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Deviant posted:i asked a question in r/gunpla basically consisting of "are there any gotchas i should be aware of before i start my PGU RX-78?" gotta save room for all those loving secret santa posts anyways so my first post here isn't me complaining about the fuckin r/gunpla subreddit here is one of the latest things i worked on: https://imgur.com/yCdzsKn (i have no fuckin clue how to embed video/gifs on this site any more its been like 3 years since ive done any posting) im also proud of this: Michaelis D Wolfwood Antoine Silvere fucked around with this message at 09:57 on Dec 12, 2023 |
# ¿ Dec 12, 2023 09:11 |
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# ¿ May 13, 2024 10:08 |
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Queadlunn posted:I got my Hasegawa Queadluun-Rau assembled! Hell yeah, can’t wait to see the finished Max color version Tergaso posted:Whoa, the shading on the Lfrith Ur looks amazing! And the collar on the Michaelis is clean, impressive work. Thank you I’ve done shaded paint jobs on like a dozen kits now so I think I’m finally getting the hang of it, lol
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# ¿ Dec 14, 2023 13:39 |
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Deviant posted:my partner's father got me a model kit, and their style of modeling is very high quality, but very old school and a gunpla this is not Ooh a Moebius kit, I put together a Michael Myers kit of theirs last year. Definitely a different beast lol
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# ¿ Dec 16, 2023 11:21 |
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Well…at least the VF-19 looks cool
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# ¿ Dec 20, 2023 04:27 |
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All this talk of Hasegawa kits made me pick one up last week and hoo boy it certainly is an…experience. Below is the Gerwalk VF-1A I’m working on: Finished painting these parts And I gotta redo these parts because trying to cement painted parts together leads to my big dumb fingerprints all over it (that and I’m just bad at masking).
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# ¿ Dec 29, 2023 01:00 |
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Synthbuttrange posted:
"Production of legs, this also requires fighting spirit" ain't that the fuckin truth, i'm still not sure how im gonna get the little turbines in the legs now that they're fully cemented
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# ¿ Dec 30, 2023 10:13 |
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Tin Tim posted:What kind of glue works when you want to glue a polycap to some plastic for making custom joints? Plastic cement doesn't want to grip into the material of the polycaps and basic modeling glue seems to create a real weak bond. You might need to move up to super glue if nothing else is working; the gel kind works best for me. Synthbuttrange posted:
Queadlunn posted:
Deculture…
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# ¿ Jan 3, 2024 03:04 |
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drat there’s some good rear end Macross kits here. Now to break the trend with my fucky looking kit Still need to matte coat it but basically done with it. Not happy with the paint job since having to redo the white made it basically two shades throughout the whole thing. Plus just a bunch of mistakes. Ah well lol
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# ¿ Jan 5, 2024 12:03 |
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Nuebot posted:What's the difference between the three different MGs and also RE1/100 or whatever? The difference is they actually make new MG ver. Ka’s and MGEXs
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# ¿ Jan 8, 2024 18:35 |
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I finally got around to matte coating this guy: I then dropped it on the loving ground twenty minutes after applying the coat. Somehow the internal wing swivel mechanism broke but the paint job was fine so uhh thanks Oden-kan Matte Varnish
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# ¿ Jan 13, 2024 14:52 |
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I also use method C but instead of putting them in separate little compartments I just put em right on the alligator clips when taking them apart. I do try to organize them by color on the little holders but sometimes I run out of space, lol. If you go this route try to either mask off the connection pegs or sand the paint off them when you’re done cuz it can cause some fit issues when putting the kit back together.
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# ¿ Jan 18, 2024 23:29 |
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I have the opposite problem: a packed display cabinet with many, many kits in the backlog that won’t fit
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# ¿ Jan 26, 2024 10:06 |
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Give us kits of those goofy suits that suletta wipes the floor with early in season 2, I don’t care if they’re pbandai
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# ¿ Feb 7, 2024 09:53 |
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Iymarra posted:
The only bug-like suit I can think of is the Shokew from Victory Gundam. They made an RE/100 of it but it’s kinda hard to find nowadays.
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# ¿ Mar 16, 2024 21:54 |
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Deviant posted:the wfm display base isnt out yet, right? The little bit stands have been out for about half a year actually, should be able to find them on most major sites.
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# ¿ Mar 28, 2024 03:15 |
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chiasaur11 posted:Apparently, Bandai stopped production on those bases. Even made an announcement on it. Wait what?? Fuckin Bandai
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# ¿ Mar 28, 2024 15:33 |
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Queadlunn posted:Is that Chu Chu?
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# ¿ Mar 29, 2024 16:30 |
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Here’s a GOOhN for you goons: First time hand painting something bigger than an artifact Gundam. Airbrushed the base sand yellow/dark brown, rest is by hand and therefore pretty sloppy lol. Still beats what it looked like straight-built:
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# ¿ Apr 9, 2024 09:53 |
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I R SMART LIKE ROCK posted:looking good, there's always the line of effort to painting ratio. don't get too hung up on perfect lines, washes will fix a lot of the edges. plus you can always go back a fix any minor issues later. it's the beauty of painting. you can always add more Thanks! I’m always worried about doing washes cuz I don’t really know what I’m doing; do I just slap it on all over or just in the recesses? I’ve panel lined before, is it any different from that? Lol
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# ¿ Apr 9, 2024 20:59 |
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Thanks for the tips model pals, I might give it a shot on the GOOhN since it was mostly just a fun lil side project. One last question: how much should I worry about color of the wash? Is a “dark” wash (I.e. black/dark grey) good for most recess washes, or should I try to color-match the kit at all?
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# ¿ Apr 9, 2024 22:22 |
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Sweet, thanks y’all, I don’t have brown but I have a dark red rust wash I might try later
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# ¿ Apr 10, 2024 02:13 |
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I’ve definitely had tamiya panel liner crack plastic, specifically on my RG Nu Gundam. It seems like it got into a crevice between parts and probably didn’t dry as fast as it should have and caused issues. If you’re quick on the cleanup and don’t skip it on, it should be fine. I also just base coat all my kits with lacquer paints (Gaianotes EX black or Alclad gloss black base) and have never had any issues with plastic cracking cuz of that. Tried my hand at washing the GOOhN and hoo boy I’m bad at it lol: Anyone know of an easy way to clean up acrylic washes after they’ve dried, tried enamel thinner cuz it’s all I had and it didn’t work great.
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# ¿ Apr 14, 2024 23:51 |
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Painted the Master Asia figure that came with my MG Master Gundam: Before After Pretty happy with how it came out despite not know how to paint eyes to save my life lol. Still beats my first attempt:
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# ¿ May 3, 2024 11:18 |
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drat that’s a clean as hell paint job, excellent job!
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# ¿ May 4, 2024 22:48 |
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# ¿ May 13, 2024 10:08 |
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Cmon everyone, I think we all know in our heart of hearts that the next MG ver ka is gonna be the A-packs and B-packs expansion for the narrative Gundam
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# ¿ May 11, 2024 05:18 |