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boom boom boom posted:Thunderbolt takes place in the wreckage of a destroyed colony. The giant gun is so Zekes hiding in the wreckage can snipe passing ships, the cloth coverings and movable shields are put on the GMs so they can go after they snipers without getting completely wrecked by debris instantly. I was wondering what the deal was with those kits too. I guess that explains the extra shields mounted on manipulator arms as well.
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It does bug me a little that the Thunderbolt GM model doesn't have a coreblock, considering how prominently that's featured in the manga.
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I really love this site. Also I'm surprised at how well that looks. I love thick Mobile Suits.
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Seravee is an awesome design, and it makes too much sense to combine with a Guncannon. Now Bandai needs to give the not-Exia/00 MSes the MG (or RG) treatment like they did with SEED. I need an MG Dynames, the part separation on the 1/100 kit is awful. Bloody Pom fucked around with this message at 21:26 on Mar 9, 2014 |
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I too like the heavier armored suits. Its why I started to buy more Frame Arms kits.  
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Those remind me, I wish we got an actual kit of the Cheridum SAGA.  
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Fauxtool posted:I too like the heavier armored suits. Its why I started to buy more Frame Arms kits. I had never seen these, but a brief look-see on Amazon shows a bunch of awesome looking robots. How's the quality on the Frame Arts line?
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CaptainRat posted:I had never seen these, but a brief look-see on Amazon shows a bunch of awesome looking robots. How's the quality on the Frame Arts line? Really good. They are a head shorter than a MG. They all use the same inner frame so all the parts are freely interchangeable. They seem to make a point of not using stickers or paint by using many plastic colors. I bought this kit  You can see the mounting holes on the hips and legs where the armor used to be  It looks like this with no paint or stickers. Havent panel lined yet 
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Fauxtool posted:Really good. They are a head shorter than a MG. They all use the same inner frame so all the parts are freely interchangeable. They seem to make a point of not using stickers or paint by using many plastic colors. What kit is this? I want one.
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I really like that Guncannon Seravee thing. I've been thinking about getting some Frame Arms kits because I love that sort of armour swapping customization thing. They are also all compatible with all the Kotobukiya MSG Weapon sets and stuff. I never knew they were almost as large as an MG though. I love the big chunky guys and I'm definitely going to grab something when I get my airbrush. A lot of them feel like weird SRW Originals type stuff too.
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Frame Arms are cool, but be sure to disassemble and denub the inner skeleton they give you. ManSeriesBrofist posted:What kit is this? I want one. It's the Baselard.
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ManSeriesBrofist posted:What kit is this? I want one. Baselard http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/de...0%24pagecnt%3D1 + Expansion Parts http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/de...0%24pagecnt%3D1 Also this kit that has a lot of the same parts and a different color scheme.  http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?scode=TOY-SCL2-22413 The kits are so uniformly good i wish they would make a tv show or game for them to get some more exposure. Armored Core with Frame Arms please.
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During an awkward step in the process for my Gouf 2.0, one of the little pistons shot out across the room somewhere, and now I'll surely never find it (the lighting is bad in here and it's a tiny grey piece on a grey carpet). Now the leg won't work  Edit: False alarm, seems the piston part was cosmetic- articulation range remains the same with or without it, comparing the legs. Anonymous Robot fucked around with this message at 05:52 on Mar 10, 2014 |
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BlitzBlast posted:March 20th will see the announcement of a new Gundam project for the 35th anniversary. A while back Kazunori Ueno (the president of Bandai) confirmed that we'd be seeing two new projects this year, one for gunpla and the other for the franchise in general. Which one this is is unknown, and the tagline (Rise! The World in Motion!) could really be either one. May as well repost this here. I'm hoping it's an anime announcement or something because all that tagline makes me think of is animatronics and god drat it I just want them to buckle down on the 2.0 train already. 
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BlitzBlast posted:May as well repost this here. I'm hoping it's an anime announcement or something because all that tagline makes me think of is animatronics and god drat it I just want them to buckle down on the 2.0 train already. They're going to announce that Build Fighters is getting a second, third, fourth and fifth season. 
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A remake of Turn A where Build Fighters is included in the Black History and the Moonlight Butterfly covered everything in Plavsky particles.
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Anonymous Robot posted:During an awkward step in the process for my Gouf 2.0, one of the little pistons shot out across the room somewhere, and now I'll surely never find it (the lighting is bad in here and it's a tiny grey piece on a grey carpet). Now the leg won't work Put a flashlight on the floor, pointing the beam parallel to the carpet. This makes the shadows of things on the floor much larger than they are with overhead lighting. You may have to change position and direction of the light a few times before you find it.
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MG Sengoku Astray arrived today and the boxart is soooo good goddamn. It also comes with a lil' adaptor thing to put the shield/backpack onto the Build Strike and I guess by extension that means any of the BF MGs?
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Midjack posted:Put a flashlight on the floor, pointing the beam parallel to the carpet. This makes the shadows of things on the floor much larger than they are with overhead lighting. You may have to change position and direction of the light a few times before you find it. This doesn't work too well for small clear pieces unfortunately. I managed to find one of the side panels for the HG 00 Gundam's head by putting a sock on a hoover/vacuum cleaner pipe.
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EthanSteele posted:MG Sengoku Astray arrived today and the boxart is soooo good goddamn. It also comes with a lil' adaptor thing to put the shield/backpack onto the Build Strike and I guess by extension that means any of the BF MGs? Hey let me know how the legs on yours are. When I got mine the two joints that connect the leggs to the wait were wobbly as all get out. I had to glue them together for stability.
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I won't be building it for at least a month, but I'll make sure to check. I'll be surprised if it is though, the regular Red Frame MG is super good so I'd hope they haven't messed it up.
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EthanSteele posted:I won't be building it for at least a month, but I'll make sure to check. I'll be surprised if it is though, the regular Red Frame MG is super good so I'd hope they haven't messed it up. Yeah that's what got me. Also if yours comes with a poo poo ton of extra parts and trees that I pray is just conversion material. I swear I had parts to stuff the Sengoku just does not have. Such as the hilt to the tactical arms system.
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That's normal. All of the BF MGs come with parts from the original MG it's based on. Is this your first time building a variant?
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BlitzBlast posted:That's normal. All of the BF MGs come with parts from the original MG it's based on. Sans something like the the Strike Rouge, yes it was.
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It's more cost-efficient to just make pieces you won't use than to redesign the runners to not include parts, so all variants have a lot of "junk" parts. The BF MGs in general will all let you build the original model, sans a couple details that were their own runners (Aile Striker, Tactical Arms). This also means that the Sengoku Astray uses the exact same engineering as the Red Frame Kai, so if you were having troubles with one and not the other it honestly sounds like you just built it wrong.
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BlitzBlast posted:It's more cost-efficient to just make pieces you won't use than to redesign the runners to not include parts, so all variants have a lot of "junk" parts. The BF MGs in general will all let you build the original model, sans a couple details that were their own runners (Aile Striker, Tactical Arms). Yeah I've taken that into account to be honest. I took the parts apart and checked all of them, and if it does turn out I hosed up building a section with 3 parts I may just pack it up because clearly Im incompetent.
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Nowadays they really plan around the slightest chances of future variations, the older the kit the more parts you will have left over. One notable example is the (likely somewhat intentional) MG Age2 Double Bullet. Here are the parts left over, and here is the MG original gimmick compared to the original designs
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Is there a comparison somewhere of the same model in HG and MG form? I've been building HGs but I hear better things about the stability and posability of MGs. Particularly, my HG Wing has somewhat loose joints around the hand and shoulders.
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Thanks to this thread I'm looking into getting a Frame Arms, anyone know which is considered the best one to start out on?
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TARDISman posted:Thanks to this thread I'm looking into getting a Frame Arms, anyone know which is considered the best one to start out on? I'm doing the same and this is the one I'm looking into. http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/de...0%24pagecnt%3D1
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unpurposed posted:Is there a comparison somewhere of the same model in HG and MG form? I've been building HGs but I hear better things about the stability and posability of MGs.  Just look at dalong. That should totally be the name of the next thread by the way. TARDISman posted:Thanks to this thread I'm looking into getting a Frame Arms, anyone know which is considered the best one to start out on? They're all based around the same few frames, so theoretically any of them should be fine. The only one I have any knowledge of is the Baselard though, and it's pretty solid.
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ManSeriesBrofist posted:I'm doing the same and this is the one I'm looking into. Same here, looks basic, has an expansion set. Also love the colors, reminds me of Jehuty from Zone of the Enders.
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TARDISman posted:Thanks to this thread I'm looking into getting a Frame Arms, anyone know which is considered the best one to start out on? not the older ones, you get less value and they usually need an add on kit to make them "complete" the build quality hasnt changed so if you like it, buy it. anything from the first page http://slist.amiami.com/top/search/list?s_keywords=frame+arms&pagemax=20&getcnt=0&pagecnt=1
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I have a couple of flash marks left over on my kit that I've already evened out as much as I can with the hobby knife; it's more the discoloration/rough patch than the actual nub. I don't plan on painting this, so is sanding it down just going to make things worse?
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Anonymous Robot posted:I have a couple of flash marks left over on my kit that I've already evened out as much as I can with the hobby knife; it's more the discoloration/rough patch than the actual nub. I don't plan on painting this, so is sanding it down just going to make things worse? My trick to fixing that is to get an appropriately colored marker, dab the spot, and then rub off the excess with a paper towel. You'll never get rid of it entirely, but it does cover it up a significant amount.
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Anonymous Robot posted:I have a couple of flash marks left over on my kit that I've already evened out as much as I can with the hobby knife; it's more the discoloration/rough patch than the actual nub. I don't plan on painting this, so is sanding it down just going to make things worse? Yes, sanding that will make it many mucho times worse. Follow TaurusOxford's advice.
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You can't really fix that discoloration with anything but paint. You can try scratching it, I guess. The friction from your finger nail will sort of help.
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I just ordered an MG Sinanju Stein Ver. Ka and an MG ReZEL Type-C Defenser. I'm so loving stoked. Anyone have any advice for either of these kits?
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Be careful with the Sinanju Stein's hands, I don't think they nailed the fully articulated hands down quite yet at that point. Also get a tiny screwdriver ready for the ReZEL, it uses a screw to stabilize the transformation. Get it an action base too, its balance is probably not that great.
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BlitzBlast posted:Be careful with the Sinanju Stein's hands, I don't think they nailed the fully articulated hands down quite yet at that point. Also get a tiny screwdriver ready for the ReZEL, it uses a screw to stabilize the transformation. Get it an action base too, its balance is probably not that great. Thanks. Should I bite the bullet and buy airbrushing stuff too, or can I get away with just decals and topcoat on these kits?
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