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Well, March came and went, and no word from HLJ on the Eva Unit 01 I pre-ordered. I'm guessing they just ran out of kits? It makes me worried about the other pre-orders I have with them, and if I will get my Eva at all.
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d3lness posted:The big sword, without a doubt, is the weakest part of the kit. I have ridiculous fanboy goggles so it didn't bother me too much. The gaps are pretty big, the peg that is intended to keep it rigid with the handle is super short and weak, and as you said transforming it is a nightmare. I really like it as a backpack and that saves the kit overall for me. All that said, I wouldn't recommend it unless somebody is a massive fan of the model overall. I got mine "used" (legs partially assembled) from a secondhand toy store, but it IS a cool kit. I wish they made the variant with the big goofy shoulders into a PG, but the two swords make up for that in my opinion. I think I like the body of the kit better than the PG 00 7S/G I just posted about, but the Seven Swords definitely wins out on the gimmicks. All the swords on that kit are rigid but light enough to be poseable, although they do give you a pair of molded hands for the GN Buster Sword, which is super nice. The arms and legs also have locking joints which are GREAT for holding poses, though the locking mechanisms themselves are kinda hard to put together. Locking arms and molded hands would have been super useful for the Red Frame Kai, as it would maybe be able to actually hold the Delta Arms, instead of just standing with it. Edit: i got batteries for the 00's GN drives and i don't know what i expected but i can't say it was this https://twitter.com/muffinlordArt/status/1245076078248570880?s=19 The Muffinlord fucked around with this message at 20:52 on Mar 31, 2020 |
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Mar 31, 2020 19:55
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The Muffinlord posted:I got mine "used" (legs partially assembled) from a secondhand toy store, but it IS a cool kit. I wish they made the variant with the big goofy shoulders into a PG, but the two swords make up for that in my opinion. I think I like the body of the kit better than the PG 00 7S/G I just posted about, but the Seven Swords definitely wins out on the gimmicks. All the swords on that kit are rigid but light enough to be poseable, although they do give you a pair of molded hands for the GN Buster Sword, which is super nice. The arms and legs also have locking joints which are GREAT for holding poses, though the locking mechanisms themselves are kinda hard to put together. Locking arms and molded hands would have been super useful for the Red Frame Kai, as it would maybe be able to actually hold the Delta Arms, instead of just standing with it. if I ever get a PG it'll likely be exia cause dang it looks good.
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Mar 31, 2020 21:14
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That's the Seven Sword, similar but different.
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Mar 31, 2020 21:25
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Yeah the seven swords is the 00, which is older, and has some fiddly bits. I suppose all perfect grades do, but the locking mechanisms are kind of hard to get inserted properly and the shoulders like to pop out. The hologram material, which is almost all hidden under the armor, is a bear to work with and requires really precise bending on extremely soft rubber. It looks cool as hell all lit up, though.
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Exia build done!    Final armour assembly, lights on and off. I love the way that the armour can just come off without needing to take the frame apart. Still deciding if I'm going to get some waterslides for this, but if I do this will make topcoating easier. Weapons  Unfortunately one of the coated parts on the longsword is bent. Going to have to use glue to fix that once I decide re: topcoating.  All the weapons (minus beam sabres)  I love that you can store everything (except the beam effect parts) inside the base. Makes storage so much easier.   Current pose until I decal this thing up.  Just for fun, the pile of off-cuts from this. With the UK's quarantine continuing for at least another two weeks (let's be honest here, it'll go on longer), my office closed for the time being and not working from home, I'm going to work through my back-log some. Just trying to decide on my next project. The three that I'm looking at are MG Barbatos (might paint, still undecided. Do have some third-party waterslides and metal photo-etch parts however), MG Hi-Nu Ver.Ka (has waterslides, some look pretty challenging to do for a beginner) and the Kotobukiya Metal Gear Rex (planning on a full paint job, first non-Bandai kit I'll have done) I also have a bunch of HG kits in my back-log and the Flame Toys Starscream (might be a full paint job, will probably want to build first before I decide)
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Mar 31, 2020 21:54
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Does the GN drive spin though
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Mar 31, 2020 22:21
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d3lness posted:
Nice background Megumin, i just watched the movie.
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Mar 31, 2020 22:29
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The Muffinlord posted:Does the GN drive spin though It fakes it with an LED array, but yes! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhm1JGgrtMY
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Mar 31, 2020 22:37
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Veotax posted:It fakes it with an LED array, but yes! Okay, that's radical. Is the drive removable? I wonder if you could sub it in with one of the 00's if you felt like.
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It is removable, there's even a mounting point on the base that's wired up if you want to display it separately. Dunno if you could attach Drives from another kit though, the GN Drive completes the circuit for the lights, the Gundam won't light-up if it's not in place. All the lights are just one big circuit powered off 4 AA batteries on the base.
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Protip for the power supply for the PG Exia, make sure to put rechargeable batteries in that unit. Don't want normal AA's leaking after they've run their course and gently caress up the unit. Though the DM knock off one actually has a Micro usb port to power it without batteries if your in need of a replacement.
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Apr 1, 2020 01:45
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I finished my submission. https://imgur.com/a/V6DxVdt gunpla is confusing.
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Sazabi posted:I finished my submission. https://imgur.com/a/V6DxVdt gunpla is confusing. Poor thing's had some rough times  .
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Sazabi posted:I finished my submission. https://imgur.com/a/V6DxVdt gunpla is confusing. We've all been there, buddy, hang in there! d3lness posted:Finished the dry fit for my PG Red Astray. I don't have enough clear coat and I'm not ordering more right now so he's on hold until the 'roni chills the gently caress out. Luckily I have a backlog to get through. Absolutely in love with the backpack swords of the entire Astray line. Nice model and nice dog. Are you going to paint it? edit: the model, not the dog. do not paint the dog
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Sazabi posted:I finished my submission. https://imgur.com/a/V6DxVdt gunpla is confusing. 
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Apr 1, 2020 03:44
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EthanSteele posted:edit: the model, not the dog. do not paint the dog Some panel lining and decals will really make it pop though!
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EthanSteele posted:Nice model and nice dog. Are you going to paint it? Thank you on both counts. I'm not going to paint it. Just panel lining, decals, and clear coat. Nothing of the sort for the dog. Though I might need to dig out a MG Blue Astray I airbrushed a few years ago.
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Apr 1, 2020 04:12
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You could totally paint the dog, though. http://www.petpaint.com/
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RillAkBea posted:Some panel lining and decals will really make it pop though! Just don't go overboard with the extra scribed lines.
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Paper Kaiju posted:You could totally paint the dog, though. I think we've got our next thread challenge!
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Gripweed posted:I want this I'm not sure if I want to buy it yet, but I sure as hell do want to see if it's recycling the old GP-02 or if it's all new parts. They've been doing some real sneaky stuff with the build series recently and I'm desperate for a new GP-02.
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RillAkBea posted:I'm not sure if I want to buy it yet, but I sure as hell do want to see if it's recycling the old GP-02 or if it's all new parts. They've been doing some real sneaky stuff with the build series recently and I'm desperate for a new GP-02. Say what you want about Try at least their molds were mostly new.
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BadMedic posted:Well, March came and went, and no word from HLJ on the Eva Unit 01 I pre-ordered. I'm in the same boat and just asked them WTF happened. I'll post when I hear back.
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Midjack posted:I'm in the same boat and just asked them WTF happened. I'll post when I hear back. Same boat here too, very curious when you'll hear back.
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For what it's worth, mine arrived safe and sound, so at least SOME have gone out.
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Yeah. HLJ is usually pretty good about getting stuff out promptly and the one time they had to defer me (PG Unicorn) they sent a really apologetic email and a coupon plus upgraded me to fast shipping for free when it finally came in. This was probably a similar deal to that, where demand just completely blew out supply and due to plague chaos they just didn't communicate well. Topic shift: were we going to vote for the winner of the 30MM build?
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Midjack posted:Yeah. HLJ is usually pretty good about getting stuff out promptly and the one time they had to defer me (PG Unicorn) they sent a really apologetic email and a coupon plus upgraded me to fast shipping for free when it finally came in. This was probably a similar deal to that, where demand just completely blew out supply and due to plague chaos they just didn't communicate well. I'm pretty sure the same thing happened to me with the FAZZ. I ended up cancelling the order and getting it elsewhere as I watched the AUD/JPY exchange rate blow out to where it would be cheaper to buy it locally.
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Be aware japan post dropped services to a lot of places so shipping might just not be available anymore.
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Wibbleman posted:Be aware japan post dropped services to a lot of places so shipping might just not be available anymore. HLJ have just removed time limits on private warehouse storage and disabled automatic shipping due to this.
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 Ore wa Gundam? Bitch I'm Veda.  (Admit it, you immediately tried to identify all of the Gundams he's holding. I know I did..  )Meanwhile, I've started coloring my action bases because.. I dunno. Got nothing better to do right now, and I like it when the action base compliments the kit's color scheme.  Kinda hard to tell in the pictures, but Virtue's base has green highlights and white panel lining, so it's the opposite of Nadleeh's color scheme. White panel lining was a loving pain in the rear end.  Also bought this bootleg ZAFT base off AliExpress a while back because it always bothered me that Strike Freedom had its own custom base and Infinite Justice didn't.  It originally came with a black bracket but I just popped this white one off the stand he was originally on. I think it works better with the kit's color scheme. 
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Bees on Wheat posted:(Admit it, you immediately tried to identify all of the Gundams he's holding. I know I did.. I can identify all but two of them, the one next to the exia up front and the one sandwiched between Heavyarms and the Unicorn.
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Bill Posters posted:HLJ have just removed time limits on private warehouse storage and disabled automatic shipping due to this. They can't ship at all now? I've been considering adding a few things before I get my stuff shipped.
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OptimusShr posted:I can identify all but two of them, the one next to the exia up front and the one sandwiched between Heavyarms and the Unicorn. Deathscythe and Strike, in that order.
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BizarroAzrael posted:They can't ship at all now? I've been considering adding a few things before I get my stuff shipped. They can still ship, but depending on your country some shipping methods aren't available right now.
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DigitalRaven posted:Deathscythe and Strike, in that order. Looking at it more closely I think that's the EW version of Deathscythe Hell. Just going by the spiked feet and the lack of yellow details. OptimusShr fucked around with this message at 13:30 on Apr 2, 2020 |
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DigitalRaven posted:Deathscythe and Strike, in that order. From the angle of the white V antenna and the grey strips down the sides of the mouthpiece, I think that's Freedom rather than Strike.
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Collected 30mm group build post. If I missed yours, let me know.Bees on Wheat posted:Built my 30MM kits yesterday. I used the dark blue armor from the Alto Blue with the white and gray frame pieces from an Alto Black, and gave it a Diver Ace backpack/weapons. Had a hell of a time getting the backpack on before I realized there was an adapter piece I needed to use in order to get it to sit comfortably on the Alto's back. It looks like something that you might get if they started mass-producing mobile suits based on 00's design, like a 00 Dagger or something. Veotax posted:This is what I managed to bash together on Sunday for the group build. Gripweed posted:I put the Marsfour sword backpack on my Portanova. Looks pretty cool Bees on Wheat posted:So I ended up buying the Alto Flight-type and a whole bunch of other stuff last week. Gotta say I like the flight-type design a bit more than the standard Alto look, but you can do either one since the kit includes all the parts for the standard Alto. The backpack reminds me a bit of the Fatum-00 unit for Justice, with the shoulder cannons and everything. The wings even fold down in the same weird way. Don't think you can surf on it, though. The gun is from the weapon options kit. Waffleman_ posted:My boy is armored up. mllaneza posted:This is exactly why I try to get in 2 or 3 building sessions a week at my desk. TaurusOxford posted:Finished my 30MM build. I'm calling it the Alto Ace Commander Type: grassy gnoll posted:30 MM build! Kinda. grassy gnoll posted:I figured out what to do with those spare limbs. Puddin posted:Got some decent enough weather for me to finish my 30mm build. Went with a sentry bot style of build after changing my mind about 13 times. Paper Kaiju posted:Self-quarantine finally gave me what I needed to quit procrastinating and finish my 30MM. Metrofreak posted:I love 30MM Hellboy Neddy Seagoon posted:My 30MM is all done as my package arrrived today Midjack posted:As opposed to that, here's my 30MM entry. I had more elaborate ideas, but the last few weeks have kind of sapped my enthusiasm. Find the Alto Sniper: JT Smiley posted:Just finished my entry, thinking for calling it Metal Gear Anubis: Moai Ou posted:My entry isn't anything special, but it was my first 30MM kit and I thought I'd use it as an opportunity to experiment! I always wanted to attempt some kind of camo pattern. It's not the cleanest look, but I like it. I also finally made myself a small light box, and it's been a process learning how to light it properly. Dulkor posted:Ended up not getting any time or motivation to detail this week, but the build itself is just as complete as it was when I last posted. Sazabi posted:I finished my submission. https://imgur.com/a/V6DxVdt gunpla is confusing. grassy gnoll fucked around with this message at 14:12 on Apr 3, 2020 |
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. Can't paint, but I got some Gunpla markers to play with and I think they touched up the armor okay.
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