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Swagger Dagger posted:I... kinda want the Iron Kong now. The Genosaurer is pretty sweet too. Zoids are pretty sweet. That's another collection of models that disappeared into the aether with my childhood. 
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Cao Ni Ma posted:They've posted more Try Burning info What grade is this, I NEED this 
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 Future's down on the MG GM QUEL. PROTIP: if you choose to do the QUEL and decide to paint, make two batches of Titans blue. One darker, one lighter. I screwed up and painted the parts that should be lighter darker. You can see this on the backpack and front chest part between the yellow vents, as opposed to the blue of the head, the rest of the chest, and waist parts, all of which are molded in kit colors. The left seam looks much more evenly done in person; the flash and CFL light are not very nice. It'll be covered up by the arms anyway. I forgot to take a photo of the legs and waist. If you build this, FYI, be prepared to paint the inner frame parts. They're molded in this awful purple color which looks way off, and some of 'em are exposed on the outside. It's still a mean-lookin' mofo of a kit, though.
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Dre2Dee2 posted:What grade is this, I NEED this HG, there aren't any BFTry MGs yet.
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Jan 20, 2015 18:07
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Dre2Dee2 posted:What grade is this, I NEED this Its a high grade. Really the burnings are so good they dont need MGs or RG but I'd love to see some anyways.
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Jan 20, 2015 18:07
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OK so I'm nearing completion of my first Gundam in ten years and I'm running into an issue with my coating. I'm using Testor dullcoat and it made my Gundam marker paint bleed. I don't think it made the panel lines bleed, and I don't think I have any more Gundam marker paint on the rest of the Gundam, but did I miss a step/am I using the wrong finish?
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Jan 20, 2015 18:40
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Did you let the markers dry and cure?
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Jan 20, 2015 19:09
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I painted over little nub imperfections when I made the part, and that was it, so it must have been sitting for at least two weeks. I didn't do anything beyond giving them ample time to dry though.
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Jan 20, 2015 19:21
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are you a gross oily person that smudges everything you touch? I am and wear gloves
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Jan 20, 2015 19:37
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Speaking of smudging, do I need a certain primer or paint down before I paint on Mr. Metallic Color? I always have smudging issues, it seems.
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Jan 20, 2015 19:40
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Always have gloss black primer down before you do anything metallic. Always. This is Mr Crystal Color, which has a more dramatic difference, but still the same concept
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Jan 20, 2015 19:53
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I have learned this much while assembling HG The O: If you follow the instructions perfectly, the legs won't attach to the hips. As in, there will be a peg in the way meaning the polycaps will not actually be able to stay on. You have to put the polycap on the hip, then build AROUND it. But still, it's finished now, it's a complete brick, and I love having it just standing on my shelf looking intimidating in among all the dynamic poses. Gyro Zeppeli fucked around with this message at 19:59 on Jan 20, 2015 |
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Jan 20, 2015 19:55
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BlitzBlast posted:Always have gloss black primer down before you do anything metallic. What is this magic? It breaks my mind because all my clear paints for miniatures show up better with white primer
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Jan 20, 2015 19:58
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signalnoise posted:What is this magic? It breaks my mind because all my clear paints for miniatures show up better with white primer Opacity, mr color lacquers, metallic effects, chemistry bla bla bla. Coincidentally, using a white gloss base with mr. crystal color is a pretty cool way to paint a Quebeley.
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Jan 20, 2015 20:10
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Ka0 posted:Opacity, mr color lacquers, metallic effects, chemistry bla bla bla. Coincidentally, using a white gloss base with mr. crystal color is a pretty cool way to paint a Quebeley. Yeah, I was gonna say, it'd be a great way to do a pearl finish on something. A Qubely in particular would look amazing with it, or even just a usually-white suit.
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signalnoise posted:What is this magic? It breaks my mind because all my clear paints for miniatures show up better with white primer For clears, yeah. They tend to show up better on white. Metallics tend to always be more vibrant on blacks. In the case of Mr. Color Crystal, I'd hazard a guess that the metallic flakes are so sodding tiny and suspended in a clear or translucent medium such that they become more of a tint on white, and only show up properly on a gloss black background. I still wouldn't have expected *that* large of a difference, though. Still, I know what's going on my shopping list when I get to building my Qubeley.
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Is there such a thing as hand-brushable gloss black primer, or am I looking at any basic primer (in this case Vallejo surface primer) followed by a gloss black, then the Mr. Metallic? Also JFC, I need to use that XC07 on a Qubeley Papillon.
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I have finished "finishing" my first gunpla. RGM-79 GM HG. This was my first model to build last year when I started and was kinda disappointed how lacking it was. The beam saber was not colored, the shield backing didn't have the grey underside, and the foot joints were not colored either. So I hand brushed all the joints and the ankle sections. Hand brushed the hands, gun, shield backside, and used a gundam marker for the saber. I hand brushed future for the panel lines and didn't like how that was working out. Finished with a flat coat future\base flat with an airbrush. Learned alot, looking to learn alot more.  
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 Awww hell yeah. Now if only there was a 1/144 Zeta that wasn't a fragile mess.
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:
Jesus that thing does look like a brick. The O needs to lay off the McDaniels.
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Warmachine posted:Jesus that thing does look like a brick. The O needs to lay off the McDaniels.  Scirocco designed it to look that big, so anyone fighting it would assume it to be slow. It's actually as fast as Zeta Gundam.
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I thought The O's girth was less a deliberate misdirection and more just a result of combining shitloads of armor with the requisite thrust systems and fuel to make it go resulting in a huge-rear end MS. All those thrusters means its gotta have tanks all over the suit. e. like I think it's one of the only suits in Zeta that can flat out no-sell Beam weapons purely on how thick the armor is rather than from beam coatings or I fields. Babysitter Super Sleuth fucked around with this message at 01:31 on Jan 21, 2015 |
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I just got my first action base and being able to do flying poses is so cool  I do wish it could go short enough to add support to standing poses the kit isn't balanced enough to manage on its feet, though, or pegs on the base for the same.
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Jan 21, 2015 01:45
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It makes me so sad how much money I spent on the original lines of zoids in my teens. The new koto stuff is utterly mind blowingly amazing by comparison. By the by, does anyone know if there's a market for reselling them?
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Tenzarin posted:I have finished "finishing" my first gunpla. RGM-79 GM HG. This was my first model to build last year when I started and was kinda disappointed how lacking it was. The beam saber was not colored, the shield backing didn't have the grey underside, and the foot joints were not colored either. So I hand brushed all the joints and the ankle sections. Hand brushed the hands, gun, shield backside, and used a gundam marker for the saber. I hand brushed future for the panel lines and didn't like how that was working out. Finished with a flat coat future\base flat with an airbrush. Learned alot, looking to learn alot more. Looks ace. I want to try gunship grey/opaque orange for my custom 0083 GM, I like that color combination.
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mr. stefan posted:I thought The O's girth was less a deliberate misdirection and more just a result of combining shitloads of armor with the requisite thrust systems and fuel to make it go resulting in a huge-rear end MS. All those thrusters means its gotta have tanks all over the suit. It's also built to Jupiterian specifications, and those suits require huge thrust to be able to work around Jupiter's gravity well. Later suits like the Crossbones compensate for the same by having those four huge boosters on the back.
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Ka0 posted:Looks ace. I want to try gunship grey/opaque orange for my custom 0083 GM, I like that color combination. There is supposed to be 2 panel lines on the shoulders, future filled up one T_T.
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Warmachine posted:Jesus that thing does look like a brick. The O needs to lay off the McDaniels. I...suddenly want to do a The O up like Grimace.... Or a Ronald The O'Donalds.
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Looks good all the same, nice work!Suzaku posted:I...suddenly want to do a The O up like Grimace.... It's basically already a chicken nugget.
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:
 Thank you for building the best mobile suit. Speaking of The-O, I managed to find this little treasure at a model kit convention in Pasadena. I want to make sure I'm confident in my handpainting skills with gunpla before I even think about starting a resin kit, though.
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Zeon thirsts for the strength of its people! * * (Strength of people may be augmented by Hi-Zack, who thinks he's stumbled into a family reunion, and Jesta Cannon, who realizes the misunderstanding but wants to be supportive)
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Lock Knight posted:Zeon thirsts for the strength of its people! * "Day 7, they still do not realize I'm with Londo Bell. I've attended a rally and shouted Sieg Zeon. Soon."
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:
There's the Robot Damashii Zeta* but it's an action figure so might be free from the Zeta Curse. It sucks that there aren't any decent Zeta kits since it's one of my favorite designs. EDIT: I don't have a Damashii figure so I can't say for sure but I think they're typically the same size an 1/144 HG kit. Kaiju Cage Match fucked around with this message at 16:00 on Jan 21, 2015 |
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 RD Zeta is smaller than 1/144. It's also really stylized, though maybe that won't bug other people as much as it bugs me. Honestly if you just want a nice looking Zeta the RG is actually fine. Just be really careful with the shoulders and don't transform it ever. EDIT: RDs are typically either larger (Late UC) or smaller (almost everything else) than their corresponding HGs. Only the Wing and G lines hit the exact sweetspot, which is great because you're not getting kits of those designs for a while. BlitzBlast fucked around with this message at 16:08 on Jan 21, 2015 |
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Lock Knight posted:Zeon thirsts for the strength of its people! * Shortly afterwards the Full Armor Unicorn arrived and wrecked everyone's poo poo.
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You mean it tried to, but fell over and then all of the Zeon kits robbed it blind.
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Warmachine posted:You continue to live up to your name. Neo Zeong is literally the best.
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BlitzBlast posted:You mean it tried to, but fell over and then all of the Zeon kits robbed it blind. Either/or.
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Last month or thereabouts, I did a comparison video for nub shaving: three different types of curved blades vs. the standard #11. I finally put the video together and you can see it here: http://youtu.be/ixfmj2gQvww Hopefully it's useful to people to see them in action rather than spending time and money. If you don't want to spend a fuckton for Tamiya blades, your best bet is a bulk buy of #11s and just change them out like crazy
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My second splurge of birthday money on gunpla has happened. HG F91, HG Victory Gundam and my first RG, Exia 
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