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Oblique Angle posted:It's a shame Bandai stopped making them. Samuel Decal makes some really good custom ones at least. Check out his facebook if you want any, the page I linked is outdated. Also from what I hear the mkII 2.0 has some really cool mechanics going on in the frame whenever the legs move. It's actually kind of a shame the armor covers it all up.
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Oblique Angle posted:My shading attempts don't show up very well in the picture; it looks better where it's at right now on my desk. The flash kinda messes with the colors, but without it the camera won't auto-focus and the pictures are blurry as hell. Get a flashlight or turn the room lights on, half press the shutter release to lock focus, turn off lights, leave flash off. Focus without the extra light.
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Midjack posted:Get a flashlight or turn the room lights on, half press the shutter release to lock focus, turn off lights, leave flash off. Focus without the extra light. Well, I'm not sure if my camera can actually do that, but I fiddled with the focus settings and found that it was optimized for shots at greater than 80 cm.  So after fixing that and setting the camera to center focus only, this is the result with no flash. Qutie the improvement, no? The shading still doesn't show up very well though; maybe I need different lights or something. At any rate, it's time for another project - I'm thinking either MG Aegis or MG Wing, but I have MG Epyon glaring at me from the floor, so...
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That looks real nice! I seriously love the Mk. II and the 2.0 is a great kit. Has anyone built the RG?
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Bought this because it comes with a scale cow: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000RHKZLU/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I've never owned nor attempted to build a scale model before. 
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EthanSteele posted:That looks real nice! I seriously love the Mk. II and the 2.0 is a great kit. Has anyone built the RG? The RG mkII is straight up the best Real Grade has to offer right now. There are no giant backpacks to screw up the balance like the Seed kits, unlike the Zeta there isn't a transformation to screw everything up, and it isn't the First RG Ever like the RX-78-2 so the designers already have a good grasp of what works. Sakurazuka posted:I've never owned nor attempted to build a scale model before. On one hand, you're in for a treat since the Turn A is a quality MG. On the other hand you're kind of missing out because the Turn A's inner frame is purposefully weird as hell. If you haven't built other MGs before, the effect is kind of lost on you. Anyways tips: 0) The manual is going to be entirely in japanese, but there are tons of very clear pictures so you'll be fine. 1) Don't bother trying to get the forehead decal in place, just paint it in if you really want it that much. 2) I hope you have a mechanical pencil or a gundam marker ready because drat there is a lot of panel lining on this kit. 3) The chest blasters are a nightmare to open up, so consider just shoving the cow in there. 
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mr. stefan posted:I don't think I've ever seen a gold plastic figure, toy, or kit that didnt look like complete rear end out of the box. Something about that color just does not work with injected plastic.
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Arquinsiel posted:Could be worse, Transformers fans have Gold Plastic Syndrome to deal with. I feel compelled to post this now to show just how much it suuuuuucks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcjAUN5Ssj8
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NOOOOO RANDY
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It's okay. Randy, in fact, sucks.
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So a while back Taurus Oxford posted a bit about how he got the Armed Armor De shields for his MG FA Unicorn, and how they looked, and he was kind enough to link the seller to me. Taurus wanted to go for a more minimalist approach, but I decided to go full-on Katoki, and bought a full set of waterslide decals to poo poo up my shiny new shields. Here's how one turned out: A bit too much? (Finishing spray hasn't been applied to the addons yet, so it looks weird compared to the shield under it.)
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What do you guys use to store your tools, paints, pieces, etc?
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Captain Invictus posted:It's okay. Randy, in fact, sucks. 
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S-Alpha posted:So a while back Taurus Oxford posted a bit about how he got the Armed Armor De shields for his MG FA Unicorn, and how they looked, and he was kind enough to link the seller to me. Taurus wanted to go for a more minimalist approach, but I decided to go full-on Katoki, and bought a full set of waterslide decals to poo poo up my shiny new shields. Here's how one turned out: I can definitely appreciate your patience for applying all those. It looks really good.
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neurotech posted:What do you guys use to store your tools, paints, pieces, etc? I kept everything in a MG box for a while, but then I found a big styrofoam block with impressions in it perfect for storing stuff.
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neurotech posted:What do you guys use to store your tools, paints, pieces, etc? I have these little plastic drawers I got from Target. I use them for lego stuff too.
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What would you guys recommend to fix the terrible "gold plastic" in something like an MG strike freedom sans a compressor and paint gun?
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Spray cans I suppose. You could even spray them on the runner. The best solution is not buying a strike freedom, of course.
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Vahtooch posted:What would you guys recommend to fix the terrible "gold plastic" in something like an MG strike freedom sans a compressor and paint gun? Either handpaint some gold on or use a gold Gundam marker. Or just buy the Full Burst Mode edition, which has gold chromed parts in place of gold-colored plastic in all the parts where the frame is visible.
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muike posted:Spray cans I suppose. You could even spray them on the runner. The best solution is not buying a strike freedom, of course. Yeah, now I know that... I've had it sitting on my shelf for years. I really want an Aegis/Epyon but won't buy it until I build or sell this one. edit: Any aussie goons got a burning desire for one? Vahtooch fucked around with this message at 10:03 on Aug 6, 2013 |
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I'm an Aussie goon... What sort of price? Is it one of these? http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN948083
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neurotech posted:I'm an Aussie goon... It is. How does 45 + shipping sound?
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S-Alpha posted:
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Just finished this. Overall super fun kit, but the hands were poorly done and 2/3s of them were half filled in by plastic, making the hand plate unable to click in to the back of the hand. Now I just have RG zeta to work on. With big brother Sazabi  Meow Tse-tung fucked around with this message at 18:02 on Aug 6, 2013 |
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I'm pretty anxious about painting the frame for the MG Sinanju because I'm worried about everything getting chipped and clipping the parts at an angle so everything can come apart and that's just the outer pieces, let alone all the parts that rub together! Any tips? Has anyone seen much of the RX-78-2 3.0 that's coming out soonish?
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EthanSteele posted:I'm pretty anxious about painting the frame for the MG Sinanju because I'm worried about everything getting chipped and clipping the parts at an angle so everything can come apart and that's just the outer pieces, let alone all the parts that rub together! Any tips? According to AmiAmi, it's already out. I'd give it a few days before the reviews and photos start coming out.
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Mecha Gojira posted:According to AmiAmi, it's already out. I'd give it a few days before the reviews and photos start coming out. There's at least half a dozen reviews of the 3.0 on GundamGuy's blog: http://gundamguy.blogspot.ca/
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Came out today/yesterday/August 8th. Waiting on HLJ to mark it and the Ball ver Ka as in stock so I can get them headed my way along with the Sinanju Stein and Geara Doga.
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BlitzBlast posted:On one hand, you're in for a treat since the Turn A is a quality MG. On the other hand you're kind of missing out because the Turn A's inner frame is purposefully weird as hell. If you haven't built other MGs before, the effect is kind of lost on you. Cheers for the advice, I ordered some Gundam markers and looked into a few other things to make it look slightly less  not sure I'm up to using actual paint on something though.As a side note, I really shouldn't have looked at HobbyJapan, because then I wouldn't have realised how much cheaper ordering stuff from there is compared to buying kits from Amazon, at least in the UK.
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Sakurazuka posted:Cheers for the advice, I ordered some Gundam markers and looked into a few other things to make it look slightly less Yeah HLJ and AmiAmi are way better than Amazon because you're bypassing a lot of the upcharge from importers. Anyway HLJ just charged me for my RX-78 3.0 (i didn't realize i had that on autopay...) so I guess I'll be getting it soon!
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drat! I've ordered the extra weapon set because I have a soft spot for hammer and double bazooka action. I'll grab the actual Gundam later, but it's lookin pretty fancy!
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I wanted a second bazooka too, but not 20 bucks want. I'll grab a 2.0 eventually, and they share the same core fighter and bazooka and most of the beam rifle, so I'll have two then.
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China Gunpla Update! Nothing major has come up since PG Strike Freedom, but there's some interesting stuff: Weapon upgrade set for MG Tallgeese, featured from the Manga:  Silver Castle's Iron Man mark VII model kit:  1/100 "Kastrysha" LED Gatling Guns: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151749486206897.1073741850.382602901896&type=3
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EthanSteele posted:I'm pretty anxious about painting the frame for the MG Sinanju because I'm worried about everything getting chipped and clipping the parts at an angle so everything can come apart and that's just the outer pieces, let alone all the parts that rub together! Any tips? Uh, honestly? I'm not really sure why you'd want to paint the frame in the first place for all of those reasons you stated. I guess you'll just have to hope your topcoat is durable enough to protect your paint?
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muike posted:I wanted a second bazooka too, but not 20 bucks want. I'll grab a 2.0 eventually, and they share the same core fighter and bazooka and most of the beam rifle, so I'll have two then. I've been looking at the Full Armour Gundam 2.0 and the fact it doesn't come with a big shield is criminal so I'm probably going to end up getting another 2.0 as well, this is what I get for being a stupid idiot. BlitzBlast posted:Uh, honestly? I'm not really sure why you'd want to paint the frame in the first place for all of those reasons you stated. I guess you'll just have to hope your topcoat is durable enough to protect your paint? Yeah I think I might just do a matte topcoat to take the plastic sheen off a little rather than a full on painting of the frame.
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I love FAGs. Note the 2.0 version relies on adhesive pads to apply the armor. I don't know about the older ones.
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There's only one MG Full Armor Gundam, and yeah it's pretty lame. The adhesive pads don't hold up well to age, the FA equipment restricts the RX-78-2 2.0's legendary mobility,  and IMO the armor itself just looks kind of bad.  Though I'm comparing it to the kickass vKa conversion kit, so that's probably not being fair. On an unrelated note:  
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It's a goddamn tragedy that Bandai chose to base the MG FA-78-1 off the 2.0, which flexibility aside is just kind of a strange and goofy-looking model. I was very sad when I had to pass on that one. I ordered my Gundam 3.0 from AmiAmi yesterday and nearly plotzed when I saw the bill – shipping was almost as much as the model itself! Budgetary abuse aside, I'm thinking of getting the 3.0 extras set but can't actually find it for sale anywhere. Anyone know where it's hiding? Bimmi fucked around with this message at 06:03 on Aug 9, 2013 |
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You either have to go through a proxy service or preorder it on the gundam guy store thing. It's not really worth it imo unless you really love the Gundam Hammer, in which case you'll just be disappointed by the lack of Super Napalm. I'm sure we'll get a yellow LED we can buy separately soon enough.
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Bimmi posted:Budgetary abuse aside, I'm thinking of getting the 3.0 extras set but can't actually find it for sale anywhere. Anyone know where it's hiding? It's still available for pre-order on Gentei Kits.
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