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Yawgmoft posted:Holy hell you already built yours? I just got mine on Tuesday.... And immediately threw it into the backlog pile. Sigh... I think the base jumper is coming in this week too... I never carry a backlog because I already have limited space, so I build as I get things. Also I tend to marathon builds- I started building it yesterday at about 6pm and other than 8 hours of sleep I was pretty much just clipping, filing, and piecing until about 10am this morning. Then an hour of loving decals.
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K Prime posted:I never carry a backlog because I already have limited space, so I build as I get things. Also I tend to marathon builds- I started building it yesterday at about 6pm and other than 8 hours of sleep I was pretty much just clipping, filing, and piecing until about 10am this morning. Then an hour of loving decals. I did the Geara Ghirarga in an afternoon in a hotel room. That tail will have you longing for MG Zaku tubes.
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I HATE THOSE loving TUBES.
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Xaerael posted:This thing has FAR TOO MANY THRUSTERS. No such thing! Does it have enough struts though?
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The thrusters aren't that bad, there's a lot but it's pretty quick and straight forward. The secondary arms on the backpack however.....
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Got an MG GM Sniper II for my secret santa for the reddit gunpla page. Not bad. Sent off an Mg full armor thunderbolt gundam and an rg banshee norn to my guy. I'll likely do it again next year, it was pretty fun.
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Monaghan posted:Got an MG GM Sniper II for my secret santa for the reddit gunpla page. Not bad. If you still have the money to spare you could also enter ADTRW's secret santa.
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Puddin posted:The thrusters aren't that bad, there's a lot but it's pretty quick and straight forward. It's mostly a case that because I've learned a lot of painting effects from SFX pros that I know that metals aren't a uniform colour. as a result, there's 4 different metallics on each of the thrusters, and I had to stop myself from doing a heat-treatment pass with inks.
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Xaerael posted:It's mostly a case that because I've learned a lot of painting effects from SFX pros that I know that metals aren't a uniform colour. as a result, there's 4 different metallics on each of the thrusters, and I had to stop myself from doing a heat-treatment pass with inks. Black. I painted mine black. 
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Puddin posted:Black. Fine. But let's say you see a red door. What do you want then?
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Speaking of painting things black, I think my next project is going to be the EW Deathscythe and I'm thinking about going with a metallic black with a gloss finish. Problem is - it seems a bit weird to use a gloss finish for the entire model, particularly the white parts of the armor. It would also look even weirder if I those white parts dull. What's the general consensus on a situation like this? Maybe find a nice semi-gloss?
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More recent ones will but they are fairly self explanatory.
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Nebakenezzer posted:Do Gundam instructions come in English? The newer ones do. I have an SDCS Crossbone with English. The older ones might not. That said, if you can assemble IKEA furniture or put together a Lego set, you should be able to do a Gunpla without English text. Just follow the pictures.
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You may need a guide to some of the symbols used in instruction which generally mean stuff like "do this first" or "do this last" if a piece is a multipart assembly
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The new ones do, I'm working on the RG Unicorn now and it has english instructions, but for the most part it's like Ikea furniture, just pictograms and a few symbols that are more or less easy to figure out. The hardest part, to be honest, is the ones where the sticker sheet is labelled in Japanese, so you have to look at it like "well this tiny warning label is...the two slash marks and then the...sideways U with the line in it??" and hunt that down on the sheet. EDIT: Here's a random cheatsheet I found searching reddit, that explains them: https://www.reddit.com/r/Gunpla/comments/j5s17/heres_an_english_translation_guide_to_the_symbols/ You can see that they're mostly self-evident, other than the "do this first/last" and the "repeat for other side" ones, which I constantly get backwards in my head. Fortunately the pictures in the instructions are really good, like I think they use the CAD drawings of the actual parts, so you can rely on identifying little gribblies on the part to figure out the orientation if you get into trouble. ANAmal.net fucked around with this message at 21:45 on Nov 20, 2018 |
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Work in progress still, but I couldn't resist... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ4uS5cgSD4
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I just got me the Zaku sniper, but it's a character name custom, and it had little extra bits that you are supposed to glue on.
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Nebakenezzer posted:Do Gundam instructions come in English? The thread OP has a translation of what all the symbols mean. They're generally self-explanatory and, as others have said, all the newer kits from within the past year or two have english instructions.
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Honestly even the really old ones are a ton more instructive than Ikea instructions.
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Xaerael posted:Work in progress still, but I couldn't resist... free jazz intensifies  also a work in progress, base suit is done but im still working on the backpack, armor, and weapons
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Y'all made me skimwatch some Thunderbolt. The Psycho Zaku is one hell of a machine, but I forgot that Daryl is a master of doing exactly the right thing in the moment to survive, just by reflex.
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Just the weapon decals left to do once the paint has fully hardened. Jesus this thing has a gently caress ton of decals.
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Noice. https://twitter.com/HobbySite/status/1065587025867231234?s=19
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Just bought the MG Sazabi ver Ka
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The Robot Damashii Kampfer looks amazing. And holy poo poo, they made a Nero as well? 
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I have the RD Nero Trainer Type and it's really nice. Also, the whole ver.ANIME range looks really loving good, yeah.
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My local store just got 00 Raiser, 00 Qan[T], and GFFMC Unicorn Metal Build versions. On the one hand, I really want them. On the other hand, jesus christ they cost hundreds of dollars.
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K Prime posted:My local store just got 00 Raiser, 00 Qan[T], and GFFMC Unicorn Metal Build versions. On the one hand, I really want them. On the other hand, jesus christ they cost hundreds of dollars. That's the danger of metal builds. My buddy at work loves them and I resisted until they announced the crossbone.
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Speaking of, if you're in the SF Bay area, strongly recommend checking out the local Gunpla exclusive store, Gundam Labs Hobby in Hayward. https://gundamlabs.co/pages/warehouse-pick-up Good selection, great staff, and space to chill and build or paint if you want.
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K Prime posted:Speaking of, if you're in the SF Bay area, strongly recommend checking out the local Gunpla exclusive store, Gundam Labs Hobby in Hayward. OH poo poo thanks I didn’t know this existed Null of Undefined fucked around with this message at 18:14 on Nov 22, 2018 |
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Welp time to prepare myself for potentially adding another 6 mg's to the backlog, if they do all of Cb's gundams for both seasons. God help me if they do stuff from the movie.
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K Prime posted:Speaking of, if you're in the SF Bay area, strongly recommend checking out the local Gunpla exclusive store, Gundam Labs Hobby in Hayward. Null of Undefined posted:OH poo poo thanks I didn’t know this existed
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K Prime posted:Speaking of, if you're in the SF Bay area, strongly recommend checking out the local Gunpla exclusive store, Gundam Labs Hobby in Hayward.  Hey Bay area builder buddy. Can second that endorsement. Got a RG Tallgeese for 28 and a MG GM command for 42. Best prices I've found.
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