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Kuvo posted:couldn't you use printer sticker paper and make your own? Bimmi posted:printing opaque whites requires specialised hardware, unfortunately. Not quite true. They sell decal paper for inkjet printers, and maybe it exists for color laser printers too? But either way, it's basically white decal paper (at least, I think it's white) and so long as you're super careful about cutting, it's just normal waterslide use. ACES CURE PLANES posted:So, something large, with a lot of open surfaces you say? Give Createx Auto-Air a look. I can 100% vouch for the stuff - having used it as a candy color, it goes on wonderfully. If you don't want to throw too much dollars at it, I'm happy to send small dropper bottles of the intercoat and reducer. Those are fairly minimal compared to the paint - 9:1:0.75 of paint:intercoat:reducer for normal airbrush use. While I can't confirm how their normal automotive line would work, I can't imagine it being that bad. Put it under a gloss topcoat and it'll look great. Or just go full ham and do a candy red itasha Nightingale. GUNPLA IS FREEDOM Neurolimal posted:Also, major thanks to whoever mentioned Gundam Planet having an actual store (slash online warehouse) in here; got a clear Juaggu for $25 whereas the cheapest online on I saw was $38! Isn't it great? You did score on the Juaggu, last year's Christmas sale had them at around $40ish. Plus the store is around a million great Korean restaurants. Tang Maru is pricey but plentiful, and Menya Sandaime in Fort Lee is a must for an ADTRW-goer. That and Mitsuwa for the full-on Japanese grocery experience. Plus the GP crew are chill and cool loving people, that helps.
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Blackish Sheep posted:Thanks for all the great advice on fixing our Gray Zeta! I'm really pleased with how the repair and reinforcement turned out, and I took some photos throughout the process to share with y'all. A creative and thrifty solution. I like it. Glad things worked out. Assuming you used liquid cement, I'd let it cure for a week or so before putting any stress on it, but if the joins are good it should probably be okay (they really should have added some ribs in the first place.)
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If there are any xenoblade fans in here, kotobukiya is making a kit of the Formula from Xenoblade Chronicles X
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Droyer posted:If there are any xenoblade fans in here, kotobukiya is making a kit of the Formula from Xenoblade Chronicles X I'm not, but I'll buy a million if it means that someone, anyone, will make Xenogears/saga mechs.
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Droyer posted:If there are any xenoblade fans in here, kotobukiya is making a kit of the Formula from Xenoblade Chronicles X Huh, I was starting to think they'd dropped the idea of Skell kits altogether after a year of radio-silence since the prototype. Also, Amdusias or nothing 
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https://twitter.com/toshimichimsn04/status/707452982774931456 What is this, and where can I get ten? Edit: Apparently it's a Frame Arms? If they're making Frame Arms like this, I might need to pick some up.
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ACES CURE PLANES posted:https://twitter.com/toshimichimsn04/status/707452982774931456 Yup. Frame Arms Kagutsuchi Otsu sniper; there's also a fencer type with a rocket-propelled sword:  Either/both look better than the beige cardboard box of the original; while early Frame Arms were annoying for being one colour of armour over a one-colour frame, the line's got a lot better. Most of them end up on Dalong under the Kotobukiya page.
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So here's what became of a 1500 yen GN Archer I managed to poach a couple weeks back: On the one hand I'm still riding the high of completing a Waifupla (here, FF6's Terra Branford), on the other hand I'm dreading sticking the flight mode bits on her. On the OTHER other hand, I'm dreading having to screw around with making a topcoat for the flight mode bits that's effectively 95% gloss base and 5% purple/lilac for the translucent "SNES Esper Terra sprite, purple just around the edges" effect.
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I dig the colour scheme, but the picture highlights the fact that you need to go over the chest and head area over the visor to straighten the colour separation line out. The bit to the sides of the central chest thing that are currently split red/white down the middle could also probably do with being uniformly red.
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DigitalRaven posted:Yup. Frame Arms Kagutsuchi Otsu sniper; there's also a fencer type with a rocket-propelled sword: Aww man, while I love that design too, it doesn't have the same awesome super thick legs or cool visor piece that the custom one has. Someday I'll shell out the ridiculous amount of cash for a 1/100 Virtue and get all the thick-legged goodness I want.
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Droyer posted:If there are any xenoblade fans in here, kotobukiya is making a kit of the Formula from Xenoblade Chronicles X Looks like a Flag and Jehuty had a baby.
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 Thinkin' about maybe spatter-painting the frame white after I finish up the exterior, yellow bits are gonna be hot pink.
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Can't wait to see it after the touch-ups. The Graze looks GREAT in that color. 
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ACES CURE PLANES posted:Aww man, while I love that design too, it doesn't have the same awesome super thick legs or cool visor piece that the custom one has. Height-wise they're pretty thick, and the plate design means it would be super easy to styrene out the sides in an inconspicuous way.
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Electric Lady posted:Can't wait to see it after the touch-ups. The Graze looks GREAT in that color. The graze in general looks loving awesome. Whoever did the mech designs in IBO deserves a huge bonus. MJP posted:
Yeah, it was a really cool experience and the selection was awesome. Bonus points for having all the creepy anime figurine stuff in its segregated corner with star-wars and prebuilt toys. My only problem was how none of the boxes have prices on them; i understand its basically a warehouse for the online store, but its still annoying (makes it easier to get cool deals though, since nobodies' going to take one of every kit and ask their prices at the register).  It's no Clear Armor Perfect Grade Gundam (which is absolutely gorgeous), but its still really cool and fun to play with and look at (even with a wopping two points of articulation in the legs, dig that sideshuffle). I Love My Dumb Gay Robot
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I already have enough kits in my backlog, so instead of getting a kit this month I picked up my first Robot Damashii; Dunbine. Good choice?
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Slowly making progress on my Gojulas. It's going to be really big. I have the head and 2/3 of the bust done and it is already taller than most HG kits. It is just as tall as the Zock. Very, very detailed with lots of points of articulation. The range of motion is a bit limited in some parts due to other parts getting in the way. I'm not sure if that's a limitation of the kit or just the robot design. Really good part fit. Only a couple mold lines, so far. Really interesting to look at. I'm definitely getting my money's worth out of it.
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So what's the deal with the Frame Arms line? Are they from a particular series/franchise, or...?
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They're just an original Kotobukiya property. They have a backstory and stuff (something about an alien invasion?) but it's mostly just manual fluff.
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Neurolimal posted:The graze in general looks loving awesome. Whoever did the mech designs in IBO deserves a huge bonus. They really should've used another design for the Earth-based forces, because we're up to Graze kit number 5 or six now  . Keep the Graze as the boonies enforcer and have something nicer/beefier for the elite home guard.
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If one mech per faction was good enough for VOTOMS, it's good enough for Gundam. It seems to reflect a more modern military sensibility, too. Most of Gundam has had a World War II tank inspiration, with limited standardisation, diverse roles, and weird, experimental machines all over the shop. IBO's suits are main battle tanks, one-size-fits-all machines that are adapted from a single base for dozens of different roles. The Graze is basically an Abrams, the Hyakuren a T-80, and the Rodi frames are the weird Cold War detritus that gets used by warlords and nationlets who don't have a great power sugar-daddy backing them up. That said, I think that now that S2 is seeming more likely, we'll be seeing greater suit variety in that. Part of the reason for IBO technology being so static is because the world's been at relative peace for centuries. Now we've got multiple parties pushing for a new Calamity War, the erosion of technological taboos, and the return of ancient superweapons like the Gundams and Valkyries. I would assume that the Teiwaz and Gjallarhorn weapon research departments are about to get a massive funding influx.
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I just want to see if they'll ever figure out that waists needs armor.
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Is MG Zeta gundam good and fun to build? I want to pair one up with the Mk. II.
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BlitzBlast posted:I just want to see if they'll ever figure out that waists needs armor. Speaking of, I just finished building an HG Over Flag aaaand....eh. I mostly like the end result (although the proportions remind me heavily of Dan Fortesque), but putting it together was annoying, you can definitely feel the cost cutting/space saving here, and all the balljoints are really easy to pop out of their sockets; it's certainly a good kit if you want to learn to appreciate the genius of polycaps. The greatest sin, however, is that the tiny spindly legs have no rocking ankles, which means that the balljointed legs are pretty drat worthless when not on a stand (and because the back-forward hinge is so limited they can't even be useful for a on-one-knee pose. Obviously it's meant for a stand what with being an aerial 'bot, but it's still rather disappointing. I don't regret buying it (it's still a nice design, the metallic stickers make it really striking with even a small bit of light, it comes with two nice guns, and its pretty cheap), but it may be the first kit that hasn't impressed me. Also the custom HG part I got was the gatling gun; not very useful for weird bashing, but it looks nice.
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Ka0 posted:Is MG Zeta gundam good and fun to build? I want to pair one up with the Mk. II. I was actually wondering the same thing. I really love my mkII. So I want soothe zeta Gundam.
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I own two Zeta 2.0 kits and they're both broken in really annoying ways. One broke the tab to keep the wings in place in MS mode, and the other broke a shoulder joint. Either they're cursed or I am.
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Ka0 posted:Is MG Zeta gundam good and fun to build? I want to pair one up with the Mk. II. I really like mine. The only downsides i can think of is that it doesn't stand very well and if you don't like dry transfers you'll have to get different decals but other than that it's great.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:They really should've used another design for the Earth-based forces, because we're up to Graze kit number 5 or six now I'm honestly not big on the Graze design. It's just short of being sleek and cool like the Flag and it's kind of blocky but not in a way that suggests heft or power. Shino's paintjob, on the other hand, makes it adorable so that makes up for a bit.
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Ka0 posted:Is MG Zeta gundam good and fun to build? I want to pair one up with the Mk. II. Zeta 2.0 is stabler than RG Zeta (in fact, the RG's transformation engineering is just a downsize of the MG's), and it looks great. It also can't pose for poo poo and came in a time before AB1 was widespread, so you have to either mess around with its awkward display base or just use the generic attachment pieces. It's not a "pick a form and stick with it" like the RG, but I still wouldn't transform it all that much either.
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Kuvo posted:sassy It's only gonna get sassier  T.G. Xarbala posted:I'm honestly not big on the Graze design. It's just short of being sleek and cool like the Flag and it's kind of blocky but not in a way that suggests heft or power. It has the potential to be so much more than it is, but they just keep adding thrusters and blades and junk into it, it totally distracts from the form of the thing. Shino's is the only nonstandard Graze that's really worked for me, designwise. VVV case in point, the bottom half of the standard Graze is *fine* but they never do anything aesthetically consistent with the top. The legs are high-heeled boots, make it look like it's wearing a glam-rock or punk/goth getup, those are untapped concepts (afaik, but there's probably a G Gundam design that'll prove me wrong). Astro Creep fucked around with this message at 05:42 on Mar 10, 2016 |
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T.G. Xarbala posted:I'm honestly not big on the Graze design. It's just short of being sleek and cool like the Flag and it's kind of blocky but not in a way that suggests heft or power. The Graze was fine for Mars, just as being obscenely overpowered for anything that might be pitted against one, but I really think they needed a new design altogether for the big elite nobility-backed guys on Earth just to set them apart more.and get some more variety into the kit line. Even the latest-announced one is just another Graze with different shoulders and paint scheme.  Oh wait, I tell a lie. It has different feet too .
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I don't mind all the similar Graze's because I feel like that does a better job of translating how a lot of soldiers customize their guns, helmets, backpacks, etc. I can see how it's annoying for kit building, though. I will agree that the arms are pretty standard, but for me the chest, legs, and head make that up for me. As for Thrusters, after seeing that weird flying armory setup for the main gundman I really wish they would just outright rip off the dendrobium orchid. I have a weakness for absurd vehicles for absurd robots (my never-do-because-price dream project would be a Neo Zeong in gundam colors, and a Dendrobium Orchid in Char colors).
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The mobile suits are supposed to be able to wear the booster thing but no one's done it yet
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Neurolimal posted:I don't mind all the similar Graze's because I feel like that does a better job of translating how a lot of soldiers customize their guns, helmets, backpacks, etc. I'd be definitely much less hard on the Graze if it wasn't a Gundam series, but it's just kinda stuck with the fact that it's a merch-driven show and half-a-dozen variants of the same design doesn't really fly well when it makes up half the line. The other problem is there's no variety to their design intent, they're all slightly-different equipment loadouts to do the same generic job. Stick some missile pods on a few or something, instead of boiling it down to "here's your rifle, here's your sword and/or axe, here's maneuvering equipment on the shoulders to do the same basic job for the local environment (air/ground/space)."
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Neddy Seagoon posted:I'd be definitely much less hard on the Graze if it wasn't a Gundam series, but it's just kinda stuck with the fact that it's a merch-driven show and half-a-dozen variants of the same design doesn't really fly well when it makes up half the line. The other problem is there's no variety to their design intent, they're all slightly-different equipment loadouts to do the same generic job. Stick some missile pods on a few or something, instead of boiling it down to "here's your rifle, here's your sword and/or axe, here's maneuvering equipment on the shoulders to do the same basic job for the local environment (air/ground/space)." The thing is, they have those loadouts, but they're all in the accessory packs, so it doesn't make the actual Graze kits feel different. Kind of a bummer, especially with the weapon kits all being one color only.
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I'm pretty satisfied with the weapon packs actually, since I hate buying entire kits just for some weapons.
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chiasaur11 posted:The thing is, they have those loadouts, but they're all in the accessory packs, so it doesn't make the actual Graze kits feel different. Kind of a bummer, especially with the weapon kits all being one color only. Yeah, but that's still the kind of thing you should be doing with one basic grunt suit. Not six near-identical ones. Let's be fair and say three to count the two Graze Kai's.
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Heyyyyyyyyyyy babes. I posted about my website a couple of pages ago, but it's much much improved now -- it's lookin nicer and behaving beautifully. There are a tonnnn of kits on there too. So, go and create your collection and wishlist and post your builds etc at Gunpla Base -- http://www.gunpla-base.com Thx u
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