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For those unfamiliar, "Plamo" is a shortened form of "plastic model." If it's made of plastic, someone can probably help you here.
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The guide:
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1Tr8UyF2Xg5Ojqw0sxcO7oIG7IIsJPes3lMO5pHZKu5o
And a handy guide to other types of plamo:
http://www.mediafire.com/view/1vf1aw7v91pz5pa/Airfix%20Model%20World%20Specia%20(Scale%20Modelling%20Step-By-Step).pdf
http://www.scalemodelguide.com
Some lineart: http://seesaawiki.jp/nuriesozai/lite/d/MenuBar1
http://gundma.imgur.com/
Paint Matcher: http://scalemodeldb.com/paint
Old thread: >>5363175
Group Build
So, to reiterate, for this group build
Primary: white
Secondary: purple or pink (or both, fuck it)
Trim: gold
Due date: February 1st.
Email: [email protected]
Don't forget about the lineart in the OP.
2015: Nothing-to-write-home-about the Year
First for hungover and smelling like alcohol
>>5370646
I finished less kits than last year too. Probably because I got a full time job and moved into my own place which massively cuts into my free time.
>>5370647
it sucks man, i need to go to the gym today and I would like to paint but i feel like shit
i'll repost this here since last thread just went over and I feel no-one will check
how's the mg edgia dark matter? i think it looks pretty cool and if I bought some alclad ruby or something for the red parts and combo'd that with a flat matte black/charcoal on the dark parts it would probably look great
>>5370646
what notable kits did we get? rx 78-2 origin? the origin kits I guess?
>>5370656
yeah I did way less kits in 2015 than I did in 2015, i'll probably do less than 10 this year.
Let's fight some builds!
>>5370659
Origin kits, IBO kits, Super Fumina actually got a kit (With a messed up face), the FAGs were released, and I'd argue that the RE100 line had some great releases as well this year.
>>5370646
Yea i feel yea. Got an airbrush and only got like 2 kits painted before it broke on me and had a replacement prolly got stolen off the truck
>>5370646
Well I did finish a kit I bought over 5 years ago.
First Gunpla General of the year and OP pic is a fucking Memeguy.
This is going to be a shit year for Gunpla.
>>5370724
Maybe the shitposter on /m/ will care about your /m/-tier meme.
>>5370724
>getting this assblasted about one fucking pic
Golden boy and myself would like to say thanks, and happy new year.
>>5370734
You.
>shitposting barely into the new year
This gonna b gud
>>5370656
A damn shame, I enjoy your work usb desk-kun.
First build of 2016.
Would have been the last build of 2015 but I kept delaying on the pipes.
What's there to say, it's the 2.0 and it's great.
>>5370847
Are those fingers articulated?
Delicious.
>>5370847
What's up with the shoulder spikes?
>>5370881
that's the new hot style, all the coolest zeeks are wearing them like that now
>>5370881
Pretty sure it's a reference to that nubby Char's 2.0 or he's just waiting for some other spikes to arrive or both.
>>5370876
Yes. They are nice.
>>5370881
Reference to my nub zaku. That was a long time ago. Wanted to do it for this zaku II but I can't be bothered since it's only funny the first time.
>>5370646
200 pixel wide makes for a shitty compilation.
>>5370912
What did you do to that poor acguy? He looks so depressed.
This guy will be my first build of 2016, still have 3 days left of my holiday so I should be able to get pretty into it.
>>5370929
>Sorry, the zeon fist bump is full.
Happy New Year everybody! Let's make it a great one and make Plamor proud.
>>5370015
Do you have a way to get an accurate measurement of the yellow saber blades you currently have? If so, I have a pair I could probably give you.
>>5371085
The pegs for the saber handles, that is.
What are your general times to wait between coats for acrylic and enamel?
I'm starting 2016 with a classic kit
I will be doing the entire 1 year war range this year
>still have 3 hours till the new years
Well i plan on keeping it simple and have a gm planned to build tomorrow
>>5370940
I personally found the cable connecting the gun and tank thing a pain in the ass, other than that it's a fun build.
Can someone recommend a cheap/fine sandpaper that I could buy in a lowes/wal-mart/etc?
>>5371283
one of these two;
http://www.homedepot.com/p/General-Tools-Steel-Precision-File-Set-and-Canvas-Storage-Case-6-Piece-707476/100572556
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Nicholson-Hobby-File-Set-with-Pouch-6-Piece-per-Pack-42030/205215075
>>5370646
2015 was a pretty solid year for me. Mind the WIP Graze
>>5371352
Plus I already have a big project planned for 2016, which should last a month or two.
>>5371317
>http://www.homedepot.com/p/Nicholson-Hobby-File-Set-with-Pouch-6-Piece-per-Pack-42030/205215075
I own these and they are _way_ too rough for plastic.
So I got myself a few classic MSV kits.
And I do not know how am I supposed to go about this.
I am to glue shut everything down first and paint prime/paint the thing in one go, or am I to build and pain the thing like the modern kit?
And there are so many flashes and dips it is a pain in the butt just clean up the parts.
Leg leg torso head arm arm stabiliser wing wing shield shoulder shoulder side skirt side skirt.
I'm hungry.
>>5370646
Sorry for the low quality, my room has super shitty lighting for photos I think.
I started gunpla in April 2015. Crazy how I've accumulated so many over the year. I want to thank the many anons who have helped me improve my skills, model by model. Although I'm still mediocre in terms of cleaning up and tend to make some horrible gouge marks at times, and I've barely used cement glue to fix seamlines at all, but I want to improve next year and get some better painting tools and start weathering. Eventually I would like to make my own custom. Also to start putting waterslides on nu gundam and topcoat.
Thanks for reading my blog post, happy new year anons.
>>5371384
Youre supposed to glue it and paint is heavily needed to make it look good, but they are fun as fuck to build imo
>>5371384
I love cleaning out flash. Mind sending me the parts with excessive flash on them?
>>5371355
Is that a HGUC GP03 with 1/550 Dendrobium parts? Looks kinda cool.
And that Neue Ziel/Gerbera Tetra bash is sweet.
So I just purchased an Iwata Power Jet compressor from chicago airbrush supply. Should I have forked up the extra 30$ and gotten the Power Jet Pro? Also any opinions on this compressor?
>>5371538
Isn't this the model that is known for catching fire? I would've forked over the extra cash.
First set will be here tomorrow, i'm excited as fuck.
>>5371619
Get a load of this guy who wants to live forever.
>>5372011
>/toy/, how do I strip off Mr. Hobby acrylic flat topcoat and Vallejo detailing/weathering to completely repaint a kit?
I am not bright.
So it's been established that the easiest way to sand circular parts is to attach the offending piece to a drill or rotary tool and just spin it against something with a fine grit, but how do you actually fix the piece on there?
So for gbwc can you use any of the koto weapon sets or is that against the rules?
>>5372092
>>5371619
Fuck serious? -_-
>>5372092
>the easiest way to sand circular parts
What you've described is a lathe.
Unless your nub marks are somehow evenly distributed along the circumference of your part, using lathe to sand a piece makes 0 sense.
What you most likely need is a sanding sponge and some patience.
>>5372335
>Blutac
1/10 made me respond
>>5372427
>made me respond
Well i mean, if its for temporary keeping something held together than Blutac would work better than tape
>dalong just made a new section for old kits
http://dalong.net/review/old.htm
the hero we need
>>5372427
So is just using a sanding device that contours to the pieces my best bet for sanding stuff like verniers and wheels?
>>5372245
Anyone? Its kinda confusing since it says "no knock offs or third party"
My first WIP for the new year, been putting this off for almost a month
>>5372573
heeey we have the same keyboard
>>5372593
It's a good keyboard but the LEDs are too bright
>>5372560
Koto is considered third party AFAIK
Holy shit this turned out to be an annoying fucking build
Plus I still have to apply some stickers and clean up a few nub marks, then she'll be ready to pose and shelf.
>>5372713
1/100, think the larger one has the backdrop
>>5371538
anon how much is that? I have the badger TC910 and it looks similar. I've been using it for the better half of the year and it's been flawless for me.
>>5372560
No using a knockoff or third party as the base or straight up third party conversion kit.
I don't know if they changed it but you could generally get away with using parts from third party if you modded or customized them. In past years koto MSG stuff was fine as well as long as the base kit was bandai gunpla.
If you live in the US then shoot Bluefin an email about it and they can give you an official ruling.
>>5372724
There isn't one larger than 1/100 for the Musha Gundam. There's one without plating and no backdrop, then there is one with plating and backdrop.
>>5372793
Sweet ill ask them. I know that the bade kit has to be a bandai gunpla, just confused on koto for it. But if third party thats modded is allowed then i get to use my ex wings. Thanks anon!
>>5372640
I've always wanted to try kitbashing my keycaps.
What is the kanji to look up Frame Arms stuff on mandarake?
>>5372965
Cant you like, google translate that??
First build of 2016. Revive Mk. II. It's a pretty cool robot.
>>5372965
Just check the koto site
>>5372640
Aren't all keyboards just 1:1, functional scale models of the prototype keyboard?
2015 sure was a slow year in plamo for me.
>>5373087
Quality over quantity.
>>5373087
I am in love with that little hasegawa guy you did.
>>5373087
My 2016 Gunpla Goal is to pump out at least one model that looks half as good as richigos works. I also wanna at least snapfit a lot of the kits in my massive backlog till I'm ready to paint them.
>>5373128
Still can't wait to see that PG Unicorn all together in sync with Wizards in Winter.
>>5373135
oo there are a set on hlj right now, tempted to get them
not sure what my next build will be though, I have a hg graze in my private warehouse and thats it at the moment.
>>5373142
I hadnt even thought of using it as a sound visualizer....
What color do you guys paint grey weapons? Ive been just doing details in color then topcoating but with my purple sinanju Im wondering if I could bring some new colors into the mix with the rifle and bazooka
>>5373135
My goal is to enter gbwc. I know i wont win cuz of all the sengoku full armor destroy mode builds, but still would like to see how far i can get with my diorama
Finally finished it.
Gonna go stuff my face with sushi now.
>>5373128
I think GM style, I think i'll pick up a set, its only 1760 yen and they look like good practice.
I also want to do a candy coated kit this year, I have an MG Gouf lying around so that'll probably be the one.
>>5373166
flat black and a few dull metalllics
>>5373167
I wish the GBWC included the UK....
>>5373187
do it, you get 2 in a pack too remember.
>>5373184
No cheating anon, you started that kit on last year.
>>5373192
Finished it this year though, so counting it as a 2016 build.
So nerrrrr
>>5373184
What kinds of sushi?
>>5373184
Is this kit a redeco of the 1.0 or 2.0? How's the articulation?
>>5373199
Neither.
>>5373191
There's no uk bluefin?
>>5373191
fuck it, into the private warehouse it goes until the graze gets to HLJ on the 14th
>>5373199
zeta plus is its own mold
>>5373184
looks great anon, i've almost finished my zeta plus but I needed to strip and repaint the chest as well as the weapons. still waiting on the decals i ordered off samueldecal too
>>5373217
Bluefin is the name of the official american distributor of gunpla who agreed to hold and supervise gbwc for the US. UK has no official group that wants to. I think Italy is the only European country that does.
>joint was moving fine yesterday
>trying to move it now
>its completely stuck
>took it apart
>no idea what the fuck is wrong
Did glue get in there by accident? Christ this is so annoying. And I was almost finished with the entire model.
>>5373269
>joint was moving perfectly fine
>disassemble for painting
>ball twists off with the socket
Looking at you, loto.
>>5373282
>>5373269
>Joint was moving just fine yesterday
>Move it today
>Some paint scrapes off
>>5373269
AND NOW I DROPPED THE ARM PIECE ONTO THE FLOOR AND CAN'T FIND IT.
>>5373332
Do you have a masochist streak or something?
>>5373163
Do eeeet.
It's been a full year since the guide was last updated, so we changed up the recommendation list and spruced up the airbrush/painting section a bit.
Also I will get more people to buy MG Double X if it is the last damn thing I do.
>>5373403
>get more people to buy MG Double X
what for?
>>5373406
Because I really love it.
Also Rinascita Alba is actually pretty cool.
>>5371317
What are you trying to pull here?
Again I ask; can someone recommend a cheap/fine sandpaper that I could buy in a lowes/wal-mart/etc?
>>5373087
How did you make Xi Gundam?
Resin or third party?
>>5373491
Thats the model comprehension xi gundoom. Its a pretty funass build, except the 1/144 version is prone to exploding. I think he also used metal detail parts on it
Progress shot.
All that's left to do is make his scarf.
I'm deciding if I should do any cool modifications to him. His shield is blank and I think a shitty Protomen reference would be in bad taste.
>>5373469
Walmart has a package of 1000, 1500, 2000, and 2500 grit in the automobile section.
>want to build
>try to cut nubs with a hobby knife
>hands are trembling like there's a 3.0 earthquake in the background
I don't know what is happening to my body but I don't like it.
>>5373603
lay off the crack
Would anyone be interested in a VP 1/144 Messala recast?
Guys, I think I'm only gonna buy one, single Gunpla a month this year. I need to save up some money.
Good thing I have a huge backlog. Just hope to fuck the 3rd parties don't release anything awesome. Or Bandai doesn't release the RE/100 Kshatriya along with a restock of the Neo Zeong.
>>5373713
Please give me a bit of your strength of will. Because I need to cut back as well.
Anybody have a picture of their HG F91 Gundam?
I want to see what it looks like without any paints, all I've seen are "touched up" pictures with paint or shifty lighting.
I'm still gonna buy it, but I want to know what I should expect.
>>5373547
Yea the 1/100 is mechanicore and the 1/144 is mc. the 1/144 is slightly bigger than the mg rx78 3.0 so i wonder how big the 1/100 is compared to a mg kit
>>5373719
huh, if i DA only knew how LONG it would've taken to post a picture i would have done it
So I bought some mr.color clear closs and opening the jar it is essentially the thickness of freshly chewed gum. It also does not thin down easily like their clear flat or semi-gloss did. Is it supposed to be like this? I was too afraid of it clogging up my airbrush to try spraying it without asking first.
>>5373719
dalong.net
>>5373737
Hopefully it doesnt get flagged as 'spam'
http://schizophonic9.com/re3/hguc_f91.html
>>5373737
then no, and also go fuck yourself
>>5373737
>No touch ups
>Dalong
Are you... retarded? Did you even look at the HG F91 page?
>>5373765
You'll get used to it, and learn to ignore.
Also, you might want to bookmark that blog, 90+% of its contents are unaltered OOB builds.
>>5373767
>decals applied
>panel lined
>>5373770
>Decals
>touch ups
Nigga you are retarded.
Also you clearly didn't even go to the page. Because like everyone has been saying, look at the bottom. On almost all of his reviews are non-lined non-decaled images.
>>5373728
Thin more. If it doesn't work looks like you got a bad jar.
>>5373737
Dalong does have a picture without any panel line or stickers but it's at the bottom.
Both the Schwalbe Graze Mcgillis Custom and Hyakuren HG?
Or just a Schwalbe Graze Mcgillis Custom MG?
Next semester is coming up soon and I wanted to have some kits to work on while the course load will be light. But I don't know which'll be better, a couple HGs to blast through or going for my first MG.
>>5373787
There's no MG
>>5373792
Ohhh I never noticed but yeah they all say 1/100. And wiki says they're not really MG despite being sized and having an inner frame. My bad then.
Painting up my first kit of the year and everything is going fine so far
>>5373491
like >>5373547 said, its the 1/100 mechanicore Xi
And she is huge.
>>5373835
whatcha workin on
What are your plans for this year guys? I think my first project for the year will be a candycoated gouf to try and be a richigo impersonator
I'll probably get another MG as well this year, hopefully they release a federation one.
>>5373850
Fuck thats huge
>>5373856
Zaku1 sniper. Might have to repaint some parts
>>5373864
Is that the incom from HD Builder parts ?
>>5373867
Mhm from the funnel set. Except for this, theyve been repurposed to be cracker-scatters since its a land based unit
Recently finished putting together MG Gundam Exia Dark Matter.
It's only my third MG scale model, sixth gunpla overall but overall I'm very satisfied with the improvements I am making. This is probably going to wind up being the one I buy gundam markers for.
Sorry for shitty photo quality.
>>5373892
I just love seeing how everything fits together and works on these things. Building the legs seems to consistently be my favorite part on any given model.
First new build of the year time. The origin gundam.
>That collar
Only saw it in the photo, pushed it back in.
>>5373858
Hope I can finish my metallic sinanju this year. (Mr color, metal bloody red over super silver)
A lot of parts still needs to be stripped of it's old paint first. It's terrible.
Other than that, finish up my backlog, and see whatever kit catches my eye.
Since Bandai is being retarded and never released a Final battle version of Unicorn with its flying shield funnel, would tamashii stands be able to support the MG shields for posing?
>>5373984
It's not really a heavy shield so I assume they can.
>>5373984
We sure do need more Unicorn variants.
>>5373991
So fucking what?
The MG line is littered with RX 78, Astray, Strike, Zaku, Gouf, Gundam Mk II variants, so what if I want to recreate the twin magnum scene?
How the hell do none of you have streaks from where the nubs are sanded down? Even cutting them with a knife still leaves discolored plastic..
>>5374064
Touch up paint m8
>>5373858
time to get started on that MG Nu Ver Ka
>>5374073
What paints do you use? Do you need to prime for touch ups?
>>5374064
just paint your kits and leave those worries behind.
>>5373850
Bloody hell that looks crazy
I don't think I have the skills for mechanicore yet, that looks like it has been painted well. Ive seen some reviews of the 1/144 and that looks pretty nice.
>>5374097
Most of the time when I encounter nub marks and it is an eyesore, I find the gundam marker of the same colour and colour over it. It is hard to notice from a glance, but unfortunately grey is pretty hard to cover up and if the gundam marker is a tad darker than the original colour, it will make it stand out more instead which is shitty.
But if you really want to get rid of them effectively, sanding is the most efficient yet slow method, but I have been terribly lazy about buying more sandpaper equipment myself. Oops, should have made it my new years resolution to get some better tools.
2015 was the year I jumped into painting/customizing/scratch-building. I also did a good number of straight builds but didn't want to dig them out of the closet
>>5374274
Oh you finally finished Artorias? Must have missed that thread, you got some cool pics of it?
Oh shit and Gough, damn nice!
>>5374274
>those dark souls builds
Bigger pic of Artotias please?
>>5374331
>>5374323
Here's a picture of both from a few threads ago. The artorias is my first custom so parts of it look iffy close up
>>5374357
now do onion knight!
also nice puppers
>Building 1/100 Barbatos
>Lost the tiny round piece to cover the undermounted machine gun
>For some reason can't fold the gun
Just fuck my shit up.
>>5374357
Thats real nito mate
I could imagine Gusion being a Smough custom if someone were to try
>>5374360
Ive got an unbuilt grimoire so that may be a possibility, but i need to fix this guy up first. Sinanju's bulky proportions and my crappy paint application made ornstein come out awful the first time around.
>>5374379
You could probably use a spruce piece to make it
>>5374384
That's looking sexy so far.
I really want to make a nito now.
It would be pretty simple too.
>>5374402
Dude that sounds awesome, what would your base kit be? I could totally see someone mixing byarlant custom or massala with the skull pack.
>>5374422
Well the nice thing about it is, any bulky kit would work since you'd be draping a black rag over it.
The key parts would be the arms, scythe and head. The head and arms I think you'd have to sculpt though. I can't think of any other way to do it unless you incorporated the Revoltech skeleton, which might be possible.
>>5374444
maohs crossbone gundam in gbf?
>>5372740
I got it for 434$
How is this?
>>5373898
Same, you kind of know what to expect when putting together a head, chest or arm but legs are always filled with surprises and fun gimmicks
>>5374533
That whole line from that time period is rather crap, they need alot of work.
If you can get it really cheap go for it, if you want a challenge
>>5374533
if you really want a serpent you don't have much other choices
>>5373984
Yes, but you need a connector.
I've actually had fairly good success with the Gunpla Battle Arm Arms endless assortment of subarms, they attach to the provided shield connector pretty great and peg right into the Tamashii stand.
This is probably going to be the biggest thing I ever build.
How can I improve articulation in this kit? Specifically the arms and elbows, but in general as well.
Any tips for waterslides? It's my first model with them and I don't want to fuck up TOO badly. Is using some kind of setting solution absolutely needed, just recommended, or complete snake oil?
>>5374935
I only use setting solution on curved surfaces, otherwise as long as you top coat it's fine. Also my best bit of advice is get some locking tweezers to make it easier to soak the decals.
>>5374943
Ah, good idea. I just have regular tweezers, but I guess it would get boring having to hold them shut the whole time.
What do the large coloured squares next to the names of HGUC kits signify?
>>5374969
What series it's from iirc.
>>5371658
Finished the 00 gundam in 4 hours, it was great, thank god i ordered barbatos hg.
Finally done, now to wait three months until the weather is warm enough to dullcoat outside
do enamel paints need primer?
>>5375006
when the bear shits in the forest does it make a sound?
>>5375006
Yes
>>5375006
no paints NEED primer
but it helps
>>5374895
Look into getting some kotobukiya after market jounts and a pin vise. You might also need to invest in some good cutting tools
Would anyone know where to get a high res scan of the MG unicorn decal guide?
the dalong ones are too low res for what I need
Rate my group build base kit
First model of the year done.
Well technically it was just fixing up the first kit I made years ago because it was a nub covered, unpainted mess.
I gave him a real scarf, because fuck that plastic looking awful static blob of yellow he comes with. I really like how metallic red came out.
Considering the shape he was in before, I'm really happy with the result. I'm happy to finally add him back to my shelf.
>>5375215
Is that metallic flakes I see on the red ?
Also, you can do better with the cape.
>Pulled off of /m/
>>5375287
you successfully pulled bait anon
>>5375287
its Kestrel, looks fake as fuck.
>>5375287
>that ugly ass default system Japanese font
Immediate tipoff that it was fake even before scrutinizing the rest.
This might be a stupid question but I wasn't sure because FAGs have their own specific accessory kit but, will the normal Frame Arms stuff fit on FAGs as well?
>>5375264
It's tamiya metallic red and metallic silver.
He is very glittery and shiny and I love it. I also brushed over it with a very light coat of a clear sealer to shine him up even more.
As for the cape, yeah not the best shot of it. Here is a better one but not as great a picture. He's back with his friends.
>>5375308
You do know that the FA in FAG stands for Frame Arms, right?
>>5375321
Yes, but since they released kits with a designation for FAGs themselves I wasn't sure if they weren't interchangeable. Was just making sure.
I just started this hobby, I don't really build models that often, but I have like 10 of them to work on. Should I just stick with spray cans or buy an airbrush?
>>5375308
Sort of. Obviously some of the armor and such doesn't fit because the Fag doesn't have the same connection ports all over the frame. They both use the 3mm pegs for a ton of stuff though and the weapons can be held just fine too. So a ton of the stuff can be swapped, including the MSG weapon and part line.
Also, you can stick a lot of the HGBC stuff onto them with no issue as well thanks to all the 3mm hardpoints.
>>5375341
It will be better if you get airbrush ASAP, especially if you regularly paint your kit.
>>5375341
Do you plan on sticking with the hobby and investing a few hundred into a proper airbrush setup (Spraybooth, brush, proper respirator, compressor) or just looking to paint a few kits to try it out?
All my kits in 2015, I think the two Zakus where my favorites to make.
>>5375195
Have you checked mech9? the manuals are usually posted there too
There haven't been any news on the Thunderbolt MGs other than the announcement has there?
We better get the GM, I'm hungry for some GM goodness but I'd rather not go for the HG if we're getting an MG soon
>>5375324
Some stuff like weapons will but armor pieces may be out of scale or too big for your girl. I remember an anon posted a part swap between the gourai and gourai girl but didn't save the pic
>>5375484
Wait is that zaku 3 or hizack? I can never tell the two apart
>>5375499
thats a hamburger zaku
>>5375499
Neither, it's a Zaku II kai
>>5375496
>>5375324
Not that anon, but I have Stylet and Stiletto. It's tough to explain without pictures and my camera's shit, but a lot of the armor, while technically interchangeable and technically in scale, don't really work together. Like picture putting a Gundam arm on a Figma. While they're technically the same size more or less, the Gundam was clearly designed as much larger and then scaled down, so the details aren't in scale, if I'm making any sense at all.
Yo md bro, got your other gift in, glad you liked the candies, and im really greatful for the sd neo zeong.
Been thinking of picking up a PG unicorn for myself as a late christmas present, should I get the bandai LED kit or the ultimate works LED kit with it?
MISTAKES WERE MADE
There better be kits, Bandai.
There better be fucking kits, and soon.
>>5375910
>not the draaken
Speaking of FAGs, I finally finished Gourai.
I am never seam welding or painting the flesh bits on a FAG ever again. Massive paint in the ass. Feels like I ran into problems and bad luck at every step of this project. And since the FAG contest submissions close in less than 24 hours I had to give up on finishing the strong rifle for the backpack to speed up the painting process.
But it is finally finished. My first completed kit of 2016.
>>5375924
>paint in the ass
>>5375924
Also, did anyone else have issues with the elbow joints cracking?
>>5375924
Mind elaborating what you made the skirt from?
>>5375002
what model is this?
>>5375931
It's black paper from an art store folded into pleats and then cut and folded tabs along the top to fit in between the pelvis and torso.
And before anyone asks, I went with pink and white stripes for the underwear.
>>5375924
Mind elaborating on the issues you had?
>>5375924
How did you do the flesh bits, especially the face? Paint over the eyes and waterslide the new ones on?
>>5375910
>tfw no kit of Durandal
>>5375940
They weren't issues with the kit, they were fuck ups and bad luck on my end (Which made them all the more frustrating). Stuff like being indecisive with how to customize it, repainting the dark brown 3 times because I wasn't satisfied with the color, while I was at work my cat got on my counter, stole the torso, and played with it so I had to clean and repaint it, Fucked up the eye decals on the other two faces so it only has one face now, things like that. Also, I was a dumbass and forgot to mask off the peg so the parts fit is extremely tight in some areas and totally going to scrape the paint if I move it too much.
>>5375952
>Did that pleating guide come in handy?
Yes. Showed me a simpler pleating pattern to do than the one I was trying.
>What happened?
I put the forearms parts into the hole for the elbow joint and I hear a "Crack" and when I look it had a crack in it. Happened on both elbows and I wasn't even forcing it in.
>>5375954
Cats: not even once.
>>5375956
Noted. Any pics of the crack?
Reposting the pleating guide for anyone interested.
>>5375947
>How did you do the flesh bits, especially the face?
Flesh is just mr color flesh and character flesh mixed together to get a sort of medium tone. The face is unpainted. I just added a very tiny amount of blush to it with some peach pink pigment powder. I fucked up the eye decals on the painted faces and luckily I kept the "Eyes forward" face unpainted in case I did..
>>5375934
Panty shot please.
>>5375963
That shade of flesh is pretty close. How was the alignment of the butt/thigh pieces? I can't into fixing uneven welds
What's the Zaku II of Gundam AGE? Baqto?
>>5375955
>>5375969
Not going to get my photo stuff back out as it's nothing special. The stripes are also not even as I suck at masking. And I apparently got some dirt pigment on her legs at some point. At least the skirt hides it.
>>5375970
You will need to use putty (Bandai spoils you with most modern kits just needing plastic cement), but not a lot.
>>5375962
Uh.. care to explain what that means ?
>>5375977
It's a guide showing different folding patterns for pleated skirts.
>>5375924
Relatively new and was considering getting a FAG, curious about what all you needed to do for the seam welding and why?
>>5375974
Yey, the custom skirt makes that panty shot more alluring than the panty shots of the default skirt which has the panties all out to start with.
Spats are fine too.
>>5376002
A lot of kits have seams where there aren't supposed to be which are formed along the line where the pieces of a part click together. Seam welding (And painting over them after welding) is the process through which you remove and hide these seams. How to do it is in the guide.
>>5376002
>considering getting a FAG
lmao reprints never
Good luck paying scalper prices if you don't buy soon
>>5376031
Stylet is still in stock in plenty of places. Was considering grabbing her but I'd already pre-ordered architect cus I love them hands.
>>5376037
You can get those fist weapons separately.
>>5376045
I knew you can get the drills but I didn't think you could get the actual hand parts. I liked architect anyways so, I don't really mind.
