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Ka0 posted:I wonder if any of you fine gents will spend money on the A-Z gundam. I'm probably more inclined in scratchbuilding the shoulder cannons. It somehow got a general release, much to the surprise of official Bluefin retailers. I can't wait to get mine in; it looks too much like the Nadesico to not have in waverider form. https://www.gundamplanet.com/hgbf-a-z-gundam.html
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General release? that's a solid buy from me then, even though I'm cutting down on HGs to save more money.
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Jan 3, 2018 21:08
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Darkman Fanpage posted:
Solution: Kitbash.  Feeling like a gunpla war criminal
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Neurolimal posted:Solution: Kitbash. Please kitash a Tom Servo gunpla.
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MJP posted:It somehow got a general release, much to the surprise of official Bluefin retailers. I can't wait to get mine in; it looks too much like the Nadesico to not have in waverider form. https://www.gundamplanet.com/hgbf-a-z-gundam.html Thanks for this, I was going to use my buddy stationed in Okinawa get this.
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Red Bones posted:Please kitash a Tom Servo gunpla.
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Tom Servo? more like GM Servo
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Dom Servo
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If I had a Perfect Zeong kit I'd kitbash it with Tom Servo.
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That’s his name all right.
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worthless. posted:That’s his name all right. He is a Char.
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I thought the A-Z was a general release everywhere but Japan where it was an Amazon exclusive?
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Kaiju Cage Match posted:He is a Char. 
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Puddin posted:I thought the A-Z was a general release everywhere but Japan where it was an Amazon exclusive? Correct?
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Another kit done! Please enjoy these terrible phone photos of my cool kit:   The HG Gundam Gold Frame Astray Amatu Mina Model is the worst kit I've had the pleasure to work on so far - I mean, she was doable, and fun to put together, but. - Almost every gold piece had extra tiny gold nubs that I had to trim off as they would prevent pieces from snapping in place. - The fit for several pieces was not great and I had to get some pliers out to make one of the legs fit together so I could put on the knee joint cover. - The side skirt pieces do NOT fit inside, if I tip her even a little they're going to fall out. - 500000 stickers I hate stickers. I'm getting better at them, and this was good practice, but also yikes, my hands shake a tiny bit and aiming stickers is difficult. So... yeah. Not the best HG kit I've ever worked with...but hell. She looks great, it was a great excuse for practicing stickers on a 20$ kit, and now I can settle in to wait for the Master Grade my brother bought me for xmas to arrive. Also I deeply love the asymmetrical arms she has, and the claws. 
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At least it looks nice finished! The gold frame could use some brown lining to pop, but I'd understand if you just want to be done with it. Weird question: anyone aware of a kit/weapon/options set with a Parrying Dagger? They come in three types; a Main Gauche (huge hilt to protect hand, long blade, two straight prongs to wedge blades into to wrest out of a hand), a Three-Blade (dagger that springs out into 3 blades with hooks at the ends, you shove a sword in and try to close the dagger), and a Bladebreaker (fat dagger with serrated gaps on one side to get blades stuck in, looks like a medieval blacksmith received a vision of anime swords) I want one for the long frankenstein arm in the pic I posted to hold, concept being that it would quickly disarm assailants while swinging the slow giant sword around. Neurolimal fucked around with this message at 16:04 on Jan 4, 2018 |
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I'd just call it an unpleasant kit based off the design alone. That is one ugly looking mobile suit, and the polished black does not look good against a matte yellow/gold at all.
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Neurolimal posted:At least it looks nice finished! The gold frame could use some brown lining to pop, but I'd understand if you just want to be done with it. What do you mean by brown lining? As in using a gundam marker? Arcsquad12 posted:I'd just call it an unpleasant kit based off the design alone. That is one ugly looking mobile suit, and the polished black does not look good against a matte yellow/gold at all. Our tastes are different, I think it's a good lookin' suit and I love the contrast!
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MJP posted:It somehow got a general release, much to the surprise of official Bluefin retailers. I can't wait to get mine in; it looks too much like the Nadesico to not have in waverider form. https://www.gundamplanet.com/hgbf-a-z-gundam.html But will it get to Build Burning? 
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Yeah, just lining with a brown (or black) color. It's mostly just me not being a big fan of unlined gold, though
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Neurolimal posted:Yeah, just lining with a brown (or black) color. It's mostly just me not being a big fan of unlined gold, though Ah, I see! I haven't bought a marker yet, so... hmm. I'll think on it, but don't hold your breath, I like the gold! (I really need to get a black marker and deco up my RG Red Astray, because as pretty as that kit is, it really needs some lining to make it pop and as it was my first kit I wasn't prepared to do that...)
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I recommend the brown lining marker on red too. Black looks too sharp imo.
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I think I just found a kit that could be a good intro to using a marker - Kimaris Vidar is under 20$, really pretty, and it looks like it'll take a marker to bring out how sharp that design is. Choices, choices... do I buy him now and a marker, or wait until after the MG is here and I've done that...
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StrixNebulosa posted:I think I just found a kit that could be a good intro to using a marker - Kimaris Vidar is under 20$, really pretty, and it looks like it'll take a marker to bring out how sharp that design is. The Hi-Mock is one of the cheapest and most well-made kits you can get, and it's practically made for testing poo poo out on.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:The Hi-Mock is one of the cheapest and most well-made kits you can get, and it's practically made for testing poo poo out on. I don't like how it looks. 
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The Hi-Mock doesn't really have too many panel lines to be a good intro to that. I remember my first 'real' kit being the HG Hazel, there's a lot of panel lines to do on that.
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If you're into crazy asymmetrical fellows, might I suggest this guy? https://www.gundamplanet.com/hg-ibo-gundam-astaroth-rinascimento.html The blue brick folds out into a third arm for wacky giant sword swing poses. Neurolimal fucked around with this message at 17:04 on Jan 4, 2018 |
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Neurolimal posted:If you're into crazy asymmetrical fellows, might I suggest this guy? I want him, but regret that his color scheme is so.... boring.  (Gonna have to learn how to paint gunplas at some point, I think. So many of these kits are great but for some reason are bedecked in the worst colors)
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if you like purple gundams, theres http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10303612 has a cape which is also two giant hands
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StrixNebulosa posted:Ah, I see! I haven't bought a marker yet, so... hmm. I'll think on it, but don't hold your breath, I like the gold! The gold would still be entirely visible, you'd just be filling in the lines to make it look less blobby. For most things you can just use a micron pen or a pencil, but for brown you should probably go with some super thinned down paint. Games Workshop paints work fine and can be cleaned up super easily and don't damage gunpla plastic, but I'm sure there's even better for reverse washing slapdash stuff of paint+water then cleaned up.
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I've just started my first gunpla, a Master Grade RX-78-2 One Year War Version and I'm struggling on the leg assembly, the middle step in this page has me perplexed, any thoughts? https://imgur.com/a/sVeRE
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JamesWestfall posted:I've just started my first gunpla, a Master Grade RX-78-2 One Year War Version and I'm struggling on the leg assembly, the middle step in this page has me perplexed, any thoughts? It looks like it's telling you to press down on that part and remove the little bit that looks like a key. Then you can use the wedge section of that other one to extend the bit on the other side of the leg.
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That's kinda what I was thinking but was afraid to break something off
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mikeycp posted:there's a brown gundam lining marker that works really nicely yeah i use it for everything that isnt white
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Finished the build for the PG Exia, only 2 real issues I've had with it. One is the left side of the cheek part of it's faceplate doesn't stay flush like it should, I might have to glue that. Two the fingers for the hands that hold the swords at a downward angle dont stay in very well compared to the other hands, but that should be easily fixed by thickening the part that secures the fingers.
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Puddin posted:I thought my LED unit was defective and didn't have enough length to connect properly, turns out I was just reading the instructions wrong. So far the armor is fine, the elbow joint on the right arm cant hold the gn sword in long blade form out that well, but the rest of the swords its fine.
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Yeah it's fine when stowed, but it can't hold that sword up. It's massive. I have the same problem with the manipulators too. Two fingers are just a little weak and pop out easily.
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