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The MG Ingram is about as good as it could possibly be IMO, though they appear to be using a different (not very good-looking) material for the joint covers in the new kit.
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The MC Model Xi is nearly done. Haven't built the stand or related bits yet, just the main MS; pics will happen when the light is better. Buggering hell, it's is huge. For a supposed 1/144 kit, it's really quite disturbing. The Crossbone Maoh's head comes halfway up the the Xi's crotchplate.
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DigitalRaven posted:Buggering hell, it's is huge. For a supposed 1/144 kit, it's really quite disturbing. The Crossbone Maoh's head comes halfway up the the Xi's crotchplate. That's the joke. A Minovsky Craft is so large that the minimum size for a MS to have one would put it roughly the same size as the Psycho Gundam. Keep in mind that MCs are traditionally used by battleships to achieve levitation.
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Sep 7, 2014 21:08
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The Crossbones are super small anyways.
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Sep 7, 2014 22:19
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BlitzBlast posted:The Crossbones are super small anyways. Yeah Crossbones Gundam Maoh only comes up to my Zaku II's shoulder.
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peeNamaste posted:Yeah Crossbones Gundam Maoh only comes up to my Zaku II's shoulder. I know the Crossbone's short. Shoulder-height is one thing, dick-height is quite another. 
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Sep 8, 2014 09:24
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That's the usual result when you compare Late UC with CCA era.
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ActionZero posted:We need to stage an intervention for you guys. How about an armed intervention? 
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Sep 8, 2014 09:35
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Ahahahaha whoops: (seriously tho making those markings waterslides may not have been the best idea)
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Sep 8, 2014 11:55
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yeah no way im not just going to airbrush those when I get around to never building it
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Sep 8, 2014 11:56
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It's a vKa, it's contractually obliged to go for the most intricate possible result.
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Sep 8, 2014 12:27
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Actually a pre-build overview of the kit suggests that it's been considerably simplified and de-contented compared to something like the Sazabi, but it looks so loving good I don't really care.
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Yeah, honestly I would've preferred a major Katoki-izing of the design like the Nu and Sinanju got. I really like the Nu's 'open frame' gimmick, along with all the other details, but I guess there's nothing wrong with a simpler design either. Especially since I'll be making GBS threads it up with all the HWS baubles.
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Sep 8, 2014 14:30
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I choose to believe that Ka was specifically ordered not to gently caress with it, given how little it resembles his usual style. I'm glad of it, myself; one "creative" re-interpretaion of this design was plenty. edit: seriously, did Izubuchi take a blow to the head at some point? Look at this poo poo: 
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Sep 8, 2014 15:17
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My MG Build Strike FP is going to be here soon!  Pretty excited to put this together if only to have a little break from UC aesthetics.
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Sep 8, 2014 15:21
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BlitzBlast posted:That's the usual result when you compare Late UC with CCA era. D'awwwwww, look at Victory, it's so pissed off it's being treated like a kid. 
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Sep 8, 2014 15:39
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Bimmi posted:I choose to believe that Ka was specifically ordered not to gently caress with it, given how little it resembles his usual style. I'm glad of it, myself; one "creative" re-interpretaion of this design was plenty. Zedd fucked around with this message at 16:04 on Sep 8, 2014 |
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Sep 8, 2014 15:56
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I somehow hate it even more now that we have a good one.
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The problem with the original mg hi-nu is that it seems to lose all the things that made the design special. the hi nu is supposed to be a fat suit. Plus it got rid of that great paint job on the funnels.
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Yeah, I still like both honestly. It's a bit of a shame that they both got slimmed down a bit, but I do honestly prefer the silver blue and white colorscheme to the purple and white scheme, but that's just me.Bimmi posted:Actually a pre-build overview of the kit suggests that it's been considerably simplified and de-contented compared to something like the Sazabi, but it looks so loving good I don't really care. You mean like there was an earlier, busier kit design before it got simplified to what's currently out? I'd like to see that, it sounds cool.
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S-Alpha posted:Yeah, I still like both honestly. It's a bit of a shame that they both got slimmed down a bit, but I do honestly prefer the silver blue and white colorscheme to the purple and white scheme, but that's just me. I like the blue and silver scheme as well, but it should not have been the initial attempt. Even when I was younger and preferred the thinner, blue-er Hi-nu, I still didn't like how many liberties they took with the MG.
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Bimmi posted:I choose to believe that Ka was specifically ordered not to gently caress with it, given how little it resembles his usual style. I'm glad of it, myself; one "creative" re-interpretaion of this design was plenty. Was Izubuchi responsible for the MG/HGUC redesign of the Hi-Nu? I always figured they were stealth Katoki redesigns themselves. The reason the new Ver Ka looks so good is because it resembles Izubuchi's original lineart after all.
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So I decided to buy a pair of the $30 Tamiya nippers and I'm really wowed by them. I was using a $10 pair of Xuron flush cutters before and I always had to do a fair bit of clean up on nubs, usually filing them down then going over the area with sandpaper. The Tamiya ones cut so cleanly that in some cases I haven't even been able to feel a nub or imperfection left over afterwards. On most nubs all I need to do is a few passes with some 400 grit sandpaper and a couple passes with some 1000 grit stuff to make sure everything is nice and smooth. They also cut so cleanly through sprues that parts almost never go flying off into the carpet.
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Mecha Gojira posted:Was Izubuchi responsible for the MG/HGUC redesign of the Hi-Nu? I always figured they were stealth Katoki redesigns themselves. The reason the new Ver Ka looks so good is because it resembles Izubuchi's original lineart after all. nope izubuchi redesigned his own design for the mg/hguc kits. In the process he made it worse.
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AVeryLargeRadish posted:So I decided to buy a pair of the $30 Tamiya nippers and I'm really wowed by them. I was using a $10 pair of Xuron flush cutters before and I always had to do a fair bit of clean up on nubs, usually filing them down then going over the area with sandpaper. The Tamiya ones cut so cleanly that in some cases I haven't even been able to feel a nub or imperfection left over afterwards. On most nubs all I need to do is a few passes with some 400 grit sandpaper and a couple passes with some 1000 grit stuff to make sure everything is nice and smooth. They also cut so cleanly through sprues that parts almost never go flying off into the carpet. Could you provide the nipper's model number? Always in the market for a really nice pair of nippers to make nub management easier.
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S-Alpha posted:You mean like there was an earlier, busier kit design before it got simplified to what's currently out? I'd like to see that, it sounds cool. No, just that there's a certain whiff of it having been done on a tight budget. Not a big deal in my book but it is noticeable.
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I don't think it was an issue of budget. I think they wanted Hi-Nu ver. ka to have the same aesthetics as Re 1/100 Nightingale since almost everyone will pose those two together and the Nightingale would have looked out of place against a Hi-Nu with traditional ver. ka design.
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I wonder what our December big thing is going to be, I doubt it's going to be a PG and Hi-Nu VerKa would have been a usual suspect normally. I'm guessing a MG G-Self is most likely right now.
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Sep 8, 2014 17:36
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It's more a matter of corners being cut than dodgy aesthetics. The inner frame is about as rudimentary as it gets, there's a dumb-looking void in the rear skirts because they couldn't be bothered to mold two extra parts, stuff like that. Again, not a deal-breaker IMO.
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I opened up my first MG a little bit ago. What have I gotten myself into please send help
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Kurui Reiten posted:Could you provide the nipper's model number? Always in the market for a really nice pair of nippers to make nub management easier. They are the Tamiya 74035 Sharp Pointed Side Cutters.
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Literally The Worst posted:I opened up my first MG a little bit ago. ONE OF US, ONE OF US... Kidding aside, what kit, and what do you need help with(assuming that's a genuine help)?
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Great, thanks!
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TaurusOxford posted:ONE OF US, ONE OF US... Build Strike FP and nah, I figure if I managed to do the RG RX-78-2 by myself as my first kit I should be fine. There's more parts but they're also bigger which helps a lot.
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Frames seem to be more simple in the last few years in general (exceptions notwithstanding), I hate to bring it up again but the Original MG Hi-Nu has a downright stellar frame. (And RX 2.0 is insane, but it's a 2.0)
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Literally The Worst posted:I opened up my first MG a little bit ago. One of Us. One of Us! ONE OF US! On a side note: I'm looking at 18 runners of MG Qubeley, it's looking like a pretty fun kit and I've always liked the unorthodox design of it but I'm wondering how much of a pain it would be to get a nice gloss coat on it via brushes. It seems to scream for gloss or at least semi-gloss with all the large curved surfaces.
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The '07 Hi-Nu does have some fairly decent frame detail going on, I'll give it that. I have mixed feelings about the Gundam 2.0 frame though, which while fantastically flexible and solid also started the trend away from the more varied and interesting inner detail we used to see. Again, I'm not too broken up about this, since frame detail has almost never been that good and was never a big selling point for me, but I notice things like the dirt-basic frame styling of newer kits and the disappearance of internal panel detail and it still seems kind of unfortunate.AVeryLargeRadish posted:I'm wondering how much of a pain it would be to get a nice gloss coat on it via brushes. Brushes definitely won't cut it for something that size. Though I suppose you could forgo paint entirely and just coat it in Future. As noted elsewhere, the stuff is very forgiving of being brushed on whereas paint is generally not. Bimmi fucked around with this message at 18:19 on Sep 8, 2014 |
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Why is that, anyway? You would think at this point a modeling paint company would be like "Huh, maybe we should figure out how this self-leveling stuff works and apply it to our paints".
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Sep 8, 2014 18:29
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Are the SEED Destiny MGs okay to just build out of box? I want a Gunner Zaku Warrior since I play that unit so much in EXVS but I don't think there's a newer version than '07?
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Kurui Reiten posted:Why is that, anyway? You would think at this point a modeling paint company would be like "Huh, maybe we should figure out how this self-leveling stuff works and apply it to our paints". GSI does sell levelling thinner, I think.
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