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Buncha new pics of the RG Hi-Nu.
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Want so loving much
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Sep 9, 2021 17:38
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I can't wait until my copy comes in, I'm glad I preordered it.
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Sep 9, 2021 18:28
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Yeaaah. I wasn't planning on the RG Hi-Nu since I have the MG Ver Ka, but these pictures are tempting me. Probably not enough to pre-order on HLJ, but maybe to buy at the first chance I have when it shows up in the UK
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Sep 9, 2021 19:26
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I stand corrected. Image 5 on that reddit page shows the waist assembly and holy crap that's a brilliant fix for the front skirts getting in the way of high kicks. Arc Hammer fucked around with this message at 19:32 on Sep 9, 2021 |
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Sep 9, 2021 19:29
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The Gundam expo stuff and getting the RG Nu recently cleared out my Gunpla funds for awhile and besides the MG Virtue or a good Zoids kit at a reasonable price, dunno if finances or backlog would justify it, but I will definitely set my sights on that Hi-Nu in the future
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Sep 9, 2021 19:35
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Arc Hammer posted:
Oh my GOD. That's just, like, they didn't have to, but they did, and it's brilliant.
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Sep 10, 2021 02:05
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Diet Poison posted:Oh my GOD. That's just, like, they didn't have to, but they did, and it's brilliant.  Everybody look at this. This is the future, dammit.
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Sep 10, 2021 05:00
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JoeGlassJAw posted:It went up again on some socials so keep an eye on P-Bandai. The launch dock will be a standalone release with an AT Field. Seeing Feb 2022 release date for both. Eva 01 JPY 5,500; Dock/AT field set JPY 2,420 What's the usual go for these for people in Australia?
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Sep 10, 2021 07:50
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Vahtooch posted:What's the usual go for these for people in Australia? https://sidesevenexports.com/collections/premium-bandai/products/rg-evangelion-unit-01-theatrical-versionmay-june-ship-date It'll take a while to get to you, but I've used him a few times.
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Sep 10, 2021 12:03
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MJP posted:I had some in-progress, stored, and completed kits on the floor of my basement. My basement got 6" of water and the contents under the waterline have been trashed. Is it weird that I'm not perturbed or unhappy about losing them? A bunch of supplies, too. I feel the same way about some kits. I've probably built over 200 of the things because I enjoyed making them so much but I've actually started throwing away a lot of them because I've just started running out of space and yeah, I'm not that bothered about many of them. Some of them I've bought higher grade versions of so they technically live on in the collection but the others were either stuff that was fairly disappointing, stuff that looked like a cool idea at the time, or stuff that's just way too complicated or awkward to display (looking at you ReZel Defensers..). I'm actually feeling really good about reducing my collection because it was getting so much that the emotional value of a single model was nearing zero.
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Sep 11, 2021 13:51
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Got a couple Diaclones: https://imgur.com/a/Gu81fPr
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Sep 13, 2021 00:12
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Rational Brain: Huh I'd like to try some leds in my gunpla. Maybe just do some for a pair of eyes, see how it goes. My brain: HEY DO YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD LOOK loving AWESOME:  I've been reading a bunch about leds and setups so hopefully I can make this work.
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Sep 13, 2021 03:31
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Heh, I'm actually planning to get into doing lighting too, so that's probably what's going to happen to me soon enough. Current plan is just to light up the kits compatible with Bandai's LEDs, using a 3D printed enclosure to keep the LEDs in place. We'll see how that goes. My current problem is just finding out where to buy this stuff in the UK. I'm awful at Googling stuff like this.
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Sep 13, 2021 09:37
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Finally finished the woodgrain Hambrabi. There are lots of things I would do differently but I'm happy with this as a first attempt. I used spar urethane (spray can) to topcoat and it looks awesome. Sanding afterwards was a bad idea, though - it took up all the paint under the urethane. Lesson learned; the stuff was made for wood, not paint.     My wife has been opining on prototype woodgraining I've been doing on some other stuff and she thought this was the realest so far. That's praise from Caesar. Next time I do this will be with some kind of very loose, bigger brush - the small hobby brush didn't offer much realistic graining. Also I hate to be That Guy but if anyone wants the models I'm selling in SA-Mart, please make some offers - flood recovery is hitting a bit hard cost-wise, it would be great to get these out to good homes. Happy to make offers.
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Sep 13, 2021 13:18
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I am weak and have dumped 200 bucks on Zoids (incl. shipping and fees). Thanks a lot for your advice, chiasaur11!   I have owned and built several Tomy ZOIDS as a kid in the mid-eighties, so I am stoked to find out how similar the Kotobukiya kits are. Just looking at the runners, I can tell they are close to Bandai's Gundams, so I am thrilled to start building. The saber tiger and the rhino I remember being around during my ZOIDS phase, and I always wanted to own them, but my parents got me the gorilla and mammoth instead (besides a score of tiny kits), which were still great. The fox just looks cool.  SpikeMcclane posted:During backlogust, I tried my first kit of several product lines and did my first custom that wasn't just a straight repaint. And I kind of regret not documenting some of that, which has given me an idea for another contest, assuming mods / the community is cool with it. gently caress yeah, let's do this!  Any advice on panel lining black parts? 
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Sep 13, 2021 16:19
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MJP posted:Finally finished the woodgrain Hambrabi. There are lots of things I would do differently but I'm happy with this as a first attempt. I used spar urethane (spray can) to topcoat and it looks awesome. Sanding afterwards was a bad idea, though - it took up all the paint under the urethane. Lesson learned; the stuff was made for wood, not paint. 
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Sep 13, 2021 16:39
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Tarquinn posted:That looks amazing. Thanks! I really wanna have the next one have a more mahogany or rosewood look for the dark wood bits. If it doesn't look like it was made from materials that came from former Portuguese/British colonies, it ain't done yet  I'm not yet happy with the yellowish wood look; if I can get it close to the honey maple stain on my kitchen cabinets I might be able to do some kind of centerpiece for the kitchen.
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Sep 13, 2021 19:05
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 I want to try painting the hg turn a gundam with my airbrush kit. I’ve actually already tried priming it already but put too much primer on. I don’t know if it still counts, but for what it’s worth I haven’t used color paints yet or tried panel lining. I’m going to use my airbrush for the main color and do the eyes and details with a paint brush. I’ll also be using Vallejo mecha color paint for the most part. hostess with the Moltres fucked around with this message at 22:56 on Sep 13, 2021 |
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Sep 13, 2021 22:48
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Fixed.
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Sep 13, 2021 22:49
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Alright, I built my first FMP kit This was a ton of fun. It has the top of the line modern HG engineering, but in service of something that is very not a Gundam. So you get weird construction that you wouldn't see in a Gundam kit. There was a period where I thought I had accidentally been building the torso backwards, but it turns out it's just like that. Also the torso can transform into a slightly different torso for some reason? With one exception that I'll get to in a bit, the color separation is fantastic. You see those yellow lines down the arms and legs? The ankle guards are the only part with stickers, all the rest is just great color separation. I also love a robot that can stow it's weapons, so the way the swords clip into the knees and the gun goes on the shoulder was fun Now it's not all roses, the one color separation exception being a big problem because it's the head. There's a bunch of stickers on the head. Not great. And while I do like that the cannon clips onto the shoulder, It really limits posability and fucks up the balance. That shoulder joint can't hold all that weight for long. And the swords clipped into the knees looks dumb. And while the big cannon is neat, the design really limits how you can pose him with it. There's a reason the box picture show him off just kinda standing with the gun. But those small problems aside, it's a quality kit, I had a lot of fun building something that is constructed in such an unfamiliar manner, and I'm glad to have a new kind of robot on my shelf. Soft recommendation for this kit in particular mainly because of the head stickers, but pretty strong recommendation for the FMP line. I definitely want to build some more, especially if they ever come out with a kit of those turtle robots here's the full crew so far 
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Sep 14, 2021 01:21
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Gripweed posted:Also the torso can transform into a slightly different torso for some reason? Probably the Lambda Driver activated mode
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Sep 14, 2021 01:27
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Good Smile did the Savages in their Moderoid line a few years ago. I built one and it went together pretty well, not quite as good as Bandai's stuff. Check my post history for some pictures of it from last year. Edit: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3678195&perpage=40&noseen=1&pagenumber=25#post511099925
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Midjack posted:Good Smile did the Savages in their Moderoid line a few years ago. I built one and it went together pretty well, not quite as good as Bandai's stuff. Check my post history for some pictures of it from last year. Maybe I should give Moderoid a try. But I've already selected my next build. It's from a line I've never built before, from a company I've never built before, in a scale I've never built before. That's right folks, it's Hexa Gear 
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MJP posted:Thanks! I really wanna have the next one have a more mahogany or rosewood look for the dark wood bits. If it doesn't look like it was made from materials that came from former Portuguese/British colonies, it ain't done yet I do a fair amount of woodgraining and end up having to shift the color fairly often. You might be able to do that on your yellow with an orange tinted clear, maybe with a little white in it Looks cool either way 
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Sep 14, 2021 02:10
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I finally got around to watching Hathaway on Netflix and now I'm jumping up and down waiting for Bandai to reprint the Gustav Karl. I have a Penelope and a Xi Gundam and have Messers on the way, but completing my Big Suit tableau will be awfully expensive until folks aren't re-selling Karls at $100 a pop. There are a couple of places online selling them for cheaper, but nobody that I've heard of before.
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I ended up getting the gundam marker airbrush kit and it’s pretty fun, but clearly not meant for recolors. I’m sure it’s great for adding a bit here and there, but it eats through the air cans and markers way too fast. Plus you have to regularly shake and tap the markers to keep it working. However, as a first experience with an airbrush I really liked it. I finished painting my current project and I’m overall pretty happy with it.   I wanted to make a Halloween Pumpkin Death Army figure, but the metallic orange looks way more bronze than orange. I need to panel one and weather the thing next, but with gundam marker do I need to give it some kind of clear coat or finish first? Also just this alone had me go through the can of air that the marker airbrush kit came with as well as the entire metallic orange marker.
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Sep 14, 2021 18:05
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I am part way through the truss frame on the PG Unleashed and what is kind of impressive to me is how cleanly it is able to be disassembled. Other models I am sort of afraid to do that without completely breaking things, but here I took off the waist bits without a problem. Heck, I even popped off the upper body to do a bit of work (There were a couple of pieces that needed to be put in behind a few other pieces which was a bit of a challenge) and put it back on without any trouble. I am sure that is likely by design and maybe other models are like that too, but it was less stressful than I thought it would be.
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Sep 15, 2021 17:54
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Engaged in a bit of lunacy this past week.  I enjoyed this kit, but I'm not sure what folks have seen in it that I haven't to compare it to an RG. It's perfectly nice as an HG, and the moon funnels are certainly a nice touch, but it didn't have nearly the skeletal complexity or gimmick capacity of an RG or recent MG.
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 I built my first ever Gunpla this afternoon. ...I may have the PG Unleashed kit waiting for me at the shop for when my next paycheque comes in.
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Sep 16, 2021 03:13
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Just Dan Again posted:Engaged in a bit of lunacy this past week. I think it's that it has a lot more panel lines than normal.
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Sep 16, 2021 21:13
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gently caress, missed out on the p-bandai Hi-Nu giant gun because I was playing a game with friends for a couple hours.
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Sep 17, 2021 03:04
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Also no stickers or decals, extremely unusual especially for a HG.
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Sep 17, 2021 03:04
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I went ahead and preordered for the Harute and Zabanya just in case (going to look weird next to the 00 Qant FS MG I got tho, and gently caress the Raphael Gundam), but man, didn't even think the Hi Nu's Hyper Mega Bazooka would run out that quick
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Sep 17, 2021 03:10
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i built another sd zaku https://twitter.com/jammerslammi/status/1438676914202349568 morale swells in the squad https://twitter.com/jammerslammi/status/1438689027025248258
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Sep 17, 2021 03:57
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Goddamn, I never thought Bandai would release so man different options for bangs. Although, looking at the breakdown pictures it's not clear to what, if any, extent you will be able to swap bangs pieces between the different hairstyle options. https://twitter.com/hobby_magazine/status/1438701914045116420?s=20
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Sep 17, 2021 04:25
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Full mechanics version of that mech from that new Kyoukai Senki show https://bandai-hobby.net/item/4704/ looks pretty cool i gotta say also some hg grunts from the show https://bandai-hobby.net/item/4728/ https://bandai-hobby.net/item/4702/ https://bandai-hobby.net/item/4716/
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Sep 17, 2021 05:33
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Honestly the legs kinda bug me on that thing, because all the weight's on the hinges rather than the frame itself. By all rights they should just shear off at the knee.
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Sep 17, 2021 06:15
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the 30mm kits on P-Bandai are pretty neat. that gas mask is a completely new mold, isn't it? that sniper rifle on the Portanova looks real unfamiliar too
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