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Gripweed posted:Finally! That name just sounds so inappropriate somehow. "Hey baby; Come hop on my Booster Bed...  "
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I built the RG EVa Unit 03 torso. Even by RG standards, this thing has a lot of parts
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RG Hi-Nu's plated silver is pissing me off, too many nub marks. Even if they're small and mostly out of the way it's still too many.
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wdarkk posted:RG Hi-Nu's plated silver is pissing me off, too many nub marks. Even if they're small and mostly out of the way it's still too many. i absolutely LOVE the EX silver gundam marker. it replicates that plated silver look really well. not sure how far along you are but it would probably cover up those nub marks pretty well https://newtype.us/p/g263tGJaUDZYovxN9Wcw/h/gundam-marker-ex-xgm100-plated-silver
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This is more porcelain than plastic but I thought of you guys and I don’t know a better thread-  I was waking by Hermés in nyc and saw this ashtray in the window. I think it’s only $740
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For some reason my local comic shop had a couple 1/100 Gallop Type Walker Machine kits
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Gripweed posted:For some reason my local comic shop had a couple 1/100 Gallop Type Walker Machine kits Yeah, one of my local model places had a bunch of Xabungle kits, so I assume Bandai did a big reprint of the whole line.
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chiasaur11 posted:Yeah, one of my local model places had a bunch of Xabungle kits, so I assume Bandai did a big reprint of the whole line. I'm pretty happy about it, the Gallop is one of my low key favorite robots. And it's a good excuse to finally learn weathering
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The RG Eva unit 03 has lost a lot of goodwill with this insane wrist construction
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Assembled my Kimaris Vidar (I am not great at taking photos). 
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May 27, 2022 20:03
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Here's my WIP for the past few weeks, local hobby shop is having a Build Fighters contest the first weekend of June so I'm in the home stretch. I was originally going to do more traditional Spallow colors where the primary color is white and the accent is yellow and it ended up looking like a McDonalds promo so I hard searched any of the Casval ver. color schemes and swerved to that.
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I assume this was known already, but considering the talk of shortages, I mention just in case. Bandai spirits has a new factory just to make more gunpla kits. It is scheduled for 2024 though. Source: https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Trade/From-steel-to-Gundam-Japan-s-changing-exports Also mentions why they aren't going to opening any plants for gunpla in china or elsewhere any time soon (technicians and mold security).
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JuffoWup posted:I assume this was known already, but considering the talk of shortages, I mention just in case. Bandai spirits has a new factory just to make more gunpla kits. It is scheduled for 2024 though. And that really reinforces my theory on Cross Silhouette being wrapped up in favor of bringing back EX. When you're loaded to capacity, it's nice to have something you can offload on foreign partners, and CS involved too much proprietary tech to safely ship the molds over, even if they could trust the overseas factories to maintain tolerances. Meanwhile, the EX are decades behind the standard releases.
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Zodack posted:Here's my WIP for the past few weeks, local hobby shop is having a Build Fighters contest the first weekend of June so I'm in the home stretch. I was originally going to do more traditional Spallow colors where the primary color is white and the accent is yellow and it ended up looking like a McDonalds promo so I hard searched any of the Casval ver. color schemes and swerved to that. Where'd you get the weapons?
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Kaiju Cage Match posted:Where'd you get the weapons? The sword looks like it came from the Asteroth Origin, I think.
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Close - sword is from an old Kimaria Vidar I had, the Gatling gun is from a build fighters tri accessory set. I forget what it's called, something-arms, but it was the same set of arms and weapons on the GM cardigan
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Zodack posted:Close - sword is from an old Kimaria Vidar I had, the Gatling gun is from a build fighters tri accessory set. I forget what it's called, something-arms, but it was the same set of arms and weapons on the GM cardigan Powered Arms Powereder, a delightful name.
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I need some noob advice.
Then I'd like some kit suggestions to round out my backlog, as reviewers seem to be pretty divided on a couple of designs I like, and they're old enough that flaws that wouldn't be forgiven in more recent kits are omitted from the review. For the Zeta, Hyakushiki, ZZ (maybe FAZZ?) and maybe the Unicorn (not into the Phenex/Perfectibility), if I don't care about transforming them at all and don't want to get PG/EXs, which grades are the best? I know the RGs would be old-style stick-figure frames that turn into hand grenades / need tightening and glue, which probably means HG or MG, but there's stuff going on with Revives, 2.0's and ver Ka's? Going a bit wider, what are the best Macross Valkyries? I probably want to pick up a -1A or -1S from DYRL / original series, and then one more from the overall franchise in general. Preferably new enough to be able to avoid the old "toothbrush to remove release agent" stuff, though I'm aware that gunpla levels of "no paint or glue required" probably isn't going to happen. Are there any kits of the LOGH ships? Some of the designs from the newer series look like they were made with it in mind, though the older ones aren't turn-offs either. And finally, are there any gunpla style snap-fit jets / tanks / battleship kits out there? The booster kit on the Bandai ARX-7 being half a jet gave me the idea to look into this as mine went together really well despite reviewers hating it. The closest I've found so far is the Yamato 2199+ line, which tends to be quite expensive for what you get and usually still needs at least a bit of glue.
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Nullkigan posted:
The RG Unicorn is actually pretty stable. The transformation is a bit fiddly (although it's remarkably well done in the details for the scale) but it you don't want to bother with it, you've got a mostly solid design. The skeleton era of RGs had a lot of molds with some level of issues, but even then a lot of them were okay to great. The HG Unicorn isn't recommended. It's got a bit of a bad reputation, especially in Destroy mode. The ZZ has a Ver Ka Master Grade, that's probably the best bet. Meanwhile, the Shiki has a MG 2.0 that's pretty nice looking. The HG Revive is a nice kit too, but it needs paint to get a good looking gold. And the Zeta... well, I haven't heard raves about any of them. Nullkigan posted:And finally, are there any gunpla style snap-fit jets / tanks / battleship kits out there? The booster kit on the Bandai ARX-7 being half a jet gave me the idea to look into this as mine went together really well despite reviewers hating it. The closest I've found so far is the Yamato 2199+ line, which tends to be quite expensive for what you get and usually still needs at least a bit of glue. Yep. Some are trickier to get than others, since they don't get reprinted so often, but Bandai's got a fair number of them, as do some of the competitors. Kotobukiya has some pretty expensive Ace Combat snap-fit kits, Bandai's got Star Wars, there's Bandai Ultraman and Yamato pocket-sized kits that cost under ten bucks (although they need paint), but my favorite I've run across is probably Bandai's Gundam Ground War sets, which have a Mobile Suit as the centerpiece to an assortment of smaller 1/144 vehicles. (The Gundam comes with two hovertruck, the Zaku has two EFF tanks and a pair of Wappas)
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Nullkigan posted:Going a bit wider, what are the best Macross Valkyries? I probably want to pick up a -1A or -1S from DYRL / original series, and then one more from the overall franchise in general. Preferably new enough to be able to avoid the old "toothbrush to remove release agent" stuff, though I'm aware that gunpla levels of "no paint or glue required" probably isn't going to happen. For Valkyries, Hasegawa does have some fairly good kits for the more recent series but VF1s are all very old molds that are creeping slowly out of spec from what I've seen so probably not what you want. However, Max Factory's Plamax who previously put out a ridiculous 1/20 Valkrie are putting out a 1/72 VF-1A/S fighter kit at the end of the year promising 4 colors of plastic plus stickers though so no painting but it will probably need glue. I don't know about jets and tanks, but the Fujimi Next line of battleships claims to be full color, no paint, no glue snap kits but I've never tried one myself. And if you're interested in cars at all Aoshima have their steadily growing 'The Snap Kit' line as well as small batch line of pre-painted models. Also, seconding the RG recommendations above, the early ones did have a few flaws that got exaggerated and passed around the internet unchecked, but except for a few notable failures I'd say they're all good kits as long as you accept that they're models not action figures. RillAkBea fucked around with this message at 10:27 on May 30, 2022 |
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Nullkigan posted:I need some noob advice. Hazard stripes  They make the weapons pop while also making it clear that they are weapons, because they're hazardous
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Another MODEROID's up for preorder - Knight's & Magic's Tzendolg and Tzendolimble.
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Been a while since I posted here. My girlfriend got me the Eva Kiryu for my birthday. The box is huge. I've never done a gunpla of this scale before. I'm excited.
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Detective No. 27 posted:Been a while since I posted here. My girlfriend got me the Eva Kiryu for my birthday. The box is huge. I've never done a gunpla of this scale before. I'm excited. That's the thing that got me into doing gunpla a month or two ago. It's still in the closet and hasn't been built yet, it's a bit intimidating.
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Detective No. 27 posted:Been a while since I posted here. My girlfriend got me the Eva Kiryu for my birthday. The box is huge. I've never done a gunpla of this scale before. I'm excited. Eva Kiryu... ? http://www.youtubemultiplier.com/6296fdae51fff-evangelion-and-kiryu-together-at-last.php
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RillAkBea posted:Eva Kiryu... ? Nishiki get in the robot.
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free hubcaps posted:the hg zaku ii revive is a recent kit right? does anyone know if it uses the same sort of structure as the hg origins zakus? those are extremely fun to build and I dig the look of the revive It's a new build. Much better arms with almost zero seam lines, rotating forearms and a new soft plastic skirting if you want a more anime style skirt movement instead of hard plates. If you're looking for another one the Doan's Island Zaku that is coming out soon is built on the Origin frame but with a lot of new parts.
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Arc Hammer posted:It's a new build. Much better arms with almost zero seam lines, rotating forearms and a new soft plastic skirting if you want a more anime style skirt movement instead of hard plates. oh that's great to hear, definitely going to grab one. the Doan's custom is p-bandai exclusive right? it does look cool as hell
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Sadly yes it's only P Bandai. I want it.
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Trying to add plaplates for extra details for my mg f91 2.0. I have now resigned myself to the fact since I'm now scribing, adding leds and pla plates, along with my work and family schedule, I will be finishing maybe 3 kits a year.
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Monaghan posted:Trying to add plaplates for extra details for my mg f91 2.0. I have now resigned myself to the fact since I'm now scribing, adding leds and pla plates, along with my work and family schedule, I will be finishing maybe 3 kits a year. As long as you buy them at the same rate. Enjoy your backlog explosion!
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Monaghan posted:Trying to add plaplates for extra details for my mg f91 2.0. I have now resigned myself to the fact since I'm now scribing, adding leds and pla plates, along with my work and family schedule, I will be finishing maybe 3 kits a year. 
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For airbrush painters, how do you handle those types of abs pieces that come assembled on sprue, like the RG inner frame or the hands on this MG: Do you just spray the whole thing, or try to mask off bits that slide together like joints or pistons?
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Booyah- posted:For airbrush painters, how do you handle those types of abs pieces that come assembled on sprue, like the RG inner frame or the hands on this MG: Paint the whole thing and gloss/flat coat the hell out of it. If any paint chips bother you handbrush them. The chipping is usually not noticeable.
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Monaghan posted:Paint the whole thing and gloss/flat coat the hell out of it. cool, I'm painting it a grey thats very close to the plastic color so chipping is fine. I was mostly worried that thick paint would prevent the joints from working at all
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