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The RD ver.ANIME non-Char Zaku II is finally up for preorders on Hobbysearch, and I've preordered mine.  (Yeah, I know, it's not plamo.  )
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Jan 8, 2016 11:35
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Lemon Curdistan posted:The RD ver.ANIME non-Char Zaku II is finally up for preorders on Hobbysearch, and I've preordered mine. It's kind of an odd decision to try to make it as anime-accurate as possible, and then cover it in extra panel lines.
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Jan 8, 2016 14:18
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Is the RG 00R a decent kit? I don't know why, but I've been all over s2 of 00 for the last few weeks. I know its hot garbage, but that super sword busting up a meteor gets me hot in the collar.
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Jan 8, 2016 16:34
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From everything I've read the 00 rg is a fantastic kit and is likely the best Rg made to date.
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Jan 8, 2016 16:35
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ACES CURE PLANES posted:...Age 3? That's hardly beefy at all. 
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Jan 8, 2016 17:08
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slightpirate posted:Is the RG 00R a decent kit? I don't know why, but I've been all over s2 of 00 for the last few weeks. I know its hot garbage, but that super sword busting up a meteor gets me hot in the collar. I second the "it's incredible" statement.
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Jan 8, 2016 17:36
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Reds posted:Personally I think I would have preferred any of those besides the uncoloured one to get in over the final Exia. I find most of 00's Gundams really boring. What slander, the final Exia is perfect
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Jan 8, 2016 17:44
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TaurusOxford posted:I second the "it's incredible" statement. Does it come with a stand for the Raiser? I'll pick up a shiny green 1/144 stand for the 00.
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Jan 8, 2016 17:57
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Lessail posted:What slander, the final Exia is perfect If it's so perfect, how come Amazing Exia is better?
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Jan 8, 2016 18:10
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slightpirate posted:Does it come with a stand for the Raiser? I'll pick up a shiny green 1/144 stand for the 00. Unfortunately it doesn't.
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Jan 8, 2016 18:34
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Reds posted:If it's so perfect, how come Amazing Exia is better? The Amazing Exia... isn't that Amazing
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Jan 8, 2016 18:44
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boom boom boom posted:The Amazing Exia... It might be Amazing, but it's not A-meijin
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Jan 8, 2016 20:23
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 Heero you might, uh, want to do something about your right arm. RG Wing vEW appears to be capable of holding up its buster rifle unassisted, so it's automatically miles better than the MG.
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Jan 8, 2016 21:49
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Why would they put Heero on the blue runner? That's gonna be a nightmare for anyone who wants to paint that. Good to hear that Wing ver. ka finally learned to hold his buster rifle though without needing superglue and having his shoulder joint rotated 180 degrees.
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Jan 8, 2016 22:34
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slightpirate posted:Is the RG 00R a decent kit? I don't know why, but I've been all over s2 of 00 for the last few weeks. I know its hot garbage, but that super sword busting up a meteor gets me hot in the collar. Literally the only problem I've had is the raiser parts being a little prone to falling off on the shoulders, but I'm 90% sure that's my fault
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Jan 8, 2016 23:22
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TaurusOxford posted:Why would they put Heero on the blue runner? That's gonna be a nightmare for anyone who wants to paint that. Good to hear that Wing ver. ka finally learned to hold his buster rifle though without needing superglue and having his shoulder joint rotated 180 degrees. The Wing Zero RG can manage to hold its buster rifles without any droop as well.
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Jan 9, 2016 01:30
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Reds posted:If it's so perfect, how come Amazing Exia is better? it's not, but all exia variants are welcome 
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Jan 9, 2016 01:44
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Amazing Exia's extra blue makes it far better than stock Exia, but Dark Matter sucks. Bad colours, bad redesign.
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Jan 9, 2016 02:30
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If you don't like Edgia, I don't know what to say. It has fire and ice swords.
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Jan 9, 2016 02:33
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Reds posted:Amazing Exia's extra blue makes it far better than stock Exia, but Dark Matter sucks. Bad colours, bad redesign. I like it because it's a crappy edgelord mess that doesn't really fit the show the original suit design is from. I mean, have you seen the guy who green-lit it? The MG in particular is this great mix of obnoxious tryhard and genuine intimidation factor.
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Jan 9, 2016 02:36
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Is there an international ban on plain regular Wing Zero? I've just about had it with all of this EW nonsense. At least I can still find the HGAC kits pretty easily.
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Jan 9, 2016 06:31
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Consider getting into resin if you're that broken up about it.
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Jan 9, 2016 06:41
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What's the general consensus on products like Vallejo Metallic Medium that add a metallic effect to regular acrylic paints? Are they reliable? I'm still deciding what colors I want to paint some of my backlog, and if it's a good product then it would open up the metallic colors I could use significantly. Thanks in advance~.
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Jan 9, 2016 08:45
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I've never had a problem with it, it's essentially just acrylic medium and the the metal flake/particles used to make that work. Just make sure you shake/mix well, I'd probably go so far as to make up a separate bottle of the color so you can fine-tune your ratio and then have something repeatable, rather than just do guesswork in an airbrush cup every time.
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Jan 9, 2016 08:52
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Okay =) i'll likely pick some up. Going to have to get some dropper bottles or other containers. My paint pots are too small. I'm prepping my Zaku for priming. First, I'm priming the visible joints and other visible metal parts to paint steel. Also painting the tubes steel. Then i'm going to build the components that need to be cemented around the joints. I'll have to mask them when I'm priming the whole parts. Used the Tamiya cement to cement the gun halves and oh my god it's amazing. Letting it sit for a bit but I know all it'll need is a little sanding. Don't know why I didn't just order it off the internet when my hobby shop didn't have it before. I finished my little brother's Denial Gundam that he left here (save the plavsky effects and variant hands. It is incredibly flexible and stylish, but stiff to the point of being difficult to pose. Also built my Petitg'guy, they're adorable. I got Burning Red 
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Jan 10, 2016 01:15
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Lately I've been following the works of some artist on twitter called kuramo kyoryu. In between endless pictures of cats, they put up some redesigns of various mecha. In particular, they did a bunch of silly stuff with the Wing crew. Behold:  A Heavyarms that literally turns into a gatling gun,  a Deathscythe that can turn into a coffin (they got a response from some dude actually trying to make this ), a Sandrock that combines with Maganacs,  a Shenlong that turns into a dragon,  and this crazy Wing that can combine with the Mercurius' shield and the Vayeate's gun for what I can only assume to be a god drat tank.  Also it looks like the Mercurius/Vayeate literally fold themselves up into their weapons somehow? Or maybe they split up their parts? I can see the Vayeate's legs attached to the gun here and maybe its... shoulders?  They also did the Tallgeese and the Leo. Not really a fan of how thin his TGs are (or the TGIII's colors), but I guess the resemblance is even more blatant now. The person has a pretty neat art style and is pretty creative. It'd be cool if they someday became the next Katoki. In more gunpla related news, Daban will release their PG Unicorn LED set for $30 around February to March. Their bootleg PG Unicorn is whatever, but if those LEDs work that'd be really great.
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Jan 10, 2016 09:21
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Jan 10, 2016 15:30
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The last five suits of my G-Reco collection are now complete!    Let's run 'em down:  The G-Self is notorious for its number of stickers, and I can confirm that the rumours are true, but they are, by and large, not especially difficult stickers, and they're often concealed behind transparent plastic. It was with the Space Pack that I ran into trouble - there are some very fiddly stickers and small parts that you need to attach before the manual advises you to. Poseability is perfectly serviceable, although you will need the stand that comes with the Space Pack if you want to fit that (like I did), and the Pack's weight will result in your Gundam permanently rearing back slightly, but that's not a big deal. The end result speaks for itself, though - it's a very nice centrepiece for your Reconguista collection.  The G-Arcane mostly lives up to its reputation as a simple, well-engineered kit with tonnes of options, and I'd like to add to that that it's quite sticker-light - the head stickers are small and fiddly, but you do get used to them, and you're almost done once you put them all on. I will note, though, that the backpack with the folding nose-cone can be quite tricky to assemble - I got it done in the end, but not before it had popped apart half a dozen times.  The G-Lucifer's engineering is just as elegant as the suit itself - it's a dream to assemble, with minimal parts deployed for the maximum effect, and the stickers are few and relatively user-friendly. I'd call it a perfect beginner suit if it wasn't for the tiny, easy-to-lose thrusters and beam saber emitters on the skirt funnels. I managed them fine, but I can see how they might cause problems.  The Lucifer's sister from Venus, the Gastima, is definitely not for beginners, though. The stickers are OK (although you should attach the eye-sticker afterputting the two parts of the face-plate together, so you have a better idea of where it goes - this is important) - but the assembly is complex, and you're forced to pay careful attention to both the manual and the colour photos of the finished suit. In particular, there are two pairs of runners that are identical except for their colour, and if you can't read Japanese, you'll have to look closely at the photos and illustrations to get a better grasp of what parts go where. Similarly, knotting the power cables to the right length is something of a matter of guesswork, and I think I got it right more through luck than judgement. The finished suit is pretty great, though, and the niggles are largely unimportant. The huge shoulders limit poseability, but not by as much as you might fear, and while it would have been nice if the rifle had had stickers or coloured parts to make it more show-accurate, let's be honest here - if you've got a Gastima, it's not because you want to give it the rifle.  The Gaeon is, again, for experienced modellers only. It doesn't play any dirty tricks on you like the Gastima with its coloured runners, but it has lots and lots of little pieces that you have to put together with painstaking care and attention to detail. Even glancing at the runners as they come out of the box is an exercise in intimidation when you're more used to simple HG builds. The stickers aren't all that user-friendly, either, although I was lucky enough that they didn't present any major problems. The finished kit, as you can see, is quite capable of standing on its own two feet, even if it requires some slightly delicate posing, and while the waist joint is a single (heavily-reinforced) pivot rather than the usual pair of ball joints in order to support the massive Big Arm Unit, I've never personally had much use for my kits being able to bend up and down at the waist. The wrists on the regular arms and the 'shoulders' on the Big Arm Unit are a little floppy, though, which can be an issue when posing the rifle and means that you want to be a little careful in how you angle the wing-hands. No big deal, though. Oh, and this thing is loving huge in a way that pictures can't adequately express. Hell of a display piece.
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Jan 10, 2016 17:47
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BlitzBlast posted:Lately I've been following the works of some artist on twitter called kuramo kyoryu. In between endless pictures of cats, they put up some redesigns of various mecha. In particular, they did a bunch of silly stuff with the Wing crew. I like everything going on in this post.
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Jan 10, 2016 17:57
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Huh. Does the GM Cannon only come with waterslides? I thought the blue-backs were dry transfers, but I applied one and rubbed it over several times and nothing came off.
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Jan 10, 2016 21:30
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Anonymous Robot posted:Huh. Does the GM Cannon only come with waterslides? I thought the blue-backs were dry transfers, but I applied one and rubbed it over several times and nothing came off. Blue-backs are always waterslides.
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Jan 10, 2016 21:31
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P-Bandai kits usually come with waterslides. If it didn't come with a sheet of wax paper, it's not a dry transfer.
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Jan 10, 2016 21:49
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Right, ok. It's been a while since I've built a kit. Shame, I don't like waterslides- I know most prefer em but I'm a lazy snap-build-and-ink poo poo.
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Jan 10, 2016 22:00
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So I just started getting into Gundam kits. I just built an HG rx 78 and had a great time doing it, and I want to get a few more HG's before I move into the MG's, but as someone who is a novice to this, would getting the master grades be getting in over my head? I'm not looking to doing painting or anything like that. Just some panel lining. How long should I expect an MG to take me. Also what are your thoughts on the RG kits. The price point is nice but those skeleton's seem like a pain.
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Jan 11, 2016 09:50
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You should be able to take on an MG fine. It will probably take ~3-5 times longer to make than an HG. I haven't built any, but RGs are basically MGs at RG scale. A lot of people here like them but there are some kits that are particularly fiddly to build.
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Jan 11, 2016 15:27
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Kibner posted:You should be able to take on an MG fine. It will probably take ~3-5 times longer to make than an HG. The only prerequisites you need to build an RG are a bit of practice with an HG kit or two, decent tweezers, ideally a low surface to work on like a coffee table (bits can and will try to ping off into the ether), and a varied lexicon of profanity to belt out at difficult moments during assembly.
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The_Rob posted:So I just started getting into Gundam kits. I just built an HG rx 78 and had a great time doing it, and I want to get a few more HG's before I move into the MG's, but as someone who is a novice to this, would getting the master grades be getting in over my head? I'm not looking to doing painting or anything like that. Just some panel lining. How long should I expect an MG to take me. MGs, with a couple exceptions, don't really require more skills than hgs. They do take longer though
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Jan 11, 2016 15:48
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Awesome, thanks for the replies.
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BlitzBlast posted:In more gunpla related news, Daban will release their PG Unicorn LED set for $30 around February to March. Their bootleg PG Unicorn is whatever, but if those LEDs work that'd be really great. More than that though, for preorder customers, Daban will throw in a free pg full armor set. So for 100bux you get an LED set, their PG Unicorn, and the web exclusive FA set, and right now, they might not be selling the FA set on its own? Might be your last chance to get it if you're interested in it.
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Electric Lady posted:What's the general consensus on products like Vallejo Metallic Medium that add a metallic effect to regular acrylic paints? Are they reliable? I'm still deciding what colors I want to paint some of my backlog, and if it's a good product then it would open up the metallic colors I could use significantly. Thanks in advance~. It makes things look speckly metallic. It's better than having to custom mix clear colors and hope for the best over chrome, but not by extremely much. If you have an airbrush, Alclad's candy colors will blow your mind, but if you want a flake metallic look, the Vallejo metal medium goes in at 50% of your paints' totals before thinning. Example: you want a metallic orange, and you've made it with 20 drops of red, 20 drops of yellow. You use 20 drops of metallic medium, and thin at a ratio appropriate for 60 drops total (in my normal use that'd be 18 drops of airbrush thinner and maybe 20 of flow improver for good measure). Might require more metallic medium, as the directions say it's at least 50%. It may also require more thinner since it's very low viscosity, dense stuff. I honestly haven't really used it much since I got really into airbrushing, so YMMV. After snapfitting the bootleg 1/100 Moebius Zero, oh dear lord avoid bootlegs forever if you can. At least from whatever the heck brand made this one. The plastic is weird and doesn't really bead as well as Bandai's, the fit and engineering are awful, and it sure as hell requires cement for many parts. It's basically a normal non-Gunpla model in that it requires putty, cleaning up molding flash, putty to fill sink marks, etc. But then again, the 144 is super tiny and requires the same extra garbage anyway. MJP fucked around with this message at 21:17 on Jan 11, 2016 |
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