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Ka0 posted:Unicorn gundam is an immensely boring design Screw you, Unicorn Mode looks awesome.
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BlitzBlast posted:Screw you, Unicorn Mode looks awesome. I don't dislike Unicorn Mode, but it does have a bit of a neither fish nor fowl thing going on. It doesn't quite have the punch that most Gundams do, but it's also a little too fancy to pass for a regular grunt. Also, it has way too many panels.
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Well, my country just shat the bed, I may not be able to afford Gunpla for a while.
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BizarroAzrael posted:Well, my country just shat the bed, I may not be able to afford Gunpla for a while. Enjoy not paying the EU 350 million (allegedly according to idiots) a week so you can instead pay double that as fees for imports skyrocket!
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BizarroAzrael posted:Well, my country just shat the bed, I may not be able to afford Gunpla for a while. You have my deepest condolences
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Jun 24, 2016 13:52
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Goon donation project to send Gunpla to people living in countries in need
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Arcsquad12 posted:Enjoy not paying the EU 350 million (allegedly according to idiots) a week so you can instead pay double that as fees for imports skyrocket! Without the EU holding us back, obviously we'll finally be able to secure that cushy tariff-free gunpla trade deal with Japan.
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Red Bones posted:Without the EU holding us back, obviously we'll finally be able to secure that cushy tariff-free gunpla trade deal with Japan. The most important aspect of the tpp trade deal. Though you guys will have to go via the north pole
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Jun 24, 2016 14:54
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Good luck with that VF-19! It's...special.
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Kind of disappointed to find out that the Kamiki Burning has nothing to do with God/Burning Gundam. I was thinking of painting him Shading Gundam colors (with solid color ice-blue flames). I might still do that, but Karate Gundam feels less cool now (still pretty cool)
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muike posted:I hope the Full Metal Panic anime comes out soon so we can get a glut of Arm Slave kits. They have Bandai model kits of every Arm Slave in the FMP universe so we better finally get them for real.
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Neurolimal posted:Kind of disappointed to find out that the Kamiki Burning has nothing to do with God/Burning Gundam. I was thinking of painting him Shading Gundam colors (with solid color ice-blue flames). Burning Gundam is the westernized name of God Gundam as you probably know, the guys who did BFT didn't know about it when they named the Build Burning Gundam, but were pleased by the parallels when pointed out.
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Suzaku posted:Good luck with that VF-19! It's...special. In the middle of one myself, and uhh I'm not liking how about 60% of the moving parts are supposed to all mount on a pair of POM pylons
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Making a YF-19 made me never pick up a Macross kit again.
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I've really wanted to get Ozma's Armored Messiah for the longest time now. Are they all that bad, or is it just that one?
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I built that one. The design means it is a bit more fiddley and the plastic is thinner than a gundam kit, so I put it at about the same as a good kotobukiya kit.
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Red Bones posted:Without the EU holding us back, obviously we'll finally be able to secure that cushy tariff-free gunpla trade deal with Japan. With your souls unbound by the Euro, you should be able to instantaneously receive Gunpla without any chance of misunderstanding. Failing that, you can just drop a colony on Australia. That always works.
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chiasaur11 posted:With your souls unbound by the Euro, you should be able to instantaneously receive Gunpla without any chance of misunderstanding. Britain already tried that. Didn't work for gunpla or understanding 
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Suzaku posted:Britain already tried that. Didn't work for gunpla or understanding To be fair, it didn't work out well for Zeon either.
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A recent video on Gundam Breakers 3 has made me jonesing hard for building some Gundam models again. Then I saw this thread linked from the retro games thread, after someone posted some gunpla there. I'm kind of struggling to figure out how to find what models are available in series I like, at what quality level. My favorite mobile suit is definitely the MS-09 Dom. I'm a big fan of 8th MS team, have a general soft spot for the early universal century stuff, especially anything Zeon. G-Gundam stuff is cool, and I really like the GX-9900 Gundam X, but somehow I remember zero of the other mobile suits from that series. Between struggling to figure out a good way to see what kits exist so I could then go hunt down specific mobile suits I want, and reading the OP which basically made me realize I shouldn't just go buy a $200 kit. It would be a hell of a lot of work that I would gently caress up after not making models for over 10 years. The biggest change since I've last made this is I have a workshop now. I'm tempted to, after putting together a kit or two for practice, start doing some dumb stuff with micro controllers and stepper motors. Here's a 15 or so year old Dom sitting on some Atari carts, so you have something fun to look at. I still have him, a Kampfer, and an RX-78-2 sitting on my shelves. Most of my other put together kits are either in the trash at this point or a pile of broken plastic after 15 years. 
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The HGBF Dom R35 (http://dalong.net/review/bf/bf39/bf39_p.htm) is a good kit as well. Not only it is a modern (in terms of engineering) Dom with more cool bits on it, it's also great customization fodder if you're ready to paint. I've seen some seriously good paintjobs for the Dom R35 that do things like make it look like the classic Dom.
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quote:I really like the GX-9900 Gundam X I like you.
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If BlitzBlast had the money, I'm sure he would give every active poster in this thread an MG Gundam X. Twice. Doing that isn't a bad thing, of course.
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TaurusOxford posted:Given your lack of experience with modern kits, you definitely want to start with the High Grade (1/144 scale) line. With your MS preferences, you might like these for a start: Awesome, thanks for the info! I almost pulled the trigger on the Dom and the Gundam X, and then realized I need some buffer mobile suits to learn on, so i'm nabbing the Ez8 and a Guntank instead. Why the Guntank? Because I love how silly it is. Has any Gundam show had an inverted Zaku Tank / Guntank? Something like a Magella turret on a pair of legs? If not... I wonder if I should build out a terrible kitbash idea.
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closeted republican posted:The HGBF Dom R35 (http://dalong.net/review/bf/bf39/bf39_p.htm) is a good kit as well. Not only it is a modern (in terms of engineering) Dom with more cool bits on it, it's also great customization fodder if you're ready to paint. I've seen some seriously good paintjobs for the Dom R35 that do things like make it look like the classic Dom. There's also probably going to be a Revive Dom soonish, judging by the R35's runners. So that might be worth waiting for.
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Chainclaw posted:Awesome, thanks for the info! I almost pulled the trigger on the Dom and the Gundam X, and then realized I need some buffer mobile suits to learn on, so i'm nabbing the Ez8 and a Guntank instead. Why the Guntank? Because I love how silly it is. Has any Gundam show had an inverted Zaku Tank / Guntank? Something like a Magella turret on a pair of legs? If not... I wonder if I should build out a terrible kitbash idea. Just gonna warn you, the HG Guntank is pretty old so it'll take a lot more work. You should get the HG The Origin prototype version instead, unless you really like the Guntank's design anyway. HGUC Ez-8's neat though. As for a big gun on legs, well  maybe?
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Yo, BlitzBlast, when the GX-Bit head parts come out, you gonna do a diorama with a Gundam x and ten GX-Bits?
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A G-Bit head does not a G-Bit make, sadly. I've actually considered getting the set, but I'm legitimately unsure what I'd do with it. Maybe make building my resin GX-Bits less of a pain?
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If you want the ultimate Dom kit, grab the MG Dom or MG Rick Dom. I built the MG Rick Dom recently, and it was a blast to build. Very modern HGish in terms of construction, but the final model looks really nice and has a good amount of articulation. The kit has some issues holding the beam bazooka if it's not bent downwards, but looks really cool when you get the Rick Dom to hold it so that the Rick Doom looks like it's about to shoot something with it.
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BlitzBlast posted:Just gonna warn you, the HG Guntank is pretty old so it'll take a lot more work. You should get the HG The Origin prototype version instead, unless you really like the Guntank's design anyway. HGUC Ez-8's neat though. I can't remember the name of that one, but I remember spending too much time fighting that in some Gundam Battle Assault game. I figure I'm going to massacre my first kit or two. Also, it can't end up in worse condition than my RX-78-2 who's in a pretty chill pose on this shelf with so many parts missing. Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like most of the kit quality increases in the past 15 years have been on making builds easier and making mobile suits more pose-able. I'm still going to need to sacrifice some mobile suits to the 'really really bad paint job' gods to get them to look nice, right? 
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Still an absolute travesty that "good kit" selection for G Gundam is narrowed to Shining, Nobell, God, and Master. Where the gently caress is RE 1/100 Nether Gundam.
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Chainclaw posted:I can't remember the name of that one, but I remember spending too much time fighting that in some Gundam Battle Assault game. It's called the Big Zam. There's really no real way to massacre modern model kits unless you're intending to just rip the parts off the sprues with your bare hands. Just get a decent pair of hobby cutters and a hobby knife(and maybe a panel-lining pen) and you're pretty much good to go for a beginner. As for kits requiring paint, not really. While some HG kits are pretty sticker heavy, most have all the required parts molded in proper colors and can look good even with a straight build.
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BlitzBlast posted:A G-Bit head does not a G-Bit make, sadly. For some reason I remembered GX-Bit as just having different heads and paint jobs from Gundam X, but looking it up now they've got a lot of differences. Kinda makes the decision to put out a GX-Bit head kind of puzzling
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Chainclaw posted:Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like most of the kit quality increases in the past 15 years have been on making builds easier and making mobile suits more pose-able. I'm still going to need to sacrifice some mobile suits to the 'really really bad paint job' gods to get them to look nice, right? Glad to be able to correct you on this one, in general part separation has got better which means less stickers (again, in general, there's still some recent stinkers) and paint to get them looking nice.
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Also, painting is cheaper/as cheap as it's ever been, and China has finally gotten around to producing quality knockoffs of Iwata/Badger airbrushes.
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Kuvo posted:where do i buy this Still available on Amazon, not cheap: https://www.amazon.com/Gundam-Collection-Big-Zam-Bygzam-Scale/dp/B0009Y2WSA
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ACES CURE PLANES posted:Hate to break it to you guys but Unicorns are cool. No. Also within a day of my one friend finding out about the new QanT gundam with the rediculous cat ears he's already drawn fanart of it. Ah well, it atleast looks a ton better than the Portent did. Diabetes Forecast fucked around with this message at 23:09 on Jun 25, 2016 |
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It totally is. Someday I'll be comfortable enough with modding to slap the Phenex's backpack on my Chimera. Because the thing doesn't have enough stuff hanging off of it yet.
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