Thread 11594854

Last time on Busou Shinki & Friends, >>11576434

Meltina soon! Are you ready for the big ass snake? Did you get two for full snake length? Will she get her own ZenoAlma? Snake armor? What other monster girls do you want to see? A golem? An arachne? A chimera? Another snake?

Official Skintone & Compatibility guides:
>https://imgur.com/a/busou-shinki-skintone-comparability-guides-AQ4aR

Upcoming Releases & Restocks:
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>Megami Device:
• PUNIMOFU Yukitu [Oct]
• B1R-M Chassis Kit Skin Color A [Nov]
• B1R-M Chassis Kit Skin Color B [Nov]
• Desire Maiden Raider [Dec]
• AUV Susanowo Souen (Reissue)[Jan]
• Asra Ninja Kaname Shadow Edition Full Package [Jan]
• Desire Maiden Medic [Jan]
• B1R-M Chassis Kit Skin Color C [Feb]
• B1R-M Chassis Kit Skin Color D [Feb]
• PUNIMOFU Gin Lang [Mar]
• Asra Archer Kizuna Shadow Edition Full Package [Feb]

>Frame Arms Girl:
• Hresvelgr Qipao Ver. [Oct]
• Grande Scale Architect [Oct]
• Magatsuki Kika (Reissue) [Nov]
• Grande Scale Magatsuki [Nov]
• Stylet Swimsuit Blue Impulse Color Ver. [Nov]
• Shingen [Dec]
• Durga Gold Ritter [Dec]
• Hresvelgr=Rufus (Agito) (Reissue) [Dec]
• Grande Scale Baselard [Dec]
• Kagutsuchi-Kou [Jan]
• Wilber Nine Beryl Armor Custom [Jan]
• Shadow Tiger (Reissue) [Feb]
• Laetitia Azurite Ver. [Feb]
• Baselard with Exosuit Baselard [Mar]
• Greifen Baracuda [Mar]

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

Op part 2-----

>30 Minutes Sister
• 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]
• Artoria Caster [Feb]
• Option Parts set 27 Minerva Costume color A [Mar]
• Option Parts Set 26 Climb Unit color C [Feb]
• Option Parts Set 25 Turbo Costume γ color C [Feb]
• Option Parts Set 24 Turbo Costume β color A [Jan]
• Option Parts Set 23 Valkirie Costume color C [Jan]
• SIS-Hc106k Belveria-Berys(FEROCE FORM) [Mar]
• Option Hair Style & Face Parts Set (Chiyoko Sonoda / Rinze Morino) [Jan]
• Luluce (Lily wear) [Feb]
• SIS-W00 Marical [Jan]
• Mirai Kasuga [Mar]

>Arcanadea:
• Meltina [Oct]
• XenoAlma: Tickle Dekapoda [Oct]
• Velretta ReACT-P [Nov]
• XenoAlma Flame Straile [Dec]
• XenoAlma Blaze Ophis [Dec]
• Gii [Feb]
• Lumitea ReACT-A (Reissue) [Mar]

>ValkyrieTune
• Lisa = Caster [Feb]
• Iris = Bruckner [Feb]

>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]

>MS General:
• SIN-03 Sloth [Sep]

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

In development (now in development!)

>30 Minutes Sister
IDOLMASTER After-School Climax Girls
Charlona (Animato Form) (P-Bandai)
BUNBUN Fighter
BUNBUN Cleric

>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
Garm: Ripper & two others

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

>Cross Frame Girl
Zenith

Whoa, watch that hemline Madoka

>>11594890
>she's just called Club Manager despite having strong galge main heroine vibes

>>11594890
10 gollirion recolors

how do you store all your hands, feet, faces, weapons, etc. for easy and fast an easy access? I dread having to go through all the boxes just to change a few things.

>>11595017
I'm pretty sure you can buy cheap organisers for cosmetics and such like pic related.

Error discount. Is it a small error?

>>11595117
It's not an error, just a really good price.

>>11595117
who knows honestly
its best to message them and try to find out
i bought a kit before that had a whole runner missing, made some parts impossible to build

>>11595017
Saw it being sold locally, but I don't see anyone buying. Maybe you will have a use for them.
https://www.hlj.com/multi-builders-case-bans65632

>>11595117
>manufacturer error
probably referring to that issue the first run had where the little tabard thing's colors were wrong
it was like this where the triangles on the side were red instead of the white you see in the promo pics

>>11595017
Different sized jewelry bags in larger gallon sized bags for organization.

Why hasn’t nocturne Ema made it to kotobukiya shop yet? Seems odd it’s on hlj but not the main distributor.

>>11595017
Zip lock bags for each kit, stored in Koto large boxes, sorted by series. Self-adhesive mailing labels are cheap and work well for labelling the bags. I haven't actually tried this but they make plastic organizer trays for fishing tackle, if you've got a Bass Pro Shop or similar handy. Craft stores (and Amazon) carry similar things for storing beads (which is what I use for storing the extra parts for my nendoroids).

>>11594905
Most be one of those galge where the main character used to be part of the baseball club.

>>11595017
I got some great workshop boxes with removable 1x1/1x2/4x4 compartments.
Handy for sorting and going through without any bags!

>>11594854 (OP)
>A golem?
This would only be cool if they really leaned into it and I doubt they would. The human top half + inhuman bottom half monsters are working for them so far so they should stick with those. I really want another centaur.

>Flame xenoalmas still several months away from release
>already have a recolor available
bastards, this would go great to upgrade Gi...

>>11595321
I don't like the purple fleshy things

>>11595323
it's fire. Purple fire.

Any idea where I can get big fat FAG compatible titties that won't cost me an arm and a leg? They don't need to be squishy or anything.

I tried sculpting and resin casting my own but it turns out I'm really bad at it.

>>11595357
Maybe AE, though I see more recasts for MD than anything else

>>11595017
I used to use these wham boxes but then I moved to zip lock bags.
I mostly keep my generic parts for 30MM/MS/MF and spare polycaps in them now.

>>11594854 (OP)
>An arachne?
Definitely. At this point, they might as well just round out their takes on the Monster Musume cast.

New hair pack when? Any news on the upcoming Bandai announcements?

>>11595357
SH Studio and GK-M sell some. No idea who did the originals.

>>11595394
They just had a presentation in early September. I wouldn’t expect another until the new year.

>>11594854 (OP)
Minotaur

>>11595365
>check Aliexpress for "frame arms girl parts"
>giant beach ball tits
>penis
>penis
>dildo set
>pelvic set with a 3mm socket molded to look like a vagina
>no titties that are big without being hucow fetish material

Uh... hmm. I might be using the search bar wrong.

>>11595586
Nah, it takes a while to find stuff you like. But once you do it shows you more of it.

>>11595017
I use bobbin boxes
>cheap and available in multipacks
>no corners for tiny pieces to get stuck in
>just large enough for most faceplates
their only downside is that the top half of their container is open, so you have to be gentle moving them. a piece of foam trimmed to size would work to keep everything in place, but I haven't tried it yet.

>>11595586
>hucow tits
guess its time for me to start using ali

Harpy girl has a great design, but man the colour scheme is ass. The piss yellow clear pieces and green hulk hands look bad. I'm really torn on whether to order or not.

>>11595394
>>11595451
They kinda have hobby show this week, but i think its going to be mainly Gunpla

>I wouldn’t expect another until the new year.
I say either december or january there will be the next stream

>>11595799
I'm glad they did their research on bird leg anatomy. It could be better though

>>11595751
Nice knife work. Mine is awful.

>>11595799
I like the whole thing, even if she does have some piss yellow parts.

These are all the 30ms I currently own. They look autistic ngl, some even look a bit silly.

>>11595923
You just capture them in the wrong angle I swear they aren't autistic

>>11595394
>upcoming announcements
don't expect anything aside from one or two unrelated reveals, that event will just a recap of everything they've done so far

>>11595923
>using a Laranel face with normal hair

holy forehead batman

Ah, so not a harpy - with all of her Indian theming, it seems she's actually a Garuda. Her gear can all turn into an actual bird companion for her to ride around on.

>>11596097
Wow. That just straight up looks like shit.

any insight on using spruegoo vs simple cement for removing seams?

>>11596604
They both get the job done. Granted, just using cement is usually easier since you don't have to make a batch of sprue goo, nor does it have the potential randomness of said goo. The problem with sprue goo is that its quality as a seam line removal tool depends purely upon how good of a mix you personally made for such a thing. It's REALLY easy to make a bad mix and just end up with goo that, once cured and sanded, will just be filled with air holes and mandate that you do the entire process for that given area all over again. Cement you can screw things up with as well, though not as easily. Really though, at the end of the day it's simply up to whichever method you prefer. Cement is usually the way to go, however, with sprue goo more so as a backup option or for other gap-related issues.

>>11594854 (OP)
This is just evil Tiasha, right?

>>11596604
The other anon explained things pretty well, but to add a little bit based on my experience:
It also depends on the size of the seams. If it's a small area (i.e. thighs, legs, arms, hips) it's very easy to just use cement. Personally, I leave the goo for large areas or really big gaps (i.e. some chinapla kits). I'm also not that afraid of fucking up since I can always add a tiny amount of putty and then paint over.
That said, there's a very easy middle ground you can use for smaller areas. Simply shave a very thin ribbon of plastic off the sprue, use the cement as you normally would, but add that ribbon where you think the gap is just a little too big. You can then continue dabbing a bit of cement to melt it.

>>11596748
No, that's this one.

Apparently the Chitocerium line is still alive.

>>11595923
I made a 5th girl with some spare parts

>>11595983
She doesn't look that bad in real life

>>11596811
Maybe a little bit.

>>11596767
What a brat.

>>11596811
https://youtu.be/LHf73t6EhAE?si=omRCSFeWnbhEIVk4

>>11596813
CUTE

>>11596776
Thanks for reminding me I still need to build my Hydra.

>>11596776
nice, i like the line a lot. very unique design language. i was on the website the other day and was sad there were no updates for a year or so
the hat still looks silly to me though.
>>11596963
i still gotta build carbonia. and i want to get the lolis too. the ever growing pile of shame...
>>11596661
>>11596760
thanks for the info. i shall master both techniques then

I've got one of my favorite Megami Devices sitting around because I wanted to paint it, but haven't been able to for 3 years now. Is it worth straight building a megami device and doing only small touch ups like panel lining, seam removal, and some matte top coat? The kit I have is Magical Baselard

>>11597023
>and i want to get the lolis too
was sorting my closet and realized i already have them. christ, i need to work on my backlog
>>11597027
you can always snapshit her and paint later.
>panel lining, seam removal, and some matte top coat
thats what i do

The sexy snake lady's release date is the 27th.

>>11597049
Just get some more. You can never have too many.

>>11596767
Isn't ilshana shorter/younger?

>>11597248
Don't know/no

She is skinnier though. Illshana is Neverlia's little sister as Tiasha is Rishetta's. Don't know what Luluce is supposed to be, but all I do know she says she is NOT a tanuki.

Gyaru bird mom

Hell blaze executioner and exorcist inbound

Garm color prototype

Name of unit 2 is Skoll

Garm looks better physically than in art for sure

Next valkyrietune girl

>>11597248
You might be onto something

>>11597411
Would you a tan bird momma? I would.

>>11597430
Absolutely, and I was already sols. Going to need her and her sister, I have a suspicion I'll be getting recolors, too.

>>11597473
I didn't a pale momma but will a tan mama. She needs a different gold though.

>>11597463
She got the moves.
https://x.com/Yodobashi_Hobby/status/1978983171858251839?t=T3TMEAC6Z0oyAUIMrIyDRA&s=19

>>11597473
Nah

>>11597463
Is that the Grande scale?

The red looks really gaudy and it looks like you need to paint the black accents yourself.

>>11597501
Aren't they decals?

>>11597411
expand dong

>>11597473
...................yeah

>>11597498
I was wondering why she was so awkwardly posed in pictures, but that's creepy as fuck.

>>11597498
Is her face being projected onto a blank head or is it an actual monitor face?

Now this is not a skanky, but i will get her for nostalgia's sake even though i didn't like X4 that much.

>>11597506
Yes. It's a big waterslide sheet just like the other Bullet Knights.

>>11597473
>sleepy gyaru

>>11597487
The gold is unpainted here. A good brass gold would look much better for sure though.

>>11597515
It would be less creepy if she had less arm movement.
>>11597519
Seems to be a mask with a projector of sorts behind it.

>>11597521
>ANOTHER Durga

Nekomimi maid Mashu

>>11597553
Huh. Guess they noticed what people were doing with all of those Arisas and saved us the trouble this time.

>>11597562
But now what to do with all the unsold Arsia kits? I already bought an extra just for the tummy parts...

>>11597567
>Those abs
Damn, okay Fiona

Front Mission also has mecha girls now?

>>11597611
I don't get the kotobukiya lines. What is front mission? Aren't those megami device?

>>11597616
It's a 30 year old game franchise and those aren't megamis

As expected no new girlpla news from Bandai side.
But the new Keroro HG line made me but optimistic about Powered Natsumi FRS

>>11597533
>Mashu
*Mya-nee

>>11597651
That's Kongo.

Kotobukiya Emulator (Megalomaria Unlimited Universe)

>>11597533
>Armed with an RPG and a fucking Pile Bunker
You know a chick ain't playing around when she's using the loadout from a freakin' Armored Core.

>>11597679
This is really cool, something really compelling about this design.

>>11597705
OH, NO!!!! THAT PROTOTYPE IS RUINED!!!

>>11597529
>COMPLETE
>GLOBAL
>DURGAFICATION

>>11597415
might be the camera quality but the red plastic looks ass
>>11597425
finally, more tacticool
>>11597463
what a slut
>>11597581
plate carrier and exposed tummy? oh me oh my

>>11597747
Red plastic always looks ass. No exceptions.

>>11597520
X4 was always one of my favorites. I legitimately have no idea how people dislike it. But whatever. Got a nice kit out of it I suppose.

>>11597735
That's a titty mole

>>11595923
I love big foreheads, very Bakushin like

>>11594854 (OP)
Where is a good place to reserve or buy Meltina now? Kind of put off pre-ordering because I lost my job when this was fiest announced. Currently employed now.

>>11597762
It felt off to me, for all the shit X3 gets for not being developed by capcom i still like it a lot more than X4.

>>11597827
The usual places? Currently up on Amiami, for example.

>>11597850
Whats shipping and tarrifs look like with them right now? Anyone shipped something this size in the past 2 weeks?

>>11597425
The exposed skin clashes so hard with the body armor. They should just stick to an armored up device for a change

>>11597891
>shipping and tarrifs
Oh, right, I hadn't actually considered that.
As far as I know, neither Japan Post nor DHL are back for them, but other stores have started using DHL. I think Ami started shipping out some held orders via ECMS recently.

>>11597411
brown skin and white as one of the colors is so overdone. I know it's about contrast and shit, but cmon.
I'm glad I grabbed the original.

>>11597703
These are the Hasegawa girls, right? Good luck to whoever ordered them.

>>11597582
Yes, need. I wonder if we'll be seeing lots of ZZZ mods using this?

>>11597611
>now
Someone hasn't played the games!

>>11597894
I will Google when I get home. On the road for work but, does ami currently allow a pile of loot or warehouse so you can wait things out for a bit?

>>11597952
>does ami currently allow a pile of loot or warehouse so you can wait things out for a bit?
Not unless you're an American with preorders trickling in. HLJ is the only major seller I'm aware of letting you pile up orders for months, but some proxies or forwarders will allow you some storage time as well.

>>11597673
I will make her a Rei custom.

>>11597897
MD has done it... twice? Grapple and Strarf dh color are the only ones?

>>11598012
I'm waiting for them to do it again. Come oooooon!

>>11597415
She has the upgraded shoulders right?

>>11598012
There's also orange arsia and brown-skin append Materia white (but she was an online store exclusive, so that's stretching it)

>>11598260
Neither of those are megami device.

>>11598111
Bullet Knights ex only had new thighs. Test fit and silicone grease.

>>11597611
please god, let this do ok so they make an actually good wanzer into a girl.

>>11598481
Durga-chan kawaii!!

>>11597762
Most likely the story and a false flag operation made to force the Maverick Hunters to fight an equally good force that became corrupt. Had they not talk things out properly, none of this would have happened. And I really want a retraux remake of X4 that allows you to play as Iris in a much better story that handles her death... in a sacrificial manner to dismantle Repliforce all on her own, on top of cleaning things up with the Ultimate Reploid project.

>>11598481
>kiss me anon...

>>11598719
No way, fag.

I wish there was more super-heavy armored Girlpla. Like the ones with thick leg armor and big gauntlet hands that you occasionally see in some Mecha Musume art. Would give an opportunity to make these big aftermarket boob parts actually proportional.

>>11597891
I just had 2 MD Shaos shipped out with UPS and shipping was around 5k and tariff charge was $28.
What's crazy is that government charges were $9 while processing fee was $19.
Yeah. UPS charges $19 just to click a few icons on their screen.

>>11598796
I'd look into using Hexa Gear limbs to armor them up.

>>11594854 (OP)
What the fuck is bousou shinki and why it takes 1st spot in thread's name? Makes it hard to find it.

>>11598844
Literally just paint

>>11599080
>>11599080
google it
and typing busou shinki on the search field isn't hard

>>11599109
So it's some ancient old action figures (not model kits). Still doesn't answer why the spotlight.

>>11599113
this thread is not just for model kits
the answer is hinted in your very post

>>11599113
Anon, they're essentially the progenitor of mecha musume products. While mecha musume art and what not existed long before Shinkis, we wouldn't have MDs, FAGs, 30MS, or literally any of the other lines without them. This place started for discussing them, and as Shinkis are directly responsible for both this thread and the entire category of girlpa even existing, they will forever be enshrined within the name even when the day comes that fuckall nobody coming to this place has any of them. Just think of it as an honor and legacy type of thing.

>>11599117
Should gunpla thread be called "revell and the boys" or something then, for better convinience? That's just stupid. What was the last time someone mentioned shinkis in these threads?
>this thread is not just for model kits
Bullshit. Glanced through the thread, not a single action figure in sight. OP posts don't mention them either.

>>11599123
>Glanced through the thread, not a single action figure in sight.
doesn't make it just for model kits
>OP posts don't mention them either.
it mentions busou shinki
>for better convinience?
doesn't matter, this thread is not made for convinience, it's for busou shinki and friends
>the last time someone mentioned shinkis in these threads?
just now

>>11599080
Wow, I never thought I’d feel old from Busou Shinki.

>>11599131
Time for a history lesson, then.

Personally, I read a lot of toy-based webcomics when I was a teen, many of of which were posted on TFW. I can recall three webcomics in particular that featured Arnval, Strarf, and Mao. This was my first exposure to the line and I eventually bought a few myself. I never loved Busou Shinki, they tended to loosen up really fast and the 2-girl combo armor designs, while cool, were too much of a price investment. However, I’m very happy to have finally got a Strarf from the Megami Device line, as I missed the boat on her back in the day.

Speaking of Busou Shinki. I've been here for the "& Friends" part so far, but pic related looks cool.
She's not one of the OG characters though, is she? Do I still obtain my license if I build her?

>>11599157
She's the first Shinki/MD collab, so while she isn't one of the original Shinkies, she's part of the family.

>>11599080
The thread started off as the Busou Shinki General. Like other anons have explained, they were the progenitors of the entire mecha musume toy genre, and Megami Device literally started off as Busou Shinki 2.0. Shinki were posted here even after the franchise was officially killed off, but eventually were phased out as MDs and FAGs started showing up on the scene - the toys are now decades old and haven't withstood the passage of time too well. I still own all of my old Shinki, but I keep them in storage to avoid further deterioration.
>>11599123
>Glanced through the thread, not a single action figure in sight.
There's one now. Enjoy.
>>11599157
She's technically a Shinki, made as a collab between BS/MD. As is such, she's the last original Shinki of the franchise, and debuted alongside the Arnval and Strarf collabs. Mao, incidentally, was originally conceived to be in the same wave as a 'Not!Maochao", but got lost in development hell when the Busou Shinki license was revoked, only recently getting revived and slightly tweaked to avoid issues with Konami.

>>11599123
There are actions figures in the op right now.

>>11598849
Meanwhile, I got alt-gunner and Lian for $35 each after rebates ($50 before) from Ali and didn't get taxed shipped to Canada last month.

>>11599482
Cute

>>11599485
What are the other girls from that lineup? Are there any more prototypes/concept art?

>>11599482
>>11599485
Architect bros, how are we feeling?

>>11599482
>>11599485
I'm torn. I love her face and gear, but absolutely HATE that body with those proportions on her. Her head looks way too small, and there's no way she should have a flat, toned belly with thighs and boobs like that - that's not at all how fat distribution works.

>>11599494
Not flat enough, not fat enough. I'll wait for the purple one and Tsukuyomi to go all on in giant tiddy neet goth aesthetic.

>>11599506
Her stomach isn't toned, she's on the verge of developing a spare tire. That line down the middle still gives off the impression that it is toned, but I wonder if that might look better in hand. I think the fact that her ribcage is visible from some angles is worse.

>>11599515
I kneel.

She looks like a Perrine, I'm gonna call her Perrine from now on.

>>11599548
Considering the same character designer worked on Strike Witches and FAG it's not surprising. I'm a little more confused how we got a Suletta Mercury look-alike (but grown up and horny).

>>11599756
Wasn't Susanowo designed before Suletta? Because that's basically Susanowo in Suletta colors.

>>11599762
It is probably just the color scheme but damn the resemblance in uncanny now that I'm building her.

>>11599548
FAG strike witches fucking when

>>11599783
For a moment I thought this was Sundowner

>>11599783
Leg muscle sexo.

>>11599801
She may be based on Raiden, but that doesn't mean she isn't in touch with her inner child. She certainly looks fucking invincible either way.

She as multiple bust sizes.

>>11599838
Cute phat kunt

>>11599838
Good, I'm stealing the larger psir for Kou. I thought the ones showed off earlier were already an upgrade from what she was drawn with, too.

>>11599838
How flat can she go?

>>11599838
So where are they? 'Cuz that's the same exact bust size she had in the previous pics shown off, just from above.
Not that it helps with her proportion issues in the slightest.

Emulator's got a faceplate with some evil-looking black sclera and red irises as her Koto Shop Exclusive iterm; I think it does a better job of selling the whole "robot wearing human skin" idea than her normal plate.

>>11599938
Yeah i much prefer these eyes, and i wish they made them more widely available for all sorts of kits!

>>11599938
I haven't been this interested in a kit in a long time, I really like it.

>>11599956
I don’t care much for the fleshy bits, and i already have a penetrator, so i’m not compelled to get this in addition, but i like every other part of this kit.

>>11599838
Cute fatty but I hate the retarded unicorn horn on this and the other one

>>11599938
waiting for them to make a mephisto equivalent to emulator so I can make a not-melan blue to pair up with emma

>>11599969
Can someone explain what's the deal with some Japanese mechs and their weird union horns? The Matoi from promare also reminds me of the kotobukiya's kagutsuchi

>>11599978
>union
Meant to say unicorn
California quail lookin ass >>11599979

>>11599978
It's based on old Japanese style helmets with horn ornaments. Same reason Gundams have the V. Also overlap with rhinoceros beetles which are also named after the helmets.

>>11599515
>Tsukuyomi
You've given me an idea. I've got that FAT Koi body for for my Tsuku-chan. Think I'll try to shove her in Kagutsutchi's armor.

>>11599931
Koto says she's got two.

>>11599515
Triple purple neet boobies

>>11600055
Wait, who's the nun on the left? I never noticed that Kagutsuchi variant. Definitely hope they make her. Tsukuyomi needs a friend.

>>11598842
I thought this was a real clear plastic Rishetta, but turns out it was actually a 3D printed sample.

>>11600114
Nothing could fill me with more dread than the thought of having to build a fully clear plastic kit.

Didn't realize the hobby show revealed the weapons form for xenoalma Pavolia
I guess a bow was pretty obvious because of the wings but seeing as Blaze Ophis already does that I thought it'd be something different since back to back bows is kinda boring. Still looks pretty cool

>>11599548
I'm having so much fun building her, this is the only time i've enjoyed building the armor bits of any of these kits so i'm taking my time.

>>11600188
Is that a Yukumo with the manufacturer error? I thought the triangle at the side is supposed to be white.
Kinda funny.

>>11600081
Left is Sister Luxeria from Nidy-2D's Nocturnas series. Middle is Kagutsuchi-Otsu Sniper type.

do we have any information if any of the white accents on the clothes are prepainted or if all of them are decals? i couldnt find any pics of the decal sheet

Somehow very lewd

Just the weapons left to build, i like that the pauldrons are attached to the backpack so it's not finicky at all to move the arms.

>>11600461
I really should have bought that sukumizu body when i saw it.

Im considering buying one of Koto plastic girls in European shop I usually buy stuff from but all of the kits are pretty expensive so I can decide only on one. Which one out of those would you personally pick?

>Cross Frame Girl Brave Girl 2 (72 EUR)
>Arcanadea Ermeda (98 EUR, she's cute but damn thats a lot)
>Emma Koishikawa (77080 EUR depending on color palette)

Thanks for helping me decide.

>>11600613
Brave girl 2 IMO

>>11600613
Emma is the cutest.

Finally let my Grandma out of my backlog.

Glad I waited, the Koi Body I replaced her old torso with works great once tweaked to convert her old 1.0 MD body to the L type.

Still need to clean up the texture of the paint, may just cake on some matt coat to hide the flaws.

Don't know how to do QoH yet. I want to change her body out from Alice, hopefully I won't need to modify the skirt.

>>11600613
I'd go with the Arcanadea kit since I like that theme the most, but Emma is also a good choice since she's so cute.

can Hasegawa pull this one off?

>>11600828
Still haven't built the Ranka Valkyrie so i don't know how's their skanky game.

>>11600789
>Finally let my Grandma out of my backlog.
What did your grandmother do to deserve that to begin with?

>>11600862
you're thinking of Aoshima

>>11600355
Holy haberdasher, those designs. I need all three. Are they going to be model kits or figures? Haven't heard of the series before.

>>11600355
Any update on the prototypes?

>>11599224
I dunno where you came up with that idea. this is what became mao. the similarities to taonyao from the final product are mostly just BLADE being BLADE.

>>11601025
first came switching to cat and starting to split off tu...

>>11601026
and then mao mostly got finalized and tu went back to rabbit and got her finalized weapons, and after this was mostly tu going through variations of colorscheme/hairstyle/haircolor/etc.

>>11601027
...I say "finalized" but not quiiiite. didn't realize the connective bits on the lance weren't matching mao's stuff yet. you get the point though.

>>11600963
No updates since reveal, really hoping they show Sister Lappia soon.
>>11600955
Action figures
https://x.com/nocturnas_f?t=j9KwPn6iMgpGFTqKlvjgJg&s=09

>>11601165
kino

>>11601165
Where's my Elena cos player at?

>>11601030
Definitely wish Mao's gloves had the drill/blade clear part still. Though I suppose it would have made her too unbalanced with Tu only having her knives.

>>11601027
It's interesting that there was supposed to be a back part to the bra. Would've made more sense for the straps, that now don't attach to anything and just sort of "disappear" under her non-existent cleavage.

>>11599224
Mao being directly developed from Taonyao is a stretch. It's more likely that work on Taonyao had long been abandoned and that Mao is the result of Blade being called in to design his own set of girls on the block 2 body. Mao and Taonyao don't really even look all that similar when considering Blades artstyle and mechanical design quirks. Taonyao looks like his non super deformed Sylphy II, and Mao looks like the vtuber Miao

>>11600888
Oh, my b. OH SHIT IT'S GOING TO BE AWFUL LIKE THE GLAUG.

>>11601340
Aoshima can be a hit or miss I think.
Thankfully, most of the "more recent" Valkyries are a hit.
Just be careful with the parts, I've seen a video of a guy building the model and snapping something (I think it was the robot arm and tail ball joint) nearly instantly.
I have Aoshima's ACKS Gattai Musashi and Ingram - both are fine.
I hope the Konig Monster isn't going to implode on itself, I'm really looking forwards to building her and the mech...

https://x.com/RinyaHibiki/status/1980202551007174816
For the colour matching guys out there

>>11601806
How many Centaurs do we have now? I love how much variety we have for that niche. I really hope Arcanadea Elena gets a retool at some point though. Also what's the quality like on these Quankai Studios kits? Their designs have been getting pretty good.

>>11600380
not knowing what the decal sheet looks like is the one thing keeping me from grabbing this because a lot of that looks like a pain in the ass to do

>>11601965
i actually don't want to apply most of them because i think the clothes look better just black. but i don't know if any parts are prepainted, never built a plama* kit

>>11600789
still think she should've come with some reverse joint legs or something. Feels weird how she's got all this stuff going on with her top half and then the bottom half's just bare

Vampire's pretty big

>>11602071
All Chinese girls boxes are big, they solve a lot of problems with "just throw more runners lol" solution.

Finished with Kuro Mao!
I really enjoy her color scheme and face plates more than what the original had.
She also does come with the original cat faces for the white details if you don't like the XD ones and a flesh-tone tummy.
Those paws were hell to cement and sand together into a single piece. The set actually includes the pawpads in that brown color as a result of runner reuse, so you could mix and match.
At one point I thought about replacing the holding paw nails with bits of pink runner instead of try to paint it.

Calico Mao akin to Type 10 Gourai when?

>>11602071
I was tempted to get it but when I saw the box, I had to go no due to the shipping cost.

>>11601970
Thats just how I built her. I liked the idea of having the top heavy armor with the claw gatling needing to be so high up anyway to be our of the way of her arms. It also helps hide how little the armor she comes with actually is able to do.

Does anyone here have one of these armor sets who'd be willing to share measurements of the "waist" parts? I want to use it as a short cape for a 30mf custom and I'm trying to get an idea of how much I'll need to mod it.
This is the koto MSG ex armor type E

>>11602324
Seem to be fitting for a skirt but for cape I guess it would be a bit too tight from the front. And require some different part to connect to backpack but that's less of a problem.

Suruga-ya is tempting with free shipping and okay prices compared to European shops. Are these guys legit and safe? Do they ship to Europe?

>>11602246
>Calico Mao akin to Type 10 Gourai when?
I'm hoping they'll do more with the block 2-S body soon, every available version of it is cute cute cute. I don't think they'd do this, but I would also take a block 2 kit that's just stand alone like the SST dress up bodies.

>>11602414
suruga-ya is amiamis cool older brother. at least when it comes to physical stores

>>11602324
>mixing Bandai and Koto

My poor autism.

>>11602450
They surely will. Mao was a massive success and Kuro Mao seems super popular as well. There is usually a significant mold upgrade or msg conversion for a set of girls like the Raptors and Foxes, or EX Bullet Knights and Grandma/QoH. Swapping the animal pairs or making a new extra small type body and L type pair would be cool.

>>11601343
The vfg König is fairly decent, just remember to sand your joints. And if you're getting the one with the catgirl do note the manual is wrong about how the legs transform. When you go to extend them, there's an armature it tells you to move, but that makes it block them from extending. The new release with the purple haired girl might have corrected that part of the manual...

Uh oh

>>11602414
Yes and yes.
Do note, however, that they have a JP site as well, and the global site has baked in higher prices compared to the JP one to mostly make up for the "free" shipping.
However, it can sometimes still turn out to be cheaper to order directly from suruga-ya global compared to the JP site + going through a proxy or forwarder. It depends on how high the gaijin tax is compared to the potential shipping costs you'd save.

>>11602767
kek, based

Isn't it strange the only full armored AUV Amaterasu is only the Eclipse color? Did they soft cancel the original colors?

>>11602414
At least when shipping to the UK, Suruga-ya get some great prices when they've got the free shipping and bulk order offers on. To use an example, the new red Hexa Gear dude goes for about 11k before shipping on HLJ, and he's in one of the big boxes Koto do, so he's an arm and a leg to ship there. On Suruga-ya with both promos on I got him for not much more than retail, with fairly speedy EMS shipping, and a good deal on a Frame Arms chap.
They seem to run the free shipping promo very regularly so it's worth keeping an eye on them if there's bits you're after.

>>11602859
Well, I was in particular looking at two kits, Brave Girl 2 and Arcanadea Ermeda. Compared to Mandarake, first cost the same, second is around 20€ more expensive but that's still less than what I would pay for EMS and overall tax will be lower as well since it's calculated based on total amount paid (stupid but whatever). But that's only assuming that free shipping.

>>11602917
>But that's only assuming that free shipping.
Don't be fooled by the "only now!!!1", they basically almost always have that promo with a few days inbetween when they don't.
Sounds like it should probably work out favorably in your case, then.

>>11602767
Considering she and the wizards so far are both completely cast-off, this is more or less exactly what the creators intended for them.

>>11603107
I can't wait for the snake lady. I hope I can get a second one at some point to make her super long.

Today I learned that the UK is going to do customs fees on all parcels entering the cunt- not just ones over £135.

>>11603113
You're fucking joking, right?

>>11603116
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/22/rachel-reeves-budget-low-value-imports-tax-loophole-shein-temu

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c078j4kylz3o

Sorry about the Guardian link.

>>11603106
This guy has heard of Hatsune Migu.

>>11603107
I need Gii in my life. I can't wait to get her, then drop her in my ba klog for two years before snapfitting her.

>>11603118
It was the one thing that was going well, and they just had to ruin it. All that'll happen is chinese sellers will undervalue parcels like always and everyone else gets screwed. I do not want to give Parcelforce £13 because they paid my £8 import tax the scummy bastards.

>>11603175
This kit makes me upset a little.
There could've been a proper harpy girl.
There could've been an attempt at a djinni girl, harem pants with a waist down ghost tail to connect to a typical lamp.
But instead we got a mix of both with megazord-tier combination and jarring color mismatch.

>>11602869
Would it be cheaper to use a proxy to buy from koto's jp store, or buy right off their English store and tank the tariffs? I want the Arcanadea kits but want the extras. One of my favorites is sold out too and I don't know how often EN restocks

>>11603182
Might've been supposed to be more of a garuda, so neither a western harpy nor a djinn.

>>11603175
no escape from those damned jinns
أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطانِ الرَّجِيْمِ

>>11603106
I want the Frame Artist Migu so bad, but it's sold out or heavily jacked up in price nowadays.

>>11603493
That's not true

I'm looking at these megami device faceplate sets and there's a bunch of different subsets: AUV, SOL, etc. Are they all relatively the same size? And are the colors between sets the same? Color A on one doesn't always look like A on another.

Feels kinda weird that Kagutsuchi isn't even out yet and there's already a variant for preorder. I don't remember other kits getting variants before the original was even released.

>>11603519
Some faceplates can be finagled to work across certain family lines, but many don't. As a rule of thumb, get faceplates meant for whichever head core you'll be working with. Otherwise you might find yourself needing to heavily modify things to work (lul, SOL faceplate on an AUV head core). Colors are the same. Koto is very consistent with their skin coloring. If it says A, then it's A, and so on and so forth. If you notice a difference when the items are IN HAND, then that's a factory defect.

>>11603546
It's because of the comical length of time Kagutsuchi's been in development. They most likely decided to do the variants shortly after greenlighting the initial Kagutsuchi project, and after her design was done the other two were probably already near completion too. Fencer's initial prototype was probably under construction a while ago once the base kit was given the production greenlight. When your project is delayed to nearly divinely comical lengths like this, the workers have a looooot of time to work out numerous kinks while other parts of the development pipeline are being solved.

>>11600052
Younger sister, but still... you know what I mean. Can't say it because it isn't /ctg/. Oh, and pre-orders have opened today for Otsu.

>>11603570
Kinda inexcuseable that both Kagutsuchi-Kou and Otsu have proper release windows, but AUV Amaterasu only got variants released first before the final version, and even then, THAT final complete design was still not made.

>>11601806
need more robot girls with this kinda bodyplan

has any anon heard of Witch's Treasure Box before
they are to be taiwanese (?) group making megami device parts. they dont seem to sell anywhere in english but they made some shill posts on reddit

Made my first order on Suruga-ya, in the end it went even less since there was this promo with "bulk purchase". Now I wonder how long I would wait for them to process the order and if it will end up okay...

>>11603566
Thanks, but that still didn't answer my question.
Are they all relatively the same size?
I know I'm going to have to do some modding regardless since I'm using them for a custom, ie not on any of the intended kits.

>>11603621
Suruga-ya's great. They usually ship things out super quick unless they had an ungodly busy order period.
>>11603663
Oh, yeah. If it's strictly measurements you're concerned about then they're roughly the same size. Some of them have much shorter top halves, but that's almost always covered by the hair anyways. The amount of real estate the actual faces take up are roughly the same.
>>11603608
They make some really nice stuff, but it's all RIDICULOUSLY expensive for what it is. Even more so than normal most of the time. They sell via Ruten last I checked, but you can talk to them on their Facebook page and arrange shipping to wherever. They're usually pretty nice. I haven't ordered anything from them in eons, but I doubt any of that has changed.
>>11603600
Yeah, that bit of the AUV history sucks. I think Kagutsuchi was planned earlier, but I might be misremembering that. That said, I don't know what happened with the AUV planning pipeline, but something definitely got fucked up there along the way. Three Regalia forms, but only one full AUV is fuckin' weird.

>>11603182
>>11603313
She's a garuda with a djinn for a familiar.
And she thinks curry is something you drink to stay hydrated. I can only make like atlas and shrug.

>>11603608
>>11603609
They get sold on booth periodically by some group sellers.

What would be the best kit/option set to kitbash with Puni Mofu Xaio to give her actual digitigrade legs and bird feet?
Or would I just be better off trying to scratch build them?
I have an idea on how to do it, but a kitbash would save me a bunch of time...

Didn't see it mentioned here, but we're getting a dark version of the XenoAlma set to match Soffiera and Dark Lumitea; preorder bonus is some clear effect parts.

>>11603965
I don't think any proper parts like this exist, especially ones that would look within scale on teeny tiny Punis. You could probably gank a number of limb parts from some Hexa Gear beasts, but even those might be too big. I'd say your best bet is a combo of scratch building the limbs and using extra joints from kits.

where nipples

>>11604211
Covered by those armor bits, have you never seen fat titty nipples pointing outwards?

>>11603965
Hexa gear booster packs.

>order is 44k yen
>this fucking duty
Is the duty fee from JP to USA 23%?
>>11604105
Tempted to get that.

>>11604300
3D printer version is cheaper and looks far better
https://sagamiindustry.booth.pm/items/2188462

>>11604300
been eyeing hexa gear for a while, does it have good compatibility with the 30 minutes line?

ah yes my favorite megami device, Ballistic Dragon Kaiser
https://x.com/biyo2_nobi2/status/1979826506882060374

>>11604305
*smug euro voice* heh, first time?
>>11604211
why are the preorder bonuses shit half the time? why do they hate gaijins?

Fat kunt bollocks

https://x.com/HOBBYBASE1/status/1981614187941089322
extra hand for modding

>>11604606
Ah yes, the double peace signs, my favourite.

>>11604609
What kit is that

>>11604611
Nuke Natrix Fox Vivienne. Probably she have more proper kit name but that's how you can find her at stores.

*Nuke Matrix, sorry.

>>11594854 (OP)
cloaka

>>11604311
NTA but thanks for bringing this to my attention. Booth designers selling STLs are far too rare and this stuff looks awesome.

>>11604547
Yup first time and no i never made fun of people for tarrifs because thats fucked up that to laugh at other people for paying more.
It's """"only""""" 7 usd more per item but thats building up quick.

>>11604160
What I thought of doing was removing the puni feet and extending the leg from that point into the bird foot.
I still want to keep the somewhat soft shapes of the original leg with this sort of an expansion.

Velretta ReACT-P (and her red preorder bonus hair) is here. I like how her box art looks - don't remember seeing any pics of it until now.
...and into the backlog she goes. Still got to finish Charmed and Ermeda before I even think of touching her.