighter paint at all. It just really hated the dark olive.

>>23586395
How the fuck did you even apply your setter? Usually you only just need a drop or three depending on the size of the decal. Did you slather it on the surface or something? Also setter shouldn't damage lacquer paint. Odd that yours did.

Fellow burgers, how long does it take you to get a kit from Ali these days? Most of the time, anything I order takes 3 weeks to a full month.

>>23586408
Yeah it's really odd what they're describing. Granted I let my paint cure, I've never had Mr Mark Softer or Setter or the microscale ones or tamiya's damage any paint ever. I use it over tamiya acrylics exclusively, rarely with lacquer thinner but most of the time just acrylic with acrylic thinner.

>>23586408
24 hour cure time on the paint and enough softer to get the decal wet. I probably let it sit too long.

>>23586419
wait, did you wet the entire decal with the softer?

>>23586419
So an at-home solution is a very diluted solution of a tiny bit of vinegar in distilled water. Softer is just an acid to melt the plastic, so you use very very little and specifically where you see an issue.

>>23586423
I soaked it in water and put a bit on it with the brush after applying it.

>>23586425
Good to know. I'd never used actual decal stuff before and there's more finesse to it than I thought.

>>23586431
When you're first starting out, the Tamiya one is kind of...hard to fuck up. My kids use it and it works well to do both. You slather it on below, then roll the qtip over it to set it in place and remove excess, then slather it on top. Works great.

>>23586432
I think I'm gonna stick to water and clearcoat unless there's serious issues I can't fix with a knife.

>>23586269
Yeah, I use Vallejo's Mecha Color Matte Varnish and their gloss varnish for certain details/preparing surfaces for decals.

>>23586274
>HG Aerial Rebuild
>HG Schwarzette
>MG Kyrios
>MG Wing Gundam Zero Ver Ka Recirculation
>MGEX Strike Freedom

Dont think anybody posted this but I'm really happy we're getting more plastic MaK kits. Thought about getting the resin recast but everyone on yahoo auctions wants way too fucking much for it.

>>23586519
It seems like they are leaning toward retooling rather than making brand new molds. The latest mech is literally a Neuspotter glued on a Nutcracker.

>>23586200
Done well enough for now. I'll matte coat the whole thing when it's all done.

>>23586519
Labubu collab paid off

>>23586549
I thought you were fucking joking but this is actually real? Oh my god you just KNOW a Gundam Labubu is coming eventually

New thread

>>23586586
>>23586586
>>23586586

>>23585902
>You can't paint them
multiprimer retard
>rotten
what? are you thinking of plasticiser leaking out of old figures? that doesn't happen with any of the plastics in bandai's kits

>>23586087
Gaia nazca flame red, it's the only lacquer I used. The silver bit on the left mask was done with a marker (pilot super color silver) and the regular panel lining is just tamiya panel liner dark gray. I started using lacquers for hand painting small details like sensors mostly because I can't be assed buying enamel or acrylics of the same color

>>23586616
I'm not gonna use multi primer just to paint some year 2000 dogshit. Cope and seethe.

>>23586269
I do it fairly regularly for detailwork on miniatures or smaller parts but I wouldn't brush on topcoat anything really substantial.

Oh good, no flooding. Can't wait for that solar flash next year that separates everyone into three timelines so this insanity can end.