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I've got a question about modifying parts. A lot of zeon suits feature joined frontal skirts that could be separated via grooves in the panels. I managed to separate my Geara Zulu's front skirts with an xacto knife, but it was a very slow process to carve it out. Is there an easier way to separate pieces like that which preferably doesn't involve wearing down sharp objects near my fingers?
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Every time I have money to spend I always consider getting the Psycho Zaku Ver. Ka, should I just take the dive and get it? Also here's a picture of the last models I did. Wing Gundam Ver. Ka and the Tallgeese Ver. EW. First time actually using my Gundam markers, too, though it probably is kind of hard to see, just did pretty simple panel lines really, but I think it looks good. 
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Jan 22, 2018 19:43
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True dedication would be making farraday cage armor out of sprue.
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Jan 22, 2018 19:46
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Xenothral posted:Every time I have money to spend I always consider getting the Psycho Zaku Ver. Ka, should I just take the dive and get it? Do it, the Zaku is amazing.
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Jan 22, 2018 20:19
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I'm still debating between that and the FA-78 Thunderbolt for my next build once I get all my airbrush stuff. Realistically I'll end up getting both eventually anyways. Ver Kas come with water decals, right? The water decals that actually go with the model (god dammit limited edition Providence)
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Jan 22, 2018 20:45
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garfield hentai posted:I'm still debating between that and the FA-78 Thunderbolt for my next build once I get all my airbrush stuff. Realistically I'll end up getting both eventually anyways. Yeah, all ver.kas after the crossbone(I think) come with them.
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Jan 22, 2018 20:49
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I keep waffling on getting the PG Exia Lighting version for about the last 4 days now. I'm sure I could find a better use for $300 but it's such an awesome looking kit. Please send help.
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Jan 22, 2018 23:32
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screech on the beach posted:I keep waffling on getting the PG Exia Lighting version for about the last 4 days now. I'm sure I could find a better use for $300 but it's such an awesome looking kit. Please send help. Do it. Embrace it.
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Jan 23, 2018 00:15
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Give it enough juice and you can have it double as a lamp expenditure.
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Jan 23, 2018 01:12
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Like a lighthouse but for weebs. Am I just going to have to accept that using a Gundam Marker to lazy-paint like I did is going to leave it unevenly coated? I've never used a paint pen before and it's unruly as hell, but I don't have the apartment space for anything more involved.
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Jan 23, 2018 01:15
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PMush Perfect posted:Like a lighthouse but for weebs. Pretty much. Marker ink dries too fast for a good even coat; once a layer of paint dries enough further paint will just layer on top of it instead of mixing. I know some gunpla peoples really dislike hand-painting, but it's not bad and you can get even coats with thinned enough paint. Only space you need for that is a comfy chair, cup of water, paints, and a brush.
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Jan 23, 2018 01:21
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I did coats really carefully in one direction, then let it dry and went in another direction, no matter what the markers look streaky as hell. I ended up using a bottle cap and smushing the marker into it until enough paint came out to brush on. It worked really well for details and small bits (boosters etc) but I just wanna jump right into airbrushing now.
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Jan 23, 2018 01:23
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ive just started handpainting and its extremely chill and relaxing. maybe people avoid it for the same reason i had been: when i was a kid i tried to handpaint models and had no idea what i was doing and it looked like dogshit and so i developed a pavlovian response.
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Jan 23, 2018 02:34
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Handpainting can look as good as airbrushing but takes more practice to learn and more time to execute.
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Jan 23, 2018 02:57
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The way I see it is what good is starting a hobby if I can't use it to justify buying gadgets
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Jan 23, 2018 03:02
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Arcsquad12 posted:I've got a question about modifying parts. A lot of zeon suits feature joined frontal skirts that could be separated via grooves in the panels. I managed to separate my Geara Zulu's front skirts with an xacto knife, but it was a very slow process to carve it out. Etching saws are a thing. Should do exactly what you want as long as it's not too curvy a line.
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Jan 23, 2018 03:13
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screech on the beach posted:I keep waffling on getting the PG Exia Lighting version for about the last 4 days now. I'm sure I could find a better use for $300 but it's such an awesome looking kit. Please send help. https://imgur.com/gallery/hV3CR Sorry. Fake edit : I'm not sorry, but buy it. It truly is an amazing kit and I'm sad I can't continue on building it. If all PG from now on are as good as this then goodbye my wallet.
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Jan 23, 2018 03:40
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your exia's lookin good but i just wanna say that this is the first time I've seen an imgur gallery with -10,000 points (in your posts) I guess people really hate Forza
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Jan 23, 2018 03:45
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I've been handbrushing since I started building Gunpla. Well, not all of my kits, but it's split into: -Straight-build with panel-lining and spot-painting on parts that need color (~60% of my kits) -Straight-build with a hand-brushed coat of Testors acrylic semi-gloss clear-coat (~20%, mostly my MG kits) -Full-on handbrushing (~20%, mainly the old-school kits) With practice you can get some great results. I've posted this one in a Gunpla thread before, but here is one of my first hand-brushed kits from ~2003: the old 1/144 G Gundam (1994)  Not my best work obviously-- this was probably my second or third time trying hand-brushing. This is what my results look like nowadays: 1/100 Zaku I (1982 [1994 re-release])  1/100 Gouf (1982 [1994 re-release])  1/144 GM Cannon (1980s [1994 re-release])  1/60 Char's Zaku II (1980s [1994 re-release]) with Mega-Size Char's Zaku II  It's still not perfect, but it's a LOT better. It just takes patience and time, but the results are pretty good, I think.
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Jan 23, 2018 04:08
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Neurolimal posted:your exia's lookin good but i just wanna say that this is the first time I've seen an imgur gallery with -10,000 points (in your posts) I wear it as a badge of pride.
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Jan 23, 2018 04:11
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Midjack posted:Handpainting can look as good as airbrushing but takes more practice to learn and more time to execute. The trick to good handpainting is watch enough of the Warhammer TV's Duncan's tutorials until he convinces you it's as easy as he makes it look.
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Shinde posted:It's still not perfect, but it's a LOT better. It just takes patience and time, but the results are pretty good, I think. Definitely. The bold black lining and uneven thickness does a really good job of staying true-to-style on the retro kits. Incidental to this convo, I just finished handpainting the final parts of the PG strike gundam frame I've been working on, I'l post pics tomorrow.
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Puddin posted:https://imgur.com/gallery/hV3CR That is great! This will be my first time ever messing with an LED kit, is it going to be tough or is it relatively easy?
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Jan 23, 2018 04:24
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It's super easy, the leds are all quick connects and the housings are designed really well. No soldering needed.
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Jan 23, 2018 04:39
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That wasn't the answer I was looking for.  Looks like I will end up biting the bullet.
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I just spend like 3 hours building one arm of the PG Wing Zero, and I counted up the parts involved: counting the screws and stuff, 75. For an arm. Which is already almost the size of the RG Zaku it's going to end up next to in my case. This thing kicks rear end.Midjack posted:Handpainting can look as good as airbrushing but takes more practice to learn and more time to execute. Guy Goodbody posted:The trick to good handpainting is watch enough of the Warhammer TV's Duncan's tutorials until he convinces you it's as easy as he makes it look. Hell yeah. The key is just to do maddening numbers of thinned coats until eventually all the brush marks overlap in ways that hide everything and it smooths out. I've done a mess of Warhammer dudes with 3-5 coats in some spots, it just takes patience and practice. Absolute worst-case, you ruin a $20 HG kit, and you can try stripping the paint off and re-doing it later. But you still learn something doing it, and that's the important bit, because it means the next one will be better. That said, when I do larger models, I do try to spray on the base coat - if not an airbrush, at least a rattle can.
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Jan 23, 2018 04:53
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 am I reading this correctly? is the leo going to msrp at 1080 yen? If that's the case there's no excuse not to make an army of these
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tenderjerk posted:
The Hi-Mock is a full 100 yen cheaper iirc.
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Jan 23, 2018 16:39
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tenderjerk posted:
That's an easy purchase of 5.
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TaurusOxford posted:That's an easy purchase of 5. Fake Edit: Tallgeese as the white ranger!
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PMush Perfect posted:BRB, painting Leo Power Rangers versus Hi-Mock Psycho Rangers. im afraid its canon that their zords are hi-mocks 
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tenderjerk posted:
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PMush Perfect posted:BRB, painting Leo Power Rangers versus Hi-Mock Psycho Rangers. BRB, painting an entire Space Marine Chapter of Leos.
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punchymcpunch posted:im afraid its canon that their zords are hi-mocks Speaking of Tommy:    Soul of Chogokin Dragonzord looking quite nice, and is coming out in July for 17,000 yen.
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Jan 23, 2018 18:02
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So it turns out theres more than just that GM.
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Hey kids gunpla master Marx Headroom here with a hot tip: using Contractor's Solvent to remove excess paint will make your model dissolve and melt before your very eyes. It's bad to kill but if you just murdered a gunpla and need to hide the evidence, ask your hardware store for Contractor's Solvent.
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Perfect Grade Strike Gundam (Frame) https://imgur.com/gallery/jHV9c Took way longer than I thought, but it was fun handpainting the whole thing! The nuln oil wash gave most of it a semigloss sheen, which I bet will look great peeking through matte armor.
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Jan 24, 2018 00:48
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tenderjerk posted:
Pretty much. May release, estimated msrp 1080 yen (tax included!).
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is there any way to thicken paint? im trying to touch up some stripes with vallejo white but its weirdly thin straight out of the bottle
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punchymcpunch posted:is there any way to thicken paint? im trying to touch up some stripes with vallejo white but its weirdly thin straight out of the bottle I'd recommend multiple thin layers, but if you're set on thickening the paint then put some in your pallet and give it a half minute or more for the water in said paint to dry out. Make sure to thoroughly shake the bottles, some paints can be super stubborn about not separating (coughreapersaffronyellowcoughvallejometalliccopper) which can result in getting water-heavy pigment-light drops.
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