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I was looking at this kitbash between schwarzette and barbatos: https://twitter.com/Nirlet_/status/1685954700787716097 Does anyone know what he's using to extend the limbs? And also what that middle piece is connecting the torso frame with the hips?
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part of my brain is telling me that looks computer generated
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Aug 29, 2023 07:20
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Well, the cylinders on the arms don't look distinct enough to be from anything as far as I can tell. Could be easily be a scratchbuilt piece, though how they extended the underlying arm structure is a mystery because you just can't see. For the legs, it looks like they made spacers and placed them between where the leg joint goes into the thighs and it looks like the standard Schwarzette is just a long peg into a hole, so depending on the holding strength of the hole there might not even need to be much do there. No clue on the lower torso piece.
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Aug 29, 2023 09:02
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With my inexpert eye it looks like it might be a modified barbatos crotch or something plugging into the groin of the schwarzette proper? There's like six loving barbatos kits but they're basically just pipes where you plug in the side bits and the front plate, and then the spinal bit with the tubes ball joints in and it has a hook to connect to the torso. No clue what it's using for the like, crotch plate (possibly a barbatos assplate?) there but it looks like they just shoved some vents or something instead of the intended skirts for the side bits.
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Aug 29, 2023 11:32
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JoeGlassJAw posted:The Hobbytowns near me are showing Calibarn in stock, I'm going to check my local store this afternoon. Not sure if you're in the US or located near one but it could be worth checking! update: they did not have it! i actually was out of town two days ago and checked that city's hobbytown as well because they also said they have it in stock and they did not so i would not take their website as reliable on this one after all. the associates at both stores were surprised it was showing in stock
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Aug 29, 2023 13:08
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https://twitter.com/DeltyThe73rd/status/1696460561389899805?t=x-2LHN3hosO7w4TypondZw&s=19
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Aug 29, 2023 13:16
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wdarkk posted:These WfM kits are pretty straightforward.  That Flyingarmor is pretty dang big, and they came with a bazillion decals (I guess since you can also use them with the RG Mk II). Mostly a fun build although the Flyingarmor takes a surprising amount of force to come together. I'll wait to see if my shipment shows up to determine what I build next.
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Aug 29, 2023 13:30
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It's not Gundam, but I definitely see the Breaker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJoFDsuTIOE
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Aug 29, 2023 14:33
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TaurusOxford posted:It's not Gundam, but I definitely see the Breaker: That thumbnail has a mech with the most clashing art style I've ever seen in a video game.
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Aug 29, 2023 15:22
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wdarkk posted:That thumbnail has a mech with the most clashing art style I've ever seen in a video game. yeah that's the bare legged bot. In the trailer there's also the commuter bot, which is just a commuter train with a Gundam head and a gun
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Aug 29, 2023 16:57
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Hey you! Yes, you!! Are you tired of being a scrawny little twerp??  Do you want to have sweet gains like these too??  Ah but I can already hear the excuses! You don't have the time, the money or the grit...right?  Well worry not because Uncle Swole is here to tell you how even you can do it!!!  Are you ready to hear the secret that Big Swole wants to hide from you???  It's nanomachines!!!!  NANOMACHINES, SON!!!!! *bang*bang*bang*   Call 1-800-NANOSWOLE now to sign up for your first month of injections with a discount as big as Uncle Swole's gains!! Side effects may include being too swole and becoming the storm that is approaching with no rules of nature Tin Tim fucked around with this message at 17:48 on Aug 29, 2023 |
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Aug 29, 2023 17:24
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Tin Tim posted:Hey you! Yes, you!! Goddamn.  Private Goofus should listen to Uncle Swole.
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Aug 29, 2023 20:11
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Current project:  
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Aug 29, 2023 20:28
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Moai Ou posted:Gonna try to squeeze another one of these in for the month:    It's done! And destroyed! This one was a different color plastic than the other ones that I've built, and time was not kind to it. It has a Gold Plastic Syndrome level of brittleness. The robot mode in those pictures is held together with tape and prayers. I was suspicious because the lightbar on the car crumbled away as I was removing it. Then a peg snapped. The two more with barely any force. Then an entire corner of the upper torso. So I got it painted, and it self-destructed. I may glue it in robot mode or do another one up in the same colors. Still, feels bad to have essentially wasted my time.
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Aug 30, 2023 01:03
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Tin Tim posted:kki...kiss me senpai
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Aug 30, 2023 01:11
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Tin Tim posted:Hey you! Yes, you!! yes
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Aug 30, 2023 02:02
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one day I will learn not to touch decals after the softer goes on
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Aug 30, 2023 02:47
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one day
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Aug 30, 2023 02:47
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 I liked the MKII accessories I had so much that I'm doing a HG MKII to go with them.
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Aug 30, 2023 03:47
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I underestimated just how big this thing would be Also almost all of it is made of like, the hardest, stiffest, plastic. The kind of stuff that usually like, the shell pieces of a gundam is made of.
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Aug 30, 2023 04:27
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I definitely wasn't gonna have time to build tomorrow and Thursday aka the last day of the month is a bit iffy... thankfully this guy was fun as hell and I got him half-done on Sunday. Head and arms last night, and backpack tonight.  And if there's a tie for 7th place or wherever I end up, I want a 1/4 point for this action base!    It should be painfully obvious I don't take a lot of pictures. But here's the whole gang!
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Aug 30, 2023 05:40
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Good taste in graphic novels too
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Backlogust Update: The Final Frontier As we run up to the due date, remember that you’ve got until literally it is no longer August 31st anywhere on the planet anymore to submit your kits. Tergaso posted:I won't even dignify the accusations that I do not appreciate fine antique vases. (Did you know his VA is Oberstein from LoGH?) 1 point, HG Heavy logged. chrome line posted:It's been a while since I built a High Grade, especially one from more than a few years ago. I forgot how much quicker they go than the kits I've been building lately, even one as big as this 1 point. Congratulations! wdarkk posted:Thorn is a cool little gremlin guy, even though the gremlin was the other pilot. 1 point, Ur logged. Tergaso posted:Heavy Gundam down. What a great kit to build, and I think it looks great. 1 point for the HG, MG logged. Diet Poison posted:If I don't get a Calibarn and Schwarzette, I'm gonna be pissed. Of course they save my favorite designs for the rear end-end of the line. Logged, this is a 1.5er. wdarkk posted:These WfM kits are pretty straightforward. Ballparking this one at 1, since you’re getting kinda-two kits out of it. parabolic posted:Doing a big round up of all the stuff I started and finished early before lacking the willpower to avoid Baldur's Gate 3 and Armored Core 6. I think this is probably the single highest-scoring post this year, at six points. wdarkk posted:
And there's the 1 point. Moai Ou posted:
That's another 2.5 points, at least. wdarkk posted:
Logged. Diet Poison posted:I definitely wasn't gonna have time to build tomorrow and Thursday aka the last day of the month is a bit iffy... thankfully this guy was fun as hell and I got him half-done on Sunday. Head and arms last night, and backpack tonight. And 1.5 points as promised. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1spTf3jEQ82AcdKjs8rlo5iKxjp9NIfgetxeZlRKCZXQ/edit?usp=sharing Check ‘em! I’m not kidding!
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Guntank! The inner frame for this kit is incredibly complex compared to what you'd expect. And there are some cool gimmicks, the quad missiles piston in and out as you rotate the forearm piece. The cockpit comes with an LED (but no batteries) and the treads can flex and raise up.  The back plate comes down, I'm not sure if it's for loading ammo or as a recoil spade.  And yes, there is a functional core fighter in there. Like I said, surprisingly complex to construct. I only had issues with some of the treads, most everything else came together without too much issue.  And I may not get this finished by the end of the month, but I was able to get an HG Turn A Gundam. 
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Aug 30, 2023 07:31
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Bah, the HG Durandal Valkyrie AND my 30MM backpack sets both went straight into Backordered. HLJ must've over-preordered their allotment on both.  I'm totally not planning to load up my painted-up HG Zowort Heavy like it's an Armored Core...
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And I'm finally done, complete with least flattering photo possible: It was really fun for the most part! A really sturdy thing too. My only real complaints about it is that I don't like the screws, they feel entirely unncessary and the torso just did not want to seem to fit together right. The front half doesn't like, actually plug in or really connect to anything, it's just got two tiny little hooks that slip around a joint, and half of the little waist flaps clip into the other half but the actual body piece has loving nothing. You just kind of have to press them together and, probably due to ineptitude on my part, the left side just didn't want to securely close so it's got a tiny bit of a gap that I don't like. Also, due to the fact that it has so many big hollow pieces and sliding bits for the transformation a lot of its joints (the wrists especially) are super loose which makes it hard to pose, and the head just kind of keeps falling into the chest. My cats, however, loved it and kept trying to steal its limbs. Here's Bob helping. 
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Nuebot posted:And I'm finally done, complete with least flattering photo possible: That guy feels like a stunt gundam. Like Xi or Penelelope. Just huge. Maybe I'd like them better painted? Maybe becuase it's an old model and feels... incomplete or toy like when done? Kyshatria feels like a much better "I'm big as hell and 144 scale". That said, I"m really happy they are still making the Psycho Gundam. Stunt models are good.
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Nerobro posted:That guy feels like a stunt gundam. Like Xi or Penelelope. Just huge. I adore them for existing too, and Stunt models is a fantastic term for them. I'm gonna use that one myself  .I'm eagerly awaiting whatever that colossal Battalogue model they're teasing is gonna be, and I hope it's stupid-big just to see it exist.
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Nerobro posted:That guy feels like a stunt gundam. Like Xi or Penelelope. Just huge. I've said it about the Messer before, but putting one of the big 144 scales next to a 'normal' size 144 is loony. An RX-78's V-fin is right about where the Messer's cockpit starts.
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Warmachine posted:I've said it about the Messer before, but putting one of the big 144 scales next to a 'normal' size 144 is loony. An RX-78's V-fin is right about where the Messer's cockpit starts. The HG The O is similarly big. It’s the size of an MG Wing suit.
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Nerobro posted:That guy feels like a stunt gundam. Like Xi or Penelelope. Just huge. Toy-like describes it perfectly, tbh. Holding it, it feels like an old megazord toy I had as a kid, what with the big chunky limbs and like 90% just hard plastic shell that slides around so it can transform. I like it a lot because I just love the psycho gundam and mobile armours in general; but I think I do like regular kits better? I'd still kill for an MKII, Big Zam or a new Perfect Zeong though. It'd be nice if I had the talent and time to paint it too, but for now just having it on display is good enough for me.
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The time has come for HG Psycho Gundam Mk-II, come on Bandai. Also not sure it was mentioned in here, but there's a p-bandai drop tonight at 9 eastern for MG Mk-V, MG Epyon Sturm und Drang, and some Wing decals.  Is sturm und drang new? I think it's literally the last suit I need to complete my obscenely large and unbuilt MG Wing collection.
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Nuebot posted:Toy-like describes it perfectly, tbh. Holding it, it feels like an old megazord toy I had as a kid, what with the big chunky limbs and like 90% just hard plastic shell that slides around so it can transform. I like it a lot because I just love the psycho gundam and mobile armours in general; but I think I do like regular kits better? I'd still kill for an MKII, Big Zam or a new Perfect Zeong though. It'd be nice if I had the talent and time to paint it too, but for now just having it on display is good enough for me. The moment of dissonance for me comes when I pick up the bigger toyetic kits. I know roughly what the 'weight' of an HG is in my hand, and things like the Messer feel 'right' because they do in fact have more plastic and there aren't many empty voids inside the shell. The designer was doing some fantastic drugs when they came up with the chest cavity of the Messer that allows for sick ab crunches. But if I pick up something with more hollow space inside like a Kshatriya, my brain senses the difference in expected vs actual weight. I'm betting the Psycho Gundam has that effect too--even more pronounced because it is a transforming kit and has to have even more voids inside. Funny enough, the MG Delta Plus feels right when I hold it because it is both hyper dense and transforming, since pretty much all of its transformation comes down to pivots made on absolutely nutty numbers of hinges. The chest is like 70% hinges by volume. tl;dr the weight of the kit is important.
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Man, Sturm und Drang is the most pointless gear set from Glory of the Losers. All the other extra sets had some point, usually to give one of the Gundams the ability of another Gundam. But Sturm und Drang is just arm wings. That don't even function as wings when it transforms.
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Gripweed posted:Man, Sturm und Drang is the most pointless gear set from Glory of the Losers. All the other extra sets had some point, usually to give one of the Gundams the ability of another Gundam. But Sturm und Drang is just arm wings. That don't even function as wings when it transforms. I don't disagree, and it's definitely not my favorite GoL design, but may I offer in devil's advocate counter-point: sword big. 
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chrome line posted:It's been a while since I built a High Grade, especially one from more than a few years ago. I forgot how much quicker they go than the kits I've been building lately, even one as big as this It turns out this wasn't actually the last of my backlog! I'd had this hiding in my closet for probably a few years and completely forgotten about it until I found it yesterday.   Really quick and easy kit, pretty fun. And I ended up at the mall today and picked up some more, so we'll see if I can finish any of these by the end of the day tomorrow   
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Warmachine posted:The moment of dissonance for me comes when I pick up the bigger toyetic kits. I know roughly what the 'weight' of an HG is in my hand, and things like the Messer feel 'right' because they do in fact have more plastic and there aren't many empty voids inside the shell. The designer was doing some fantastic drugs when they came up with the chest cavity of the Messer that allows for sick ab crunches. I agree and it's why almost every complaint I have about the kit comes down to its torso! The limbs? They're great. Fun to build; real chunky but solid things. But then the torso is just *hollow*, and it's only really made of three pieces. You build the front half of the chest, the front half of the waist; and then the entire back of the thing is one big piece where you screw like two support struts into it and then just push everything together. And it's weird because there doesn't feel like there's any real need for that? The head and shoulderpads fold into the like, upper 25% of the chest, the hands fold into the wrists (that's why the wrist joints are so weirdly loose) and otherwise there isn't much actually collapsing into the torso. So it's just hollow for the sake of it - when it feels like they could have designed it more like a traditional kit where you build like a torso block, then build on that, instead of making it like a big chunky super robot toy.
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Moai Ou posted:
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Oh, nice! Watermelon 00 looks way cooler than I ever would have thought.
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chrome line posted:It turns out this wasn't actually the last of my backlog! I'd had this hiding in my closet for probably a few years and completely forgotten about it until I found it yesterday.  Very fun kit to spend an hour on and be done with
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