Last time on Busou Shinki & Friends, >>11461701

Nidy 2D Blond Girl number 628! Ao Kiriyama and her SD Blade Liger are now up for pre-order! What do you think? Do you want more Zoid girls? If so, which ones?

Shingen is up for pre-order! Who else will cut in front of Katsuguchi!?

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>https://docs.google.com/document/d/17kIQkTbSQOIVahREFmycWhobDnftvuSPTOcz7aSMOnA/pub

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>https://imgur.com/a/busou-shinki-skintone-comparability-guides-AQ4aR

Upcoming Releases & Restocks:
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>Megami Device:
• Busou Shinki Type Devil Strarf Bis [Jul]
• PUNIMOFU Lang [Jul]
• PUNIMOFU Xaio [Aug]
• PUNIMOFU Kuromao [Sept]
• PUNIMOFU Yukitu [Oct]
• B1R-M Chassis Kit Skin Color A [Nov]
• B1R-M Chassis Kit Skin Color B [Nov]
• AUV Susanowo Souen (Reissue)[Jan]

>Frame Arms Girl:
• Magatsuki Ninja P3 [Jun]
• Laetitia silver ver. [Jul]
• Hresvelgr=Ater Summer P3 [Jul]
• Zelfigar (Reissue) [Sep]
• Zero Genbu [Aug]
• Grande Scale Stylet [Aug]
• Jinrai (Lancer Ver.) [Sep]
• Hresvelgr Qipao Ver. [Oct]
• Grande Scale Architect [Oct]
• Magatsuki Kika (Reissue) [Nov]
• Grande Scale Magatsuki [Nov]
• Shingen [Dec]

>Metamor Verse
• MV-01 Ao Kiriyama & Blade Liger [Jan]

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>30 Minutes Sister
• Nyalenti-Nyabolo (Presto Form) [Aug]
• Raidira (Color A) [Aug]
• Asahi Serizawa [Oct]
• Option Body Parts Alpha Sisters Phantasm 3 [Color B][Oct]
• Tiasha (Dahlia Wear) [Color B][Nov]
• Option Parts Set 21 (Sprint Costume) [Color B][Nov]
• SIS-K00 Mikoruru [Color B]
• Option Parts Set 22 (Turbo Costume Alpha) [Color B][Nov]

>Arcanadea:
• Velretta ReACT-P [Nov]
• Yukumo ReACT-C [Sep]
• XenoAlma: Tickle Dekapoda [Oct]
• XenoAlma: Hydro Zeeforce [Sep]
• Meltina [Oct]

>GODZ ORDER
• GO-05 OVERLORD Gabriel: DX Plated Ver.[Jan]

>Xenosaga
• KOS-MOS Ver.4 (Extra Coating Edition) (Reissue) [Nov]

>HYPER BODY:
• Rikka Takarada (Grid Tector Ver.) [May]
• Cinderella [Jul]

> V.F.G.:
• VF-25S Super Messiah [Aug]
• VF-31A Kairos SP (Reissue) [Sep]
• VF-31D Skuld SP (Reissue) [Sep]

> Rosado Project:
• RS-01 Rasetsu Sekiko (Reissue) [Oct]

In development (now in development!)

>Megami Device
Eva Unit 1
Ebikawa designed pair
Amaterasu AUV
Face parts m.s.g. for Bullet Knights/SOL
Garden Spikes
Block 2 Armor sets/new series
B1R Chassis Kit L
Desire Maiden Raider & Medic
Garm: Ripper & two others

>Frame Arms Girl
Katsuguchi, Rayfalx, Gourai II, Katsuguchi-Otsu, Katsuguchi-Otsu Fencer, Kenshin

>Cross Frame Girl
Zenith

recently built 30ms sestieh, it was my first brown girpla and i kind of want more
any recommendations?

>>11477137
>it was my first brown girpla and i kind of want more
Luluce, Ilshana, Siana and the respective color C option parts sets, if you wanna continue with the 30ms line
fair warning that Luluce still uses the old body engineering so you may need to be more careful during assembling

>>11477156
Suluce is next in line for "update" like her sisters, our Okinawa queen.

>>11477137
Don't buy luluce, she's very probably gonna get and update kit, besides Siana already exist as a type of "expansion" to luluce. Your best bet is Ilshana, since she has a different body type to Sestieh and has multiple body options in the skin C color for her body proportions.

>>11477137
Dark Advent Isis. Best brown girl thus far by a country mile.

>>11477137
MD Ame, FAG Hresvelgr Rufus or Cornix, 30ms Illshana, Guilty Princess Kuon and Grimlinde, and of course Dark Advent Isis.

>>11477156
The whole line got a mold refresh after Alka to fix the breaking problems. Any newer prints of Luluce should be fine.

>>11477137
Tan Tank is pretty cute.

>Ilshana arrived
Aw yeah, I'm gonna give her big boobs.

Sestieh arrived today.

>>11477403
Is she worth it?

>>11477403
shes good overall, except for the dogshit feeling plastic

>>11477401
post pics

>>11477380
How's the resin scene looking for this series now?

>>11477130 (OP)
She looks kinda ass imo.
Her gears look awkward, face looks ugly, expensive cuz Tomy....
Gonna pass on this one.

Man I didn't expect blade liger girl to be so damn expensive.

>hlj confirmed that they got their stuff as they checked personally for ermeda and not even the staff got charged for it
They really are way too backed the fuck up huh?

>>11477137

>>11477466
I'm gonna wait for reviews

>>11477130 (OP)
>>11477451
Well, it's the second attempt at Zoids Girls, since the stillborn line bombed so hard they cancelled Berserk Fury before she was made. Looks like a Zoids mecha musume is just doomed to failure, I guess.

And once again, another week of no Grande Scale Ao. Is she exclusive to some retailers or something?

>>11477130 (OP)
Yeah, I'm really not digging her. How much you want to bet she's a flop, and they abort the line before the character people actually wanted ever gets made?

>>11477583
don't know what kinda homosexuality you've gotten anon, but over on coomer gen? it's all kino

HLJ finally shipped my order, "only" 12 days late. I don't think I will use their shop again.

>>11477631
It's still your best way of getting plastic little ladies. This almost never happens, so you don't have to worry about it again. And even then, does it matter if you got what you ordered?

>>11477478
I'm still waiting for everything from the last week of June except one nendoroid doll outfit. Now I have to pay even more for shipping since it looks like there was a rate increase for Japan Post on July 1. Not that it's worth paying for shipping now anyway, since it wouldn't move anything and I'd still be waiting for a bunch of stuff. They really fucked themselves with this warehouse renovation, it had better be worth it in the long run.

>>11477596
...what exactly are you babbling about? Nobody on /cg/ has mentioned the Liger girl. Regardless, it doesn't fix the fact that she's a literal who OC with a derpy face, and they really could've done a better job of integrating the Shield Liger into her armor.

>>11477667
>anon isn't COOMin with his fellow COOMer chads getting a big ol' bonerino for a bonified COOMer feel

kek

by HOW much are the block 2 bodies better than 1.5?
is there like a comparison somewhere?

surugaya order arrived. it's been a minute since I've built gunpla so I've started putting together the 30mm kits as a warmup. any tips for when I start on my first 30ms? any tricks for getting minimal nubmarks on the sisters?

>>11477451
>>11477537
At a glance she looks like a volks girl to me

First time I got a Color C 30MS, I never expected the actual skin plastic to be darker than promo pics.

>>11477835
Ilshana? yeah, she is just straight-up roasted compared to the box art. And Sestie feels pale.

>>11477741
It's a side grade. Shit from Block 2 is being worked into newer releases with older parts like Ame No Uzume and the asra updates that make them on par or better than the current block 2.

>>11477892
>Already has his moon tits
>HLJ-chan destroyed her warehouse and hasn't even charged me for mine yet
>July fucking third.
Owari da.

>>11477652
>>I'm still waiting for everything from the last week of June except one nendoroid doll outfit. Now I have to pay even more for shipping since it looks like there was a rate increase for Japan Post on July 1.
Same. The staff did say that our orders are fine but if I havve known about it, I wouldve waited a bit before shipping.
Also theres a rate hike?

>>11477953
If you haven't been charged yet your probably waiting on restock at this point. Both of mine are paid for, but neither of my bikes are.

>>11477962
Yeah, it looks like the rates for EMS and bote went up about 1kY for my order, with the same group of items. EMS went from 20k right after the 10% sale expired to 21, and bote from 9k and change to 10 and change. I'm assuming it's a general rate hike, anyway. Yes, I order too much shit and live on the other side of the planet from glorious Nippon.
>>11477964
If it's a restock it's probably on a pallet in their disaster of a warehouse not entered into the system yet. For non-bandai stuff it's usually in the private warehouse within like 3 days of release but it's already been a week or slightly more. It's just really frustrating because I was just waiting for like 4 things that came out late June and then I was going to empty it like they've been begging me to do. I already went through AmiAmi's big warehouse move last year and now I get to sit though another long delay because apparently logistics is right up there with web design in the book of 'Things Japan Sucks At'.

>>11477130 (OP)
i like her but the tits are too much

Question, I've got Tsukuyomi and the Cross Frame Convoy on the way and I've got two painting hair related questions.
Is there a good blonde or yellow in the Mr Colour Lacquer line to paint her hair up like the bonus parts? I can't get the Lascivus Aura line here in the UK easily otherwise I'd try the Aura Blonde.
Secondly, I'd like to paint Convoy up in Black Convoy colours, mostly black so it's not much of a issue thinking up a paint scheme, but I'm not 100% sure if I should leave her blonde or try for a lilac or go for more of a Miku-y blue. What do you all think would be good for her hair?

>>11478073
Open up your favorite image editing software and do what Kotobukiya even is doing - put an image of the kit in grey scale or something and paint over to test out a color scheme.

In the end, it's going to sit on your shelf, so you're the only person that paint job has to appeal to.

>>11478021
Her ass needs to be 2X the size at least.

>>11478120
brown hands have typed this post

>>11478073
Red hair for Black Convoy

is dried top coat supposed to come off with some light finger nail scratching?

>>11478181
I never said 3x

>>11478073
For the Tsukuyomi's hair I recommend primer layering order of grey to white to pink back to white to make sure you get the yellow tone to not be messed up by the black.

>>11478181
Poor and ir*sh hands have typed this post.

Fingerprint magnets aside, I fucking love electroplated gold. The shininess just appeals to some primal instinct of mine. Shame about nub marks and the inability to paint over them with correct colours though.

>>11478522
I think it makes them look tacky like some knockoff you'd find at one of those asian stalls randomly in the middle of a mall. The only one I've actually bought was the MG hyaku-shiki which I then stripped and painted a different colour.

>HLJ ships
Fuckin finally!

>>11478477
the harpy isn't even on sale yet, we haven't seen more than a prototype of the dragon and now here's another completely different Dear being teased
they're really churning these out fast now huh

>>11478522
Wait, I'm not seeing this on Koto's site anywhere. Do you have a link? How much is she going for?

>>11478477
What is this? Archdemon?

>>11478710
https://x.com/kotobukiya_p/status/1940893374242058479

>>11478635
Probably easy to prototype and crap 'em out.

>>11478095
I did a quick test of that last night, eyedropped in some Zeon Purple and it seemed okay. I always forget I have pirated photoshop for odds and sods like that.

>>11478214
I didn't consider red, could be quite nice though, especially with my plan to do her clear blue section a metallic red.

>>11478256
>4 layers of prime
Ouch, I get the point though and it's good advice. Still unsure what yellow to go for, the only yellow I have at the moment if the GX Chara Yellow, and I'm unsure how to mix it to make it more suitable for blonde hair.

>>11477403
Finished her head and torso.

>>11478715
Gorgon, I think. Looks like she has snakes for hair.

First experience with 30MS, the manual recommending you to break the runners to group up runners for parts is a first for me. Also, the little SD illustrations are super cute.

>>11478875
Look great. I'm still waiting for one to be sold locally and this will be my 2nd sister. Feels weird that she doesn't have armor parts.

turkina diearth arrived, what am i in for?

>>11479187
Pedo

>>11479188
ESL.

>>11479191
The Athena Pedo screams in pain

>>11479192
Pedo

Ermeda and Tsukuyomi have just hit my private warehouse and they're both back in stock

>>11478527
The 2.0 Hyaku Shiki is a dull gold that looks pretty good

>>11479187
shes got a lot of parts to mix and match
also big tits

>>11479187
Cuteness.

>>11479187
Mochi pounding

>>11479264
it's my first 30ms so not much to mix with yet
>>11479267
i'm sure of that
>>11479278
>pounding
yeah

>>11478477
>>11478522
WHERE IS KAGUTSUCHI
For something to be in development for so fucking long, they sure did release a bunch of other fags instead and sooner.

>>11479393
I think the FAG team keep biting far more than they can chew, they did say Kagutsuchi was due to be up for pre-order by the end of summer so, hopefully not long to wait.

>>11478853
Simply add a little yellow to warm white and you end up with a nice pale blonde. More yellow makes it less pale. If you just have pure white, add a smidge of warm color like red or brown to make it warm.

>>11479400
Good timing on that suggestion, I was just about to do a bit of painting, I'll try mixing up a pale blonde and test it on some spoons. Thanks.

>>11479402
Good luck, let us know how it goes!

>Idolmaster Izumi Mei is getting a 30ms version
No huge fan o this frilly idol suit for her but i wnat her!

>>11479407
I want that hair

>>11479407
>>11479417

30ms dash unit option parts are shit right?
single jointed knees that have no range correct?

>>11479421
Honestly that hair looks terrible, why is clear?

>>11479310
i meant her kit comes with a bunch of stuff, its great value

>>11479204
>got charged for those two
>the SRW bandai kit didnt get charged
>check to see why
Im mad since I thought it would be easy to get like the last several srw kits i bought.

>>11479402
animanga blonde hair is often just yellow (with dark/light highlights). More natural blonde hair has a lot of brown/red in it.

>>11479548
Per the manual from the buster doll tank, their recipe is white grey 90%, 9% yellow, and 1% black if you want an exact recipe. Idk how to measure 1% black but there you go!

i need to stockpile some top coat, the arnval will probably take a whole can. i'm not event trying to use much, but it gets emptied so fast
at least now in the summer i'm getting less off the freeze effect

>>11479548
Y'know, I didn't even think to just copy from an existing kits recipe.

>>11478570
I finally got billed for Ermeda and I don't have anything releasing until December. It's time for another hobby supply search but they also have Fuma in stock and she's been on my wishlist. I've heard she's pretty good but I wish she had the moving eye gimmick.

>>11479204
Hey, are you me?

>>11479204
I just got billed for them earlier today, plus the rest of my late June stuff. I guess the finally got around to putting some pallets into stock. I was literally just waiting for the to ship a bunch of stuff out. I paid for that today as well, I guess we'll see how it goes. Today was an expensive day.

>>11479608
Since she has the mask she isn't losing much over not having the eyes gimmick. I think it's safe to say she's a notch above all the previous female releases. The chest part not being 2 pieces for color separation was a bit disappointing though.

>put waterslide in water
>take it ouf, dab it off a bit
>put mark setter on the plastic
>put waterslide on it
>position it with cotton swab
>dab off the excess fluid and roll over it a bit
>apply mark softer
>wait half a minute
>dab it off with cotton swab
>waterslide fucking breaks
where did i fuck up? of fucking course it was a big one with no spare

>>11480060
Maybe the mark softer was unnecessary?
I heard that it's recommended when the surface is uneven or jagged so the decal can sink in to it.

How tall are the 30MF guys compared to the average 30MS? I really want to get some dude that could give headpats to them on my 30MS display after Sengoku Spinatio turned out to be a bit too short for that.

>>11480060
Don't touch the slide after you've put softer on it, let it air dry. It makes them really brittle so the only thing that should touch a decal after softening is the next layer of topcoat.

>>11479608
>>11479995
I hope doll eyes become the norm

>>11480065
That's exactly what it is for. In most cases, it is completely unnecessary otherwise.

>>11480084
They are slightly bigger than Sisters but not much. Noticeably larger than 30MM however.

>>11480065
it went over an edge
>>11480090
alright, i'll do that next time. will still have to cut the panel line afterwards though, because softer removes the panel line paint. or was that setter? was one of them in any case, because my line got deleted. for the record, the waterslide broke apart before i started cutting.
also fuck me, these 1mm long lines are so tedious

>>11480142
I'd expect the softer to be the culprit, setter is usually just vinegar and maybe a little glue. You can also try a gloss coat before the sticker to seal your lines in.

>>11480142
What’s the reason of lining then decaling? It’s typically the reverse order for me.

>>11480201
wasn't sure if i wanted to apply the decals at all, so i panel lined first.

>>11477130 (OP)
Are there any future plans for a softer looking megalomaria girl kit? Maybe something more polynian-esque or acerby-esque. Current kits look too angular for my taste.

>>11480343
No. It's all Principal and Mephisto.

>>11480343
I mean, we got two 'humanoid' ones recently with Valiant and Vanguard Leader, plus the Grin Doll gobbie girl, but that's as close as you're going to get. The angular look is kinda the line's signature art style, and likely isn't going to change.

>>11480343
Doubtful, that's the style of the kits. Besides, you listed out Polynian and Acerby, why would you want this line to be more like those? The recent Kotobukiya Frame Arms Convoy fits that aesthetic fairly well.

>>11480422
Convoy is a Humikane Shimada kit like Arisa and Artynia for some reason, not a Cross Frame Girl. Wonder Woman was a similar case, both even came in the FAG style box but are not included in either line, they are their own thing.

>>11480431
You're misunderstanding. The Convoy kit has the same "robotic" facial style as Megalomaria, Polynian's Motoroid characters, the Acerbys, characters like Drossel Von Flügel from Fireball, Scarlet Rain from Accel World, and so on. It fits the same aesthetic, but isn't as angular as Megalomaria, hence that anon's suggestion.

>>11480343
you could try sanding the angles and make it soft yourself

>>11480470
That, or, buy what you like and not what you don't, one would think. It'd be like me wondering why Revoltechs weren't more like SHF, they just aren't.

man you girpla guys are scrubs huh

>>11480441
No I'm not. You called Convoy a Frame arms. They are oddly unrelated, that's what I'm referring to.

Still need to panel line the bird and it's great that they give you the connection parts to do this.

>>11480542
>You called Convoy a Frame arms.
Wrong anon.

>>11480555
Jellymon...release her...

>>11480559
She's about to be released into a better place.

>>11480604

>apply top coat
>piece falls off the crocodile clamp while drying
>twice

>>11480646
Sometimes the gods just pick a day to hate specifically you. You have my condolences, anon.

Coming soon as the 5th branch of shiny colours collab, they will be releasing the girls from Houkago Climax Girls
https://shinycolors.wiki/wiki/Houkago_Climax_Girls
https://x.com/30msisters/status/1941452030880645521

Arms done.
>>11478875

>>11480698
Gotta grab her when she pops up soon. She'll be my first type c skin tone.

>>11480698
Looks nice. Mine will be shipping soon (tm).
>>11480712
Skin color c is the nicest for 30ms. I find the lighter skin tones have weird tints to them and just end up looking pallid. MD color E might be the nicest brown yet.

is there a review place for koto kits like schizophonic9?

>>11480774
dalong

>>11480799
Nice. Tanlines are sex.

>>11480799
>leaving your gloves and socks on while tanning

>>11480820
>he doesn’t wear gloves when rice picking

>>11480684
How many more until we're done with this shit?

>>11480860
... about 200. At the rate they are going we should be done in about 25-30 years.

>>11480799
this acticates my almonds

please tell me that decals usually aren't this tiny

>>11480978
At this point I would simply make small lines with brush.

>>11481017
i powered through. for the first time using waterslides, this wasn't fun. but good practice

>>11477130 (OP)
Is this a figure and the zoid a kit? Seemed that way on the hlj page

Some issue with Sestieh feet peg.
Pieces B27 and 26 form a peg to connect the foot to the leg. The problem is that when you move your foot, these pieces end up coming loose on both feet.
Any solution?
I didn't see any damage and the connection doesn't appear to be loose, only when I try to move the figure's foot

>>11481114
it wasnt that annoying for me, i didnt do anything but
you can glue the circle part on b27 that connects with 26
cover it in glue a little bit and wait for it to dry completely, then attach together, you'll add more friction so they stay together better
could also try clearcoats or clear nail polish instead of glue

>>11481116
I'll finish assembling the model and check how this part will behave.
I know about using clear nail polish on balljoints but not this type.
Bandai would have been better off making a single piece.

>>11481121
you cant really make it a single piece and have it rotate

>>11480978
Of the ones I've done, hers is one of the more annoying decal jobs, all those little stripes. Although MD Asra Nine-tails was the worst. Those gold foil decals look great but are such a bitch to apply, they are stiff, don't want to stick, and react badly to solvaset (totally ruined the one I tested it on, curled up like a dry leaf). On the other end, the buster dolls come with no decals at all.

>>11481114
>>11481116
when this happens I put a bit of gundam market paint and wait until it's dry before attaching both parts
it works wonders

>>11481128
thank god it's getting better... i was very close to searching for a magnifying glass. the super small ones were so hard to see and the bigger lines were a bitch to move evenly. move one side and the other side is stuck, now the decal has a bend. at least i feel pretty confident now, good practice

>>11481182
Oh, I've long since given up on being able to see tiny shit like that. That's what pic related is for. Besides making me look like a total dork, but it's not like I build girlpla in public.

>>11477130 (OP)
I only like the pet liger. I'm not interested in getting the girl. Are we going to eventually get this one as a single kit?

>>11481225
You should be able to recoup quite a bit of your cost by reselling the girl parts on ebay. Its what I do with unwanted pieces/blank faces and their decals from many of my kits.

>>11481080
The whole thing is a koto kit. The marketing isn't super clear.

Somehow... she lived...

Finally finished the main body
Need resolve this issue >>11481114 and finish the armor bits/weapons

>>11481325
Apply a little bit of super glue to the tip of a toothpick and spread a small amount on the end ot the peg. That will make the ring stay in place and not slip off.

>>11481325

>>11481080
It's a Koto kit that's an official crossover with Zoids; Zoids has been doing a bunch of crossovers with other franchises lately , including Evangelion, Monster Hunter, and Transformers, so this is their contribution to the GirlPla market.
It does not contain the usual "animal frame with swappable armor" bits like traditional Zoids, instead having a mini Shield Liger who comes apart to attach to the generic anime girl; there's a Fiona with Zeke that's also supposedly in the works.

>>11481410
Sestieh is frighteningly cute. Gotta be one of the best hair/face combos.

>>11481410
That skin tone is really nice.

>>11480555
I drop by to look at cute pictures every now and then and I have to tell you guys, this is the only figurine I liked so far.
It's the only design that I can consider mecha musume.

>>11481225
You may as well just buy the d-style

>>11480874
This is the last 5 members unit, then the remaining ones are a 4 members unit, a 3 members one and a duo.

does it still make sense to wash the runners with soap before starting? last time i did it i felt no difference and i'd rather do it after sanding (with just water) to get rid of the dust

>>11481887
not really

>>11481394
Applied nail clear nail varnish and waiting to dry.
How much time? 24h?

>>11481887
I don't think it makes any difference anymore with modern kits.

>>11481746
Do you have any idea how much the D-style is going for these days? Unless they do a rerun of it, buying this random chick for the mini Liger is actually the cheaper option, especially if you do what the other anon suggested and sell off the girl to recoup the costs.

>>11481746

>>11481742
army green on cute girls- it’s so perfect~

I’ve invented something revolutionary

>>11481410
Kawaii pose

>>11477137
>>11477403
How much did you pay for your Sestieh?
I just ordered mine from a reseller on aliexpress. She costed me like 27 us dollars.

>>11481996
This is how I have most of my Gundams set up, that way they can have nice flight poses.
>>11481410
Anyone know if those slices of hip meat will work on the Aider or Sergeant body kits? They look like it, but my kits haven't arrived yet so I can't check if they actually line up and connect.

>>11481410
How did you do that with the hips?

>>11482060
That's just how they look at the right angle/lighting.

>>11481996
I just ditched the octagonal base completely and made a platform the arms can slot into.

>>11482019
Mine was about 18 bucks.

The 30 Minutes part of the 30ML line can only be achieved if you're treating the whole thing as a snapfit RTA, right?

>>11482163
At this point that goes for all of them. If you go one cut and no cleanup then most 30MM should be doable in that time, and probably MS and MF too if you're familiar with the builds. I just built the Freesia Rishetta in probably 3-4 hours today. No sense in rushing a build, really.

>>11482163
You haven't been able to build a 30Mx kit in 30 mins since the first few robots in the 30MM line

>>11482019
mine was 33 with shipping included

>>11482019
>>11482212
33 with shipping

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgvP39Oga-k
She's cute

New Wilber-Nine

>>11481893
if you really want to make sure then yeah 24h is good
but usually i just wait like an hour

>>11482385
I'm a sucker for transparent anything, and I'm liking that shade of green. Do we have any shots of her from the front?

>>11482413
Not yet, but she goes up for pre-order on the 10th.

>>11482388
>>11481893
I waited about 15 hours to test. Unfortunately, moving it back and forth still makes the piece come loose, although it’s noticeable that the nail polish reinforced it. At least Sestieh stands up without problems. Does anyone know if there is any set of extra legs that includes these two pieces? Apparently, the kit came with extra pieces for the arm joints.

>>11482340
The chinese dont showed the bonus parts (human skin tone).

>>11482450
Why would you bother with non-blue skin tone

>>11482452
Because is a extra body:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1_Vm7jkD3A&t=230s

>>11482455
She comes with the blue skin anyway, two blue skin girls are better than one.

Plamatea blank bodies up for pre-order tomorrow.

>>11482472
who's the target audience?

>>11482481
do you have brain damage?

>>11482481
They're cheap blank bodies with a decent variety of options, so anyone really?

>>11482483
maybe, i've had a headache ever since i breathed in too much paint thinner

feels good to work on girlpla again after being inexcusably lazy for months

>>11482472
So do people buy those blanks and 3d print custom robot parts for them?

>>11482710
I feel it's more for those people who like making customs, or dress them up in cute clothes.
wish bandai did something like that with the sisters series, and while I know there's the swimsuit bodies, I want something more... clean.

>>11482452
Her when she was alive, and her after she was turned into a Jianshi.

>>11482472
They look cute, but if they have no accessories or anything I'd probably rather just go with a 30MS. I haven't built a Plamatea kit yet though, so might give one of them a try nonetheless.

>>11482770
Wat

>>11482472
I'm not familiar with any clothes for model kit girls, but anyone have any shops (like on Aliexpress or otherwise) that sells decent clothes and decent prices? I'm sure there's lots of cheap ones out there, but it'd be nice if they looked decent too.

>>11482472
Man, those belly sculpts are weak.

>>11483076
>I'm not familiar with any clothes for model kit girls
They typically don't make them for models, specifically. Bodies like those are designed so you can more easily fit them into literal doll clothes, like the stuff made by Azone International and whatnot. It's the same reason why Busou Shinki had those 'Naked Flesh' bodies back in the day, and why Megami Device just came out with pic related in two colors.

>>11483076
>>11483104
Some of the cheapy shit on ali/amazon/ebay works pretty good.

>>11483145

>>11483145
This one's a little rough

>>11483147
But this one looks good. Detailed pretty well and fits quite nicely. I think I'd want a hoodie.

>>11483076
This uniform I got was pretty decent. I would share the link but the story apparently doesn't exist anymore

>>11483179
Unrelated, but I still hate that they turned Bridget into a troon. His whole storyline over the course of the franchise was to learn how to be a man because he'd been lied to his whole life, only for them to throw it all away in the end. Then again, the last game or so fucked up a lot of things, so I honestly shouldn't have been too surprised.

>>11483253
anon, the gaming community is full of homosexuals, they deserve this

>>11483076
iirc the fag grande scale size is easier to find clothes for because they're closer to doll dimensions

>>11483302
how is the effect on the swimsuit achieved? is it just many layers of glossy top coat?

>>11483331
Probably sanded/polished to a high grit, plus gloss topcoat.

>>11483331
You can get that effect with a nice layer of a high quality gloss, but it also pays off to buff the plastic to a high shine before hand.

>>11483331
That swimsuit is glossy out of the box

New Border Model girl

>>11483406
oh my

>>11483406
The turtle is cute, but the girl doesn't do much for me.

>>11483535
Truly. When will the petpla revolution begin?

Would it be too hard to adapt a MD head to a 30MS body?

>>11483609
depends on what you want to achieve in the end
you can just stick some bluetac on the joint and the head will stay on no problem
if you want a working normal joint, then you'll have to increase the size of the 30ms peg, by using putty or something
its easier to do the opposite i guess, 30ms head on md body, you could just sand the peg a lot
but overall its not hard just time consuming i suppose

>>11483609
ignore this anon >>11483636

the neck joint uses the same connections for those ball parts so as you'd swap out a connector for a frame arm girl head you can swap a 30MS connection to any compatible 3mm connection

>>11483636
I see. I found some 3D printed hair from BA girls in Aliexpress, but they're apparently made for MD bodies. Looks like they don't sell the whole head so maybe I can just take the parts and mount them on a 30MS spare head

>>11483644
>3D printed
Yeah, those are poured resin and almost certainly recast. That aside, the hair will be made to attach to a certain style of head, you shouldn't expect to be able to just put them in whatever you have lying around.

>>11483658
Specifically it's a recast of a muscuto kit. He probably has the real one on booth right now.

>>11483661
Then I imagine they were meant for Asra heads. Fortunately those aren't hard to come by and you can certainly find recasts of those as well if you don't have spares.

>>11483675
>>11483661
>>11483658
I mean, as long as the size generally fits, nothing putty can't solve, right? I kinda want to try it

>>11483682
You should be able to make something work no matter what, but when the path of least resistance is cheap there's little reason not to take it.

>>11483675
Muscuto includes head cores for his head kits.

>>11483661
>>11483644
He does. This is the real one.

https://muscutoy.booth.pm/items/6158992

>>11483720
It's 3 times as expensive as the recast, not counting shipping and proxy handling. I'm not familiar with muscuto so maybe that's normal

>>11483729
Garage kits are expensive, and this one is licensed.

>>11483716
He's looking at a bootleg and those often don't.

>>11483733
That's neat. But if I get one I'm gonna go with the recast for now, since I'd rather fuck up something cheap than the original expensive one.

>>11483332
>>11483356
i see, i'll try to make it as shiny as possible then. i was thinking about doing this on turkina-diearth. but i'm not sure if i should make ALL black parts glossy, or just the black on the torso + the skirt. any opinions? gold would be matte in any case
>>11483402
damn, that glossy?

>>11483522
>mirror base stand
based

>at AX talking to one of the vendors
>nice dude telling about how he imports muscuto stuff and sells it on his website
I was actually legitimately surprised anyone at AX had any of that stuff

>>11483988
U got the website?

>>11483988
creatorsolo.com
I regret not taking pictures of his booth
He was telling me he goes every two months to pick up products but it was cool seeing that stuff being sold in AX of all places

>>11483998
Oh huh, heard of him recently, decided to preorder a set a boots off his site cause I want to support that type of scene over here. Figured it probably cost as much with shipping buying direct from japan anyways.

How do you guys usually paint skin on your girls? I'm mostly experienced with garage kits and using clear skin for everything, but I've seen some guys on Twitter use pink surfacer and opaque skin as a combo. I like the idea of using pink surfacer beneath carefully airbrushed opaque skin, but I don't know if it's worth ponying up for those two colors.

>>11484089
Underpainting absolutely works for any colors. Skin is no different. It’s a couple bucks, try it out! You don’t even really need the surfacer part, as the lacquer has pretty good adhesion anyways.

>>11484089
Opaque skin and then weathering powder usually. I've had fun with opaque skin followed by a clear shading color like the Lascivus stuff, but I've also airbrushed opaque skin then opaque shading. I've never tried the typical clear over white method people seem to like for statues. There's a bunch of ways to come at the problem, most are valid.

Eeh Ojisan isn't that size kinda pathetic

>>11483935
Just checked mine and it's pretty close so I don't know if that one has an extra layer of gloss topcoat

She's up for pre-order tomorrow

>>11484381
>>11484387
Finally. I thought the damn thing would be exclusive to Kotobukiya's shop. I want this!

>>11484381
so, sousai sojo teien are just school girls? are they the same size as the regular FAGs? the one you posted kind of looks like the grande scale

>>11484400
It's because Ao is the first Sousai Shoujo Teien kit to get the Grande treatment. We will get follow-ups like Saeki.

>>11484400
Regular Sousai stuff are indeed just FAG-sized schoolgirls, aye.

>>11484406
>>11484407
the pic that was posted is grande scale and just underwear, but there are regular sized underwear bodies for other girls? at least that's what i gathered from the koto website. do they come with heads?
fuck man, there are too many lines and versions and whatnot

>>11484416
Yeah, there's the regular Dress Up Bodies for Sousai girls. They come with neck adapters for different sized kits so you can use Megami Device and others on them too.

I really like how the Valkyrietune kits are looking so far.

>>11484518
They seem pretty fun, and the trailer had some interesting stuff towards the end. I can't lie though, my brain keeps reading it as Valkyrie Drive.

Any massive tit mods for the megalomarias yet so I can make a Meiko Shiraki custom when this comes out?

>>11484549
havent seen any yet, but if you find some let me know i wanna see

>>11484549
I don't believe there has been any specific mods or kits, but the chest is just a 3mm role so the world is your oyster if you've got some magnets and a pin vice.

>>11484381
Grande is like 1/6 right?

>>11484706
Yeah

Snapped this qt

>>11484738
can she do a high kick? like chun li or sagat

Does anyone know if this figure has already been released for sale?

>>11484782
She's been pushed back to September I believe.

>Working on project
>Come to an important crossroad
>A decesion must be made: boob mole or no boob mole
>Clean my setup and walk away while I ponder this heavy decision
It's for NuNinja, I feel like I should save that touch for Archer imstead. Semi-related, does anyone know of a good tutorial for MD scale freckles? That might be fun to try.

forgive the shitty pic. been fiddling with this design for too long and while she looks a bit better in person I'm still not quite happy with her. the forearms in particular are disproportionate but I don't have the parts for a better elbow joint. that and I wanted to use the head that came with the tactical body but the hair just restricts her articulation almost completely.

>>11483935
>but i'm not sure if i should make ALL black parts glossy, or just the black on the torso + the skirt.
any thoughts on this? having a real ahrd time deciding
>>11484810
the forearms do look very long, but because she's so mechanized i think it's fine. kind of looks like her arms and legs are fully robotic, only her torso is made out of flesh

>>11484944
I think I'd only make the skin tight parts glossy. So leotard and upper arms but not the skirt. It would make the gloss pop more.

>>11484972
thats a good idea, thanks

>>11484799
Moles

>>11484810
Looks good

>>11477130 (OP)
Absolute shot in the dark here, but is there a chance anyone ITT has the MEGA folder from https://archive.palanq.win/toy/thread/8279081/#8293148
that was an archive of Planelegs' stuff? I got it when it was posted years ago, but I've since lost everything on my drive. There were some goodies in there....

Shiny shorts make my dick hard.

>>11485090
>Planelegs
SHHH! You'll summon him!
>>11485237
I like her far better than the original colors - the blue hair PO Bonus looks great on her, too.

>top coating
>notice i forgot a nub
>file it down
>want to remove the dust with a can of compressed air
>accidently grab the top coat and spray it on the piece

>>11485502
Just give it a quick soak and scrub in some Isopropyl, let it dry and go again.

My HLJ package, greatly delayed, finally arrived today. Interesting enough, at exact day my current job ended. I'm at final stage of competition for next job position and mentally feel really bad about both end of my current contract (unfortunately, national research institutes in my country are in bad financial condition since many years and once one project end, usually you can't continue on normal, indefinite time position) and uncertainty of the future.

I hope this will serve as good sign, then.

>>11485513
Fingers crossed for you dude, and enjoy the girls. Who's getting the skirt?

>>11485515
At the moment nobody - I have some idea for custom but not yet, decided that if I'm getting something from HLJ, I might as well grab some optional parts that might be useful and are otherwise hard to get in Europe.

>>11485543
Amen to that, most of my HLJ shipments are about 2 or 3 full kits and always a few odds and sods like the M.S.G kits or a little Hexa Gear chap. The M.S.G kits make for nice little evening builds.

>>11485546
Still waiting on mine from when Tsukuyomi released. It's still processing...

God I hate seam welding arms/legs so fucking much

>>11485615
I just apply a little superglue via toothpick, use some zip kicker to cure it if i am in a hurry, and sand it down afterward. This only works when i am painting afterwards of course. What’s your technique?

>>11485624
My technique is the "use extra thin cement as usual but also have it capillary itself into the joint so I have to sit there making a huge fucking mess and messing up all the surface with gunk and fingerprints trying to make sure the joint does cement itself" technique.

>>11485631
I do like that technique, your troubles aside. Maybe you could consider combining cement+squeeze for a nice bond, and superglue as a gap filler. I do both. I particularly like the black mr hobby plastic cement as it’s easy to see where i shouldn’t touch, and black superglue like BSI’s black to also make sure i know where the glue is going, and when i have sanded enough off (it gets transparent at the end, but there is a distinct sheen you can use to detect excess)

>>11484738
Sweet to see it released.
I guess it'll be shippable soon-ish on ami.
How big is the box?

>>11484810 (me)
what is the shortest possible combination of parts to replace this joint? it needs to keep that rotation point in the middle

>>11485656
there is a double sided c clip thingie

>>11485660
right, but it doesn't have the rotation

>>11485656 (me)
>>11485660
the best option I've found so far would be combining these 3 assuming the top one is a female to female adapter

>>11485669
that will work but i dont think its going to be that much shorter

>>11485656
I'm not super sure if you're gonna be able to make something like that that much smaller with the rotation in the middle, outside of sawing that middle piece in half, filing it down a little and gluing it back together.

>>11485654
Not that big, about the size of a thicker SD gunpla box.
Love how the runners are stackable.
>>11484755
The black skirt piece is thick rubber but you can remove it for more dynamic poses.
Wouldn't recommend her for hamhands though since some of the joint parts are tiny and thin as fuck.

Am I the only one who thinks the girl is cute, but doesn't care too much for the dragon? Seemed to be mostly the other way around.
Still not sure if I wanna get this. With its >80cm wing span, I wouldn't even know where to put the dragon.
Plus, it's a new manufacturer, right? Could be a risk.

>>11485518
Idk, kinda looks like a midget (a fuckable midget tho)

>>11485959
hes using midget legs on her, shes actually supposed to be the tallest 30ms

>>11485877
The girl is cute enough but in no way interesting enough to make me pull the trigger. The dragon though? That's neat. If these guys weren't new I'd buy the kit for that.

>>11485877
I too find girl more interesting and honestly don't like the trend of adding more and bigger stuff to plastic girls kits. At some point, it only ramps up price and size of boxes.

>>11485877
in the end it's just a matter of taste
you like the girl? good, you also get a cool dragon to go alongside her
you like the dragon? good, you also get a cute daughter to accompany it
personally, I think the girl is cute and the dragon looks awesome so I may go and pull the trigger as long as isn't ridiculously overpriced

>>11485237
>>11485280
Did anyone get their original FA Girl Wilbur-Nine yet? They like to milk designs too hard even if they aren't released yet in full. Remembered incidents like with Durga I and Baihu.

Also, care to ask why Bandai made two versions of Tokai Teio from Umamusune when they basically have identical engineering but different button designs?

> Wilbur Nine Beryl Armor Custom pre-orders have started, so please check it out!
> The original FA came with clear parts for the wheels, so I went all out with even more clear parts this time.

> It’s a delusional design, like a test-modified paper plan aircraft using data from the Beryl Unit stolen from Flezlufs.

https://x.com/co2age/status/1943297562804646394

How do Grande figures scale in comparison to regular 1/6 (Chink) figures? I have a feeling normal 1/6 clothing would be too big for them.

My local shop only has her in stock. I've never built a koto kit before, is she gud? I just wish I could give her fat fucking tits, but I can't scratch build.

>>11486473
most buy her multiple times for the abs alone.

>>11485877
>Am I the only one who thinks the girl is cute, but doesn't care too much for the dragon?
I'm the exact opposite - I think the girl is cute but rather generic, and only really care about the badass dragon; as far as I'm concerned, this is a dragon model kit with a free girl packed in, not the other way around - hell, "Daytime Meteor" is the dragon's name (the girl is Dawn), so he's clearly the focus here and is certainly the more interesting of the two.

I actually really like the useless pantyflashing micro mini skirt.

>>11486496
>useless
>pantyflashing
Pick one, those are mutually exclusive.

>>11486496
I prefer the grey haired one because ribbed panties are the best

>>11486473
You get her for the tummy, not the tits. In fact, I'd wish they sold the tummy parts separately to be able to use them for other kits (e.g. swimsuit Styko) without cannibalizing a whole Arsia/Artynia set.

>>11486496
>>11486596
So, what body color types are these? Type B for Lisa, Type A for Iris? Think they'll release a third girl with Type C skin, too?

>>11486496
Girl is willing to just show her ass off to the entire world.

is it normal to use a full can (170ml) of topcoat per kit?

Started on Tsukuyomi with her big scythe. It's quite nice. I had hoped it would mostly be on it's own runners so it could get an M.S.G release down the line but unfortunately a lot of it is baked into Tsukiyomi's runners.
Next I'll get some of her gubbins done so I can make it into a little skeleton dude.

i wish HLJ had a filter to look for girlpla. there are too many different lines

what's the cheapest way to get 30MS faces? because the expression packs are stupidly overpriced

>>11487104
You can blank faces in pretty much every costume pack and decals, I guess?
Other than buying a full kit for spare parts and preexisting faces, you're out of options.
Hair pieces and printed faces are what makes these (in bandai's case) a "bit more expensive" when compared to headless bodies.

>>11486878
Depends on the kit I suppose, but for me I don't really use that much topcoat at once.

>>11487104
You can attempt making green stuff or resin copies of existing ones but it require some investment in supplies and time to learn/train required skill. And still does not guarantee good success rate.

>>11486285
Mine is still stuck in hlj shipment processing hell.

Starting to wonder if I should have just taken the dumb ass bbts markup + made up tariff mark-up. Seriously, they are the only company I use that has actually diverted any tariffs to the customer. I got raped on dhl shipping twice but not once since.

>>11487229
I placed a shipment request on July 5th and it shipped on the 10th. Are they catching up or did I get lucky?

Got these from my local shop today. Its been awhile since I built anything plamo, but I've been itching to put together some robo gals for awhile now. I've got a feeling this line'll have a hold on me, this is how the steady decline of my bank account starts, isn't it...?

think I could get away with putting picrel on a blank face, or would it be too obvious there aren't any eyes there?

>>11487333
It'd be obvious. Can you grab some weathering powder and make the top third or so of the face black/gray so it looks more intentionally eyeless? Y'know, that thing they do with bangs when a character is hiding their face or the like?

>daytime meteor
>white day
>dawn
>morning dew
what are the odds they'll make a black version of this?
i'm very intrigued by the kit, but also a bit scared because it seems to be their first one. also not sure if i would prefer it in white or black...

>>11487231
You got lucky. I'm at 11 days.

>>11484810
Did not expect to see a fellow Dai Dark fan ITT. Anyway I wanna recommend adding a pipe or two from the rubber pipe set somewhere

>>11487345
>4 stands needed for a basic pose

>>11487231
Mine shipped after 12 days

>>11487612
Hey, she's a big girl. The dragon, that is. No size-shaming her,!

>>11487612
>>11487737

>>11487333
Like other anon said, it'd be obvious. In this situation you're just supposed to create a shadow where the eyes'd be though. Easy peasy. Whether it's with a spray can, airbrush, or some dark pigment powder, it'll just take a minute or two.

>>11487767
I want to walk around with a little dragon perched on my shoulder like some kind of badass parrot. You just know it'll make people jelly.

>>11485650
Yuri-pla?
>>11487328
You wallet might be in danger. I once saw a listing on mercari that had all the optional parts, and I was so close to getting them all - even though I only wanted to dip my toes into the whole 30MS line.
Even when thinking about all the possibilities, it feels addictive before you even built any IMO.

megalomaria question
is green glass chestplate with boobs the same one from the maid girl? novice

>>11487994
Yeah, same one.

My Tsukuyomi makes my Amaterasu look like shit its not funny

>>11488050
why

>>11488051
Just really exposes how shrimpy and barebones Amaterasu Regalia is

>>11488052
Well, that was the idea. Regalia was supposed to be a "lite" version to get the character to market sooner/cheaper while they finished up the proper version like susanowo... it's just that then they fagged out and forgot to deliver the promised product, went to milk the lite "fashionable" rolling, and ended up making a bigger/more expensive kit on that basis still forgetting the more modular limbs that were supposed to be a main feature of the AUV "branding".

>>11488105
>AUV Susanowo release was over 3 years ago
There;s gotta be a story behind the rest of the armored AUV stuff just not existing. Must be stuck in the same place as Kagutsuji.

>>11488112
is there a girlpla iceberg?

>>11487231
You got lucky. I paid on July 4th and still nothing.

>>11488112
I pray for the day we see another Susanowo-tier kit...

can I switch out MD hairparts with Darkadvent Sophia? Does their cross-compatibility extend to their heads?

>>11481114
Had this crop up on mine doing a Kukulcan conversion with Aider Costume blended in. For the life of me I can't figure out why Bandai decided to arrange the ankle joints so they'd be detach-prone when pushing the foot to rotate the ankle outward. Hope the nail varnish worked out; I might slather on some acrylic floor polish myself.

Meanwhile, I need more flexible hair joints and the rig I'm currently doing with leftover Asra Nine-Tails harness hinges is too damn cumbersome. Didn't Wave do a 3mm post joint series that included double hinges in 4 or 5mm balls? Might also flub something with HGBC Ballden Arm Arms/Binder Gun.

>build girl's base body
>she just lies there like a slob instead of helping build the armoured body + accessories
What the hell is her problem

>>11488567
Did you remember to do the blood ritual? She might not have a soul yet.

>>11488105
>>11488112
NTA but I might get a Tsukuyomi recolour or reprint later down the line because I like the girl but I'm not a fan of the Regalia armour, hated all this about Ama's release as well. I'm hoping that the wait is because they're slowly retooling Block 1L to match up with the Block 2 small and medium bodies
>AUV Susanowo release was over 3 years ago
These japs need to hurry up before one of those guys dies early of heart disease at 55

>>11488532
>That Tithuria Figma
So is possible remove her Skirt armor whiteout fucking the figure?

https://x.com/30msisters/status/1944336037393936825
Preview of im@s haruka next week
That's not a lot of pieces

Fancy new thread!

>>11489393
>>11489393
>>11489393