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For those new to gunpla/plamo or even just new to this thread; please read the guide. Please read it before asking questions as there is a chance it has already been answered there.
For those unfamiliar, "plamo" is a shortened form of "plastic model". If it's made of plastic, someone can probably help you here.
If you're new, you're gonna fuck up. Don't worry! If you're experienced, dont make the new people worry!
>Why won't anyone answer my question?
Try being specific, especially about your materials and process. Post pictures whenever possible; even if the kit/part looks bad, you are more likely to get help posting pictures.
>Links
A guide to other types of plamo:
http://www.mediafire.com/view/1vf1aw7v91pz5pa/Airfix%20Model%20World%20Specia%20-By-Step
Kawaguchi Gunpla tips:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJV1h9xQ7Hx-SoCOivVEHNDOl16VWLB3A
Gundam Lineart:
http://seesaawiki.jp/nuriesozai/lite/d/MenuBar1
https://gundma.imgur.com/
Another gunpla guide:
http://funakatown.com/images/Building_Gunpla_Final.pdf
June Restock: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iDQXNM56s6aGj_AJASi1HELsBBt5df2g8v2z43GKk7o/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=0
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Old Thread>>14362062
1st for HGCE Destiny Gundam inevitable
>>14374371
you say that as if there's a problem with that
>>14374380
>yet another seed kit.
Giant Macross plamo.
>>14374391
how much is this gonna cost estimated?
i REALLY need it.
>>14374394
It is from MAXFACTORY, so probably a lot.
>>14374391
Speaking of which, did we ever get a release date for the 1/72 Siegfried for this month? I have it pre-ordered so I was just wondering
So I just found out that Aoshima made pre-painted model cars. It seems that Bandai and Koto aren't the only one who pander to non-painter, huh.
Kinda disapointed to learn that the DM Strike Shoulder packs are replacements for the shouklders and not external add ons like the Bandai, but I guess that's the difference in engineering between Bandai and the pirates
>>14374429
http://bandai-hobby.net/site/newitem.html
25/6
>>14374387
It's SEED or HGUC. Pick your poison because nothing else is getting kits unless it's a new show.
>>14374658
what this
D'aww.
>>14374371
>Impulse, Strike, Freedom and Destiny all have HGCE's
poor Athrun.
>>14374684
He'll get one eventually Fllay.
>>14374676
> RG Zeta
I'd be crying too.
>>14374684
It's probably because he's not main charcter enough. He's just the side kick to Jesus and Oscar.
I am making a thing
none of the joints are glued and he isnt glued down so his articulation is intact.
working on thickening the trees atm.
>>14374665
Alright, thanks
>Frame arms girls
When will the cancer end?I recognize its a necessary evil. There are more degenerates buying FAGs than people buying frame arms kits. I just hope they don't abandon the frame arms in favor of the girls. Bandai would.
>>14374324
>love building Gunpla
>have a hard time holding a job due to illnesses
>never have the cash to pursue latest idea
>always uninterested with my current kits due to my current ideas
>don't have confidence in my own skills to finish my customs
>by the time I get into the building groove a new job always starts up and ends the same way
It's a vicious cycle of heart break and no confidence. I feel drained just looking thinking about my gunpla
>>14375423
They probably won't Frame Arms seem to sell pretty decently as-is. Not to mention they're already milking the cute girls people with the addition of the Cu-poche line.Which according to that other thread will be releasing Frame Arms Girls soon toothough I for one embrace the mecha musume
>>14375423
>I just hope they don't abandon the frame arms in favor of the girls.
Koto just announced two new kits.actually, it is really just one which you can put together in two different ways.
>>14375448
If you're really sick so often then just start cheating disability benefits.
Join the thousands, if not millions of your fellow citizens in reclaiming your tax dollars for personal gain!
Guys, i'm thinking of buying the Crossbone Gundam X-1 Full Cloth. Should I expect any problems building it?
>>14375521
Peacock smasher is heavy as hell
>>14375514
Change the colors and it looks like a Verus mixed with the Ares.
This kit started out as a poorly done paint job, but after trying to remove the paint it looked like weathering, and now the whole thing is done, how does it look?
http://m.imgur.com/a/9x6OT
>>14375674
>painting with the safety flags left on
I'm so triggered right now
>he panel lined the safety flags
THAT'S NOT HOW YOU FU
>>14375521
Don't expect it to be able to hold the Peacock Smasher or the Muramasa Blaster without doing some modifications first.
Panel lining the 1/100 Grimgerde right now.
Damn I've fallen for this design hard. Such a shame it was barely animated in the show, I love everything about it.
It could use a little more white on its color scheme tho.
How is Katoki's MG Hi-nu ? Is the original better or really dated?
Any tank/ship/plane/diorama-fags here? Do you post or lurk any other communities outside /m/? Any suggested forum to broaden my horizons?
>>14375845
/toy/ has a dedicated non-gunpla plamo thread
so how do i use my hlj coupons? before confirming an order or when i get the paypal mail?
>>14375855
This >>>/toy/5733109 ?
I will try to ask there, thanks.
>>14375829
Dumb looking. Just get that beautiful royal blue.
Then again,
>hi-nu
Just get the nu.
>>14375882
>just get this completely different design
You want a Zaku? Just get the RX78-2.
>>14375888
Tbh, that's a pretty good suggestion. Zakus a shit.
>>14375674
I've said it over and over again.
Random black smudges =/= weathering.
Sup nerds. I've been out of the loop for a while (last kit I bought was MG RX-78-2 3.0 and I never finished it because I lost the fucking head crest during a move goddammit) but I've been watching my new Zeta blu-rays and I'm getting that itch.
Is there any scuttlebutt on an MG Zeta 3.0? Is the RG kit worth it?
>>14375829
If you go in expecting the Nu Ver. Ka but better, you'll be left a little wanting. It's really solid though.
The original MG isn't that bad, but the Ver. Ka is mechanically better in every way and it just looks like ass in comparison to Katoki's, seriously. It's not the Hi-Nu without THICC.
>>14375946
>MG Zeta 3.0
Kek fuck no.
From what I've heard about the RG is that it's basically a hand grenade, so depending on your country it might illegal to own it.
>>14375946
Based on what other anons have said, you can transform the RG Zeta ~3 times before it breaks.
>>14375950
I like how the one on the left looks more
>>14375950
Dem Katoki proportions
>>14375926
What smudges? The one on the legs? Anything other then that?
>>14375959
>>14375965
Fuck. I'll probably just get the 2.0 then, and with my luck a 3.0 prototype will show up at a show next month.
>>14375789
I fucking know right? I originally thought it was pretty cool, but once I built the kit i fell in love with it. It definitely deserved more screen time.
>>14376029
Plastic pieces that assemble to form a robot, probably.
>>14376000
don't listen to them anon I like my RG zeta in robot mode a lot more than the MG 2.0
So I was browsing through my old email and I found one from Hobbysearch on the 2nd of June saying that 00 Raiser 1/100 NG Designer color ver. is getting a restock in August. Does this mean that the other 1/100 NG 00 Designer versions might be reprinted as well? I'm rather new to this hobby so I don't know if the 00 Raiser Designer ver. gets restocked more often than the others.
I know that the normal 1/100 NGs are getting restocked next month, but I really want those LED on the S2 units.
>>14376223
http://hlj.com/scripts/hljlist?Word=1/100+designer+gundam&DisplayMode=images&Dis=2&Sort=std&qid=CCJQRKTY2F3YQ&set=1&q=1&SeriesID2=3223
Seems like they are all backordered.
>>14376233
>On HLJ they are all backordered
That's just HLJ being HLJ. Backordered is their way of saying out of stock, but you'll be put on a list for if it ever does come back. The same kit could be backordered for a year and you still won't get it.
>>14376223
It's possible but as the 1/100 Designer ver hasn't seen a reprint in literal years it's not exactly probable.
Also I think if such a high interest kit was getting a reprint amiami would already have preorders up, like they have for every 00 reprinting so far. Both the 00 HGs and the 00 1/100's have had preorders available for about two months prior. I'd be really surprised if such a sought after kit didn't get the same treatment.
>>14375514
>>14375520
this one is way better than the other
>>14376364
It is the same kit, just arms and legs swapped and different extras (rifle or hands).
>got good job
> can get all the gunpla I want
> no time because of job and gf
> my backlog is increasing exponentially.
and I just purchased a pg zaku. I would love a nice middle ground.
>>14376438
>and gf
Gunpla > gf
>>14376438
Basically this
>>14376438
Donate some to me
>>14376438
>>14376443
Just make you're gf a gunpla gf
Gunpla gf > gunpla > gf
>>14376438
I'm in the same boat. For now, I'm snapping kits as they come, but only paint those that will be on display.
>>14376462
Yeah that's pretty much what I'm doing. I've got like 4 kits buildt that are waiting to be painted
So what are the exact release dates for MG Powered GM, HG Origin Gundam Local Type, and MG Full Armor Gundam next month?
Guys, does anyone know when does amiami restocks "builders parts" series?
I need some for a future custom
Working on my first custom, so far pretty simple, 00 with the harute head and right arm.
I want to do something fairly asymmetrical, but not sure where to go from here.
>>14376438
>>14376443
>>14376458
>tfw my gf wants to make the Super Fumina as practice for her BJD's
>tfw she wants to build the Tieren Taozi because Pink is her aesthetic
I'm thinking about getting her a Strike Rouge, maybe even another pink MS if I can find one. Char's Zaku is out of the question since she despises Char with a burning passion.
I'm kinda in the same boat in that I can't paint, just snap and panel line with Gundam Markers, and decal/sticker kits because I'm moving in July, and am currently staying at my parent's house in between the move. I don't wanna spill paint anywhere, and also don't want to try to dig through my packed stuff and find the paint.
>>14376507
Do they even reprint the builder's parts? I've been seeing the costs for those on Amazon fluctuate a lot. I thought I heard that the Weapon System builder's parts are discontinued, but idk, Bandai does some crazy things.
>>14376527
If you want true asymmetry start with the head
Make one side rounded and clean, and leave the other side that stock kind of jagged
Then, you use that to influence the rest of your design.
If I could suggest a Transient arm with a 00Qant backpack I feel like you'd be most of the way toward an asymmetrical 00
Maybe a leg off of the 007S/G?
>>14376531
get her the RG Strike Rouge so she has something more detailed to work with.
Maybe Geara/Rozen Zulu?
>>14376527
Why don't you swap out the right shoulder piece for something else and remove/replace the drive on the right side.
>>14375502
>reclaiming your tax dollars for personal gain!
Fuck yeah dude I love being disabled and stealing that MASSIVE $2000 a month to buy crack and hookers. Somebody call the conservative police on me before I start buying imported goods with America's money!
Still have a ton of touch ups to do on this, but I'm digging how the color scheme turned out. Gotta strip some parts though.
>>14376539
I feel dumb for not thinking of the head. I like the harute head, and was thinking of something a bit more subtle than the fenice,
>>14376554
I haven;t watched 00 in a while, but the GN drives are a means of propulsion right? I was thinking of maybe only mounting one side of the raiser, but I think keeping both drives, or taking both off.
>>14376584
>disabled
There's the debate.
>Somebody call the conservative police on me before I start buying imported goods with America's money!
Competition is good.
>reclaiming your tax dollars
Only a statist would be mad about that. An actual "conservative"--whatever this is supposed to mean--would probably laud you for that.
For the anon wondering where I got the G Unit kits, they were at my local hobbytown USA, and was the case for some other anons on /toy/
>>14375550
Speaking of Xenoblade:
HYPE HYPE HYPE
Is there any guides, or is even possible to do stuff like this with styro/plaplate?
Another update on my current build
Hi Nu now has shoes and shorts
So far so good, but I HATE the bending mechanism they implemented this time, which depends entirely of a weird channel-slot piece right at the knee
In my case, the thing is so loose that by merely picking it up, the legs immediately bend 90° backwards, good grief I plan to leave this merely standing up once it is complete
>>14376890
>ver ka.
There's the mistake.
>>14376861
Gundam Scratch Build Manual 2 has a very easy tutorial for making all shapes of thrusters with polyester putty.
That book is worth its weight in gold.
www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4048913832/
Ships internationally.
>>14376546
I was thinking of getting her the MG Strike Rouge, since it's bigger, and not as fragile as RG's. How is the fragility of the RG Strike? I've only build the Freedom, and my sister the Strike Freedom and Destiny. There's also the Justice, or the Aegis MG/HG. Any other pink, not-Char kits out there? Her favorite colors are pink and light blue, so a pink and light blue one would probably make her day.
>>14376599
It looks a lot like the Red Astray's color scheme. You're gonna panel line it, right?
>>14376890
Really digging your Hi-Nu. Did you paint the silver on the ball joints, or is that how it comes stock?
I've actually just finished putting the decals on my Nu ver ka. Gonna top coat it tomorrow, since it's dark out, and I don't want it to get too humid and mess up the top coat.
>>14374658
Dem fags look sweet.
>>14376935
I think there's also a pirate available on Sadpanda of all places.
>>14376938
so far, I painted the inner frame with gunmetal, used gold and silver for the balljoints at the hips, shoulders and ankles
hi nu has LESS decals than the nu
>>14376935
>>14376970
Thanks anon, I will look into it.
>>14376970
The first book is crappy photos instead of scans.
The second book is partially a combination of the monthly hobby magazine articles which were scanned but the final book has lots of edits and extra stuff.But cmon it's the price of a low end MG and literally has infinite potential.
>>14376854
I'm glad I'm not the only one here with a pre-order
>>14376854
>>14377016
Ares when?
>>14376938
I've built the strike recently and can say it's pretty decently sturdy. The only parts that ever give me any grief, and only after extended play, are the bicep armor and the armor piece for the ankle guards.
For the former I think it's because they have the sliding armor going for the arms, but for the latter it's just a relatively loose connection I haven't really bothered to troubleshoot. Neither of them are particularly bad.
There's really not a large number of pink suits to choose from, though. At least, not a lot that come to mind.
Anything coming in the /m/ail, m8s?
>>14377153
Forgot fucking pic.
>>14376709
It's hard to do subtle asymmetry without it looking mismatched.
>>14377171
Gonna start on my DX after I finish this RG Destiny (which is taking me fucking forever, if I haven't said so alreadyI have).
Other than that, nothing on the horizon for a while. I've got most of the kits I want. Still looking out for a Zudah, but nope nothing for awhile.
I just got my DX, V2AB and V-, in the mail last week, however.
>>14375789
Here's a shitty photo with my shitty phone of my shitty model halfway through the shitty panel lining. Can't really see the panel lining. I think they're kind of ok looking.
>>14377207
Grimgerde looks like shit. I dont understand why you people like it so much.
>>14374684
>no Slash Zaku Phantom aside from the bullshit "collectors grade"
GEORGE IS GETTIN UPSET
>>14377304
it just looks so fucking generic
>>14377304
Well it's not our fault you have shit taste.
>>14377171
I also nabbed an Origin MG. I bought myslef a Zaku II HG from Origin as well and a Gundam mk. II revive because I completely fucked up my first one beyond the amount of effort I want to put forth, which was my first kit. Rounding off my thing is a Freedom Revive and a few action bases
I have the Kyrios and Dynames 1/100 NG on backorder for next month as well. This is gonna be my biggest haul ever once those come in stock and anything else from July's restock list that interests me.
>>14377304
>MUH TALLJIZZ INTENSIFIES !!!
>>14377390
You're the one who likes it and you're calling me the one with shit taste?
The retard level of your post made me think I was in r/gunpla for a sec there.
>>14377541
Tallgeese was a good design though. It's an insult to the Tallgeese for that piece of shit to even be compared to it.
I have't built anything (I only do MGs) since Build Strike
What are the new releases after that for MG beside Freedom 2.0 and Hi Nu?
>tfw already have Freedom
what's the difference between the original and 2.0 beside the 100 times better cover art?
>>14377568
Notable ones are the Fenice MG, Origin RX-78-2, Edgy Exia, and Double X.
Be careful with your freedom legs.
>>14377555
Ok ok you win.The Grimgerde is better than the Tallgeese.
>>14377555
>LOL XD look at me! i made a le reddit reference!!
nah son, you have shit taste. kys.
>>14377595
holy fucking shit
this happened to my strike freedom full burst after a week
i was so fucking mad
thanks I think I might have to rethink the decision even though I'm a freedomfag, what about hi nu?
>>14377600
Also a bit off topic but anyone have a high res scan of freedom 2.0 box art?
>>14377568
>I only build MGs
Go grab an IBO or Origin kit and have some fun putting it together for a change of pace.
As for new MGs we've got FA thunderbolt Gundam next month, and Psycho Zaku sometime in Autumn.
Can I have some advice of storing my gundam siunce I recently moved countries and I luckily kept ALL of my gundam boxes and put them all back in the box and still haven't take them out again yet
Do the parts and joints get weaker and shit?
>>14377603
I've been thinking about Hi Nu and the RE GP04 if I dont get Freedom 2.0
are Seed kits just bad? out of all the MGs I have I actually think 00 kits and Nu ver ka were so much better than the seed kits in everything
>>14377615
the polycaps might loosen after many years
but not really no unless you are in a tropical climate where it rapidly gets hot or cold.
>>14377599
>>14377596
Different anon, but the Grimgerde is completely retarded. Even if you can get past it's retarded long mouth thing and bunny ears, it's still basically all one garish shade of red barring the absurdly large amount of exposed parts, which are astonishingly primitive looking, and that shitty looking gold Skyrim paddlesword. It's armor isn't even consistent. Half the time it looks like it's trying to rip on the Swordfish and the other half it just has Graze parts slapped on. Each limb follows a vaguely consistent aesthetic, but the mobile suit as a whole fails to do so at all. Grimgerde is among the worst meme suits I've ever seen.
>>14377625
Just from Britain to Canada which was real cold
I'm scared of my v fins snapping off in the box maybe I should have removed them before putting in the box
>>14377600
Hi NU has no glaring issues from what I can tell, but I don't own one.
IIRC someone here a while ago got one and was bitching about how much waterslides there were and building the funnels is a ticket to no fun land.
>>14377604
I really fucking love the colors on the X and DX MGs.
Fuckdamnit, why doesn't the X have the harmonica?
>>14377043
I personally want the Urban
>>14377684
Because it'd be weird if the normal X had the Divider X's harmonica.
It'd be like giving the twin buster rifle to the Wing Gundam.
>>14377568
The Freedom 2.0 is similar to The Origin where it looks graceful and natural in basically any pose and some design features are better depending on your taste. I prefer the original Okawara design but the 2.0 has grown on me. I shaved off the parts on the cannons and shoulders and shit though since they look retarded
>>14377692
Not really, just make the kit 500 yen more expensive with interchangeable parts. Besides, the X isn't nearly as different from the X DV as the WZ is from Wing.
I just want the harmonica so I can give it to the DX for best X.
>>14377623
the gat series mgs are considered some of the best
What are some HG kits that feel bulky, hefty, sturdy, etc? Like I built an AGE 1 Normal and an Acguy one after the other and I just felt like I had more fun with the huge Acguy while I was worried I was gonna break the Age. So I want to try out more bigger mobile suits. And please don't tell me to just buy MGs instead.
Also, it feels like newer designs just get slimmer and slimmer with their proportions. Do you think that's just a design aesthetic or is Banrise it wanting to make cheaper kits? Line up an older zaku kit against an Origin one and it's freaky how much smaller they made the Origin one.
>>14377682
I've built enough funnels now I have both strike freedom and nu Ver ka
Both kits were a fucking disappointment I don't know if I want to get hi nu now
I still can't believe what full burst did to me I should have just bought the regular version
>>14377717
The original hi nu Ver ka was were received I think
Nearly as tall as average mg I think but I don't know I only build MG and tried RG once and it was fucking zeta
It's still sitting in its fucking box
Newer kits are less bulky and more detail from what I gathered on mg since I have the original freedom and was looking at 2.0
>>14377738
I didn't mean Ver ka it's late
It's the original hi nu HG
>>14377717
>Line up an older zaku kit against an Origin one and it's freaky how much smaller they made the Origin one.
They can't be saving that much plastic. In any case, going by body size the HG Thunderbolt Psycho Zaku is probably larger than any other 1:144 Zaku.
http://dalong.net/review/hg/ht05/p/ht05_45.jpg
http://dalong.net/review/hg/ho01/p/ho01_41.jpg
>>14377718
What's your frustration with the Nu ver Ka? The funnel connectors?
If that's the case then there's no worry, the funnels connect to the body in a different, more sturdy manner.
>>14376938
Light Blue bear guy family with future pink petite guy
>>14377767
So many fucking waterslides and impossible to pose without the stand
And building funnels was not fun and neither was waking up to them falling off the back
Not to mention the Fucking hand JUST HOLD THE FUCKING RIFLE AND STOP FALLING OFF REEEEEEE
But it's not the worst kit I've had, strike freedom full burst was
>>14377664
kys
>>14377786
>this guy understands mecha designs way more than me
>can't come up with a comeback
>lel kys m80
Well, at least I tried.
>>14377780
Just build a hg. MG is too much for you to handle.
>>14377829
It is still a solid kit I had fun building it
Just got tedious at the end
00 raiser was something j completely enjoyed and my favourite MG so far
>>14377043
>>14377686
You're all wrong
Inferno for life
>>14377881
shit taste
What was the best kit of each grade overall?
Also what's the difference between RE 1/100 and MG
>>14377664
Yeah? Well, you know, that's just like, your OPINION, man.
>get gundam breaker 3 because i'll never into customs on my own because im bad
>end up running stock geara doga for most of the game
>>14377172
Are there any good examples to use as reference? I guess just going all out asymmetrical with it may be easier.
>>14378022
That sounds fun af actually.
>>14378003
Such is the curse of video games.I've mused on the idea of 3D scanning runners and actually putting together a kit in 3DS Max and customizing it that way before building it. Might be fun.
>>14377780
>So many fucking waterslides
They're optional you know. You're not obligated to put all of them.
>>14377827
kys
>>14377717
Messala is nice and big
>>14377595
How would you even fix this issue?
Super glue? Buy the panels again?
>>14378027
Might even be able to do this with just a cheap Kinect, 3D Builder, and a model display turntable.
Fuck, now I really wanna do this.
>>14378120
Super Glue/Plastic cement, Pin Vise, metal rods.
>>14377983
It's hard to name a "best" kit in each grade, because so much is based on your preferences. However, the engineering of the kits keeps getting better as time progresses, with the exception of some of the HGBF kits as they use older molds for some of their parts.
It's difficult to go wrong with a recent HGUC for HG or a newish MG (e.g. Double X) for MG. I haven't built a PG kit so I'm going to stay away from talking about those, but I know that FG and AG kits aren't worth your time. As the guide says, you start having to deal with engineering and construction problems more once you build an MG older than the first Aile Strike. I'm partial to the Mg Hyaku Shiki 2.0, but I'd go to dalong and see what you like the aesthetics of, then go look more in-depth at the engineering.
RE/100 kits are MG-sized kits with less detail. Think 1/100 HGs with a little more detail than normal HGs but less than a comparable MG.
>>14377881
>Not Best Girl Lailah
All the XCX mechs are fucking sexy, okay?Except Amdusias.
>>14377171
Wave Knight Of Gold.
WHO /wels/ HERE?
>>14378170
I can agree there.Me thinks lvl30 Amdusias looks alrite desu desu.
MG X2 Crossbone any good?
>>14378285
I've read that it's got a few joint issues, but supposedly the Xbone frame is pretty solid.
Regardless of the proportion changes, the Revive Guncannon is still a damn sturdy kit.
>>14375504
>>14375509
This thing would be incredible if not for those retarded feet.
![IMG_0518[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/bavbJmG.jpg "IMG_0518[1].jpg")
>>14377153
I just got these in the mail.
>>14378350
>3 GN Archers
>FAG
>Neptuna dakimakura
It all makes sense.
>>14378350
Everyone's getting FAGs these days.
>>14378355
It's ok cause GN-Archer-chan is cute. CUTE!
Add
>PG Norn
>Kira portrait.
Fuck, I kinda want a PG.
I like 00, but I feel like there's something kinda weird about the PG's proportions.
>>14378360
Why don't you get one?
>>14378360
Not me, they're too expensive.
>>14378350
>hotgluing gn archers
>>14378362
You literally cannot go wrong with the Zeta PG. A friend of mine owns one. I'm jealous as fuck and working my way up to my own.
>>14378374
I honestly don't care for the Zeta enough to want it as a PG. That and I just really prefer the look of the RG to it.
Hell, there's something *off* really about nearly all of the PGs, except oddly enough, the Unicorn+variants and the Astraybut it's >so ugly
>>14378364
I'm waiting for the new ones.
>>14378355
>>14378360
I have another GN Archer built, and also a Materia Normal and Stylet.
Then I have two unbuilt White Materias, Gourai, Architect, and one Stylet and Normal Materia.
No double Jinrai because limited to one.
>>14378371
Lewd.
>>14377717
Virtue, Seravee, Gusion, Sinanju, Sazabi.
Nice big suits, off the top of my head.
>>14378350
>That picture of Jesus Yamato
>>14378393
Aren't a lot of PGs kinda old? That's probably why. Compare something like RG Zeta and RG Destiny to the MGs. The MGs get BTFO in everything from engineering to surface detail.
>>14378397
Why do you need four GN Archers? Do you do unholy things to them?
>>14378409
It was just 50 yen, and my walls are pretty much bare.
Will probably go up by SF and Freedom.
>>14378410
Well one has been done unholy things to, the others I got because I could customize a bit or maybe pass it to someone who wants one more.
>>14378430
>Well one has been done unholy things to
You monster.
>>14378397
I wish I had your income. I'm up to 3 rg's and 2 hg's.(and like 2 ag's)
>>14378434
I have a similarly sized backlog and I'm not a rich guy. It's all about budgeting and if you would rather have an HG or eat.
I choose the HG every time.
>>14378430
>Well one has been done unholy things to
Go on.
>>14378441
B A S E D
Food is for the weak
>>14378430
>Well one has been done unholy things to
Public ban, pls.
>>14378433
>>14378447
>>14378459Not-Plastic sement.
>>14378434
I'm lucky that I have it. For a few months ago I didn't even have one.
What's the point of having a GN Archer if not to debase it?
>>14378467
S L U T
>>14378472
>That yellowed plastic
>>14378475
>weathering
>>14378478
Hehe
Can't find glue bottle to fix right arm, and there's no way in hell that I'll be buying another
>>14378503
I know wrong guntank
Guys I will freely admit that Archer is best girl.
We need to give some of the other girls some screen time too though, honorable mention to G Arcane the new girl on the block.
>>14378520
G-Arcane has a snake face and man hands.
>>14378528
I don't see it friend, all I see is a young girl wishing she had been lucky enough to be born GN Arcane
>>14377153
RE/100 Efreet
1/100 Grimgerde
RG 00 Qanta
YF-23 Black Widow
1/100 Graze Kai
MG Gundam The Origin
1/144 Black Tristar Ortega: The Origin
1/144 V-Dash Gundam
1/144 Leopard Da Vinci
Lance/Double Blade
Shield
Double SMG
Bazooka/Handgun
>>14377153
Wing Zero Honoo and two Meteor Hoppers.
I have watched some tutorials on youtube and I keep seeing people saying "Now I am going to paint with lacquer" and then they use Tamiya's colors. Aren't those supposed to be acrylic or does Tamiya make lacquer too?
>>14376935
>That book is worth its weight in gold.
>still no scans
;_;
>>14378528
And a big chest too.
>>14377153
shiki 2.0
paint
>>14377153
MG Hi-Nu Ver Ka.
HG Dunbine
Inflatable Gouf Saber and Shield
>>14377153
>HG AGE 1/144 G-Xiphos
>HG 1/144 Gouf Ignited Isaac Custom Plastic Model
>HG 1/144 Gaia Gundam Plastic Model
>G Bouncer Plastic Model from "Mobile Suit Gundam AGE"
>HG 1/144 Zaku Warrior Live Concert Ver. Plastic Model
>Macross Delta 1/72 VF-31J Siegfried (Hayate Immelmann Custom) Plastic Model
>HG Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt 1/144 High-Mobility Zaku "Psycho Zaku" (GUNDAM THUNDERBOLT Ver.) Plastic Model
>M.S.G Modeling Support Goods - Weapon Unit 34. Knife Set
>Super Robot Chogokin - Ginat Robo THE ANIMATION VERSION "Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still"
>>14378602
>Inflatable Gouf Saber and Shield
Best beach equipment ever.
>>14378611
ZAKU JIA NAI
Wait you guys buy plamos in a huge bunch?
I rarely buy more than 2 MGs per purchase, is it cheaper to buy it in bunch? Where do you guys buy them from?
>>14378618
Generally you pay for shipping apart from just the weight. I think i will probably wait for some more HLJ sales on things I want before I send it all out. Just keep it in your private warehouse honestly.
>>14378618
It cuts back on shipping, especially express shipping.
My last order was about $180 in merch and $50 in shipping. I got EMS and it was in within a week. Consequently I could have bought about $80 dollars of that merch two weeks sooner, but the shipping would've been something like $30 or $40 depending on the weight, and then the shipping for the $100 dollars of other merch would've been another $30 or $40. Again, all with EMS.
Some people buy off of HLJ and use their private warehouse program to store kits until shipping them off in bulk, which achieves the same effect over time. Personally I use Amiami though.
>>14378602
>Not getting the Zaku water gun
>>14378656
Not available currently man
>Feels Bad Man
>>14378650
Does amiami have a private warehouse function? I've heard they're cheaper.
>>14378659
No they don't, but they are generally the cheapest and they update stock pretty regularly. I shop around but I like Amiami for their prices most especially. It helps that I generally only order things once in a few months so I'm not really impacted by the lack of private warehouse.
The comeuppance is that I do have to live with it if something I intended to get goes out of stock, but I usually plan around that possibility.
>>14378650
I use HLJ private warehouse and I find it pretty convenient.
>>14378662
Makes sense. I prefer HLJ for the ability to store shit up and send it all in one shot; it's mainly to save on shipping. Splitting up orders would essentially be paying a few extra kits' worth of money for nothing, and my working hours make collecting mail inconvenient, so I'd rather get them all in one go.
>>14377153
MG F91
Bunch of gundam markers
>>14377153
>HG Jim off amazon for group build attempt
>Going to order Plaplate and sculpting putty soon
>>14376438
I don't like when people complain about having things I can't have.
Maybe she will like me soon...
>>14378702
Gunpla > gf.
I just finished watching AGE.
Why is there no MG AGE-FX? I though bandai had a prototype.
>>14378707
Because AGE was an embarrassing flop.
Is there any way to get a decent quality WoundWort kit?
>>14378711
Seed kits sells so well though
>>14378711
So when they run out of design to remaster?
>>14378718
SEED wasn't an embarrassing flop. SEED was a huge success and sold like pies in the sky. AGE was so bad the only people watching by the end were diehard gunota who will watch anything.
10/10 kits though.
So guys this is my first time doing some panel lining, used a grey gundam marker and was wondering if it looks decent to any of you
I've done some on the blue parts too with a black marker but they don't seem to be standing out so well
>>14378728
Blue is a dark color so panel lines don't stand out very well, but it still looks much better than no lines. Also that looks good, not too thick.
I stopped using markers for gray lines because a 0.2/0.3 mechanical pencil is much easier to use and offers more control so you get some really nice subtle lines. And then there's panel washing.
>>14378733
Yeah, just a little dissapointed it's not standing out as much as i'd hoped for the darker colors, but at some parts I can notice a difference at least, also for red and yellow pieces, will the black be better for standing out than grey?
I've heard of the panel washing but i'm thinking i'll leave and learn that till i'm a little more familiar with everything else first
>>14378752
It depends on what you want. A lot of people use gray for yellow because black is too high contrast and brown for red as it looks very natural. For red you can try black too, it doesn't look bad if you go light.
So I just assembled my first 1/100 gunpla, and I just have one question:
How the fuck did they make hands? What sort of japanese voodoo have they used to make the joints bendable from a single sprue?
HOW?
>>14378705
I've been building nonstop for almost six months. Eventually I'm going to run out of money or find a gf. Then run out of money.
>>14378771
which 1/100? MG?
post pic anon
>>14378797
probably the zaku.
>>14378771
Nobody knows.
Some of the things Bandai does with plastic are literal magic that nobody can explain.
>>14378771
I had this same mindblowing euphoria during the build of my first RG.
Joints and fingers completely ready for use straight off the runner. They even managed to top that magic by making the Astray innerframe multicolored so it works OOB.
>>14378797
Its the 1/100 MG Gundam Origin. I was just stunned when I assembled the hands, as a long time warhammer player/collector I know a thing or two about plastic sprues and assembly. But this is just a league of its own.
HOW!? REVEAL YOUR SECRETS!
>>14378850
that's the new hands right?
where they are flexible and functional straight off the panel and no assembling needed
I never had that MG but of all the ones I had you still had to get each individual fingers and assemble the hand can you provide a pic?
the older 1/100 had much more simpler hands that's literally 2 pieces, I think my Nu Verka had the hand you're talking about but I can't remember, its been a couple years
>>14378860
I think these are the ones he's talking about.
>>14378850
I wanna say they just make a runner with the half the pieces, evenly spaced, like the palm and middle phalanges, and have the gates be really small, then just put that runner in the next mold (alternatively, just have the mold pull back on that parts where the other phalanges and wrist connector would be) that has all the other missing pieces and just re-pour into the new mold. Since the orginal pieces has such small gates, then it's easy to just bend the joints a little, and have them move, but not come undone.
That would explain why, if you pop one of the fingers out where the phalanges connect, they don't stay as secure, since the gate was the connecting factor. At least that's what I assume.
>>14378865
Oh those I like those
when I first got one I nearly didn't know where to cut since I was used to the old "thumb and first finger were seperate and then theres the rest 3 stuck together" and you gotta attack them to the palm and the back of the hand armor
>>14376861
think about the shapes you want to make, then cut out the pieces that would make that shape
that's really all there is to it, you just have to plan and use some problem solving
>>14378865
It's the same technique as RG frames...if you look at the material, you'll see it is made out of two types of plastics with different melting points/glass-transition temperatures.
>Mold core components in PP plastic (melting point ard 130 deg celsius)
>Insert cores into 2nd mold (not sure how exactly it's automated)
>Mold exterior components in ABS plastic (melting point ard 100 deg celsius)
>>14378904
That's the basic process I assumed they did. Although, the 3.0 hands seem to be made with the same plastic all around. I wonder how they get around the same melting point problem with those.
In other news, finally finished decaling and topcoating this guy! All I have right now is my shitty phone camera, but I'll try to find my good camera and set up an adhoc photo booth to take better pictures maybe, since it shouldn't be to much of a hassle. Any feedback?
>>14378995
Pretty nice
Why the inconsistent panel line darkness?
>>14379000
I used grey for all the panel lines, and some of them just wouldn't stay on, around parts where the actual armor bits separate for the "psychoframe" gimmick.
The calves just kinda rubbed off as I manhandled them and put decals on them. Might do some touch up tomorrow, after the topcoat has finished curing, but the oneson the shin I might have some trouble with, since they don't like to stay on when I pose him.
I'm only using Gundam Markers, as I've mentioned before, since all my paint is currently stored away in-between moves.
>>14378995
It's not the same plastic... if you look at the runner markings or the instruction manual it says ABS+PP. They managed to dye both plastics such that they look similar, that's impressive.
>>14378995
You look like you did a much better job than I did with my Nu Ver ka, I didn't even bother with all of the water slides because it was a hassle
Also what tools do you guys have for model building? I can't be arsed to turn on my vpn and open the google docs guide
I just use a small tool set box i got from amazon it does the job but I think I want more
is there any merits in top coating?
>>14379033
>is there any merits in top coating?
Yes, a few
>Ensures consistent gloss/matte texture throughout whole model
>Acts as sacrificial, protective external layer
>>14377153
>3 SAL boxes from HLJ sale
>1 SAL box from Hobby Search sale
ffffffffffffffffffffffffff
>>14379024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRafVSm0Hm8
Fucking Bandai with their black magic witchcraft. There's a reason their top tier!
>>14379033
I like the little decals and stickers since it makes the robot look more like a machine than a cartoon robot. Although, there is a charm to having a robot that looks like a cartoon, but that's what HG's are for.
As for tools, all I use are x-acto's and clippers. I have some sanding sticks I made from sand paper and Popsicle sticks, as well as a pin-vice and paint brushes/paints themselves from my 40K models. Also a mini screwdriver from the half-dozen or so laptops I've gone through that have needed replacement RAM/HDD's and the like, but that's mainly used when I need to make a stand.
Also, as >>14379038 put it, topcoat is good to make one consistent texture over the whole kit, as well as protects paints from chipping too much.
Also it keeps decals from sliding off and running away to start a family.
>>14378707
We'll get it one day.
We'll probably have to wait a long time though, like the MG GX
>>14378850
This. I used to be absolutely astounded that they had come up with the idea to have multiple colour plastics that fit together without glue. The stuff we see in gunpla these days blows it right out of the park.
How hard is it to get P Bandai stuff? That 21st Century Gouf looks pretty neat.
>>14379112
pretty easy
just expensive
