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USAGS used to be terrible with communicating but seems to have improved in recent years, send them a message.
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wdarkk posted:Is "pre-ordering" the RG Hi Nu from Big Bad Toy Store a decent means of getting it as quickly as possible without paying scalpers? I've got a p-bandai gun for it coming soon-ish. Be wary of their pre-orders, Covid hosed up their order system something fierce and they just don't get in some kits. I had a kit pre-ordered last year that every month gets pushed up to the next month.
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Oh drat they actually molded the plastic to simulate battle damage
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Apr 27, 2022 04:07
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Ya everything not in orange is new looong snout on the other hand the RX-78 doesnt seem to have much new except decals 
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My HobbyCo order arrived, along with a few extra bits, so I was able to finally build and finish a project... A DRAGON!   Even folds up into a kinda-sorta flight mode... I really shoulda thrown in an Action Base for this one when I ordered the missing parts, as it's a wee bit floppy in general...   Turned out it can even achieve a decent humanoid form as well. For anyone curious, there's the torso hips and thighs of a Spinatio Ninja under all that as a base.
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What grade is that new(-ish) Zaku?
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Apr 27, 2022 10:03
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I don't know where the source pics are from but that's based on the Origin HG zaku
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Thanks!  Was hoping for a new MG.
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Marx Headroom posted:Oh drat they actually molded the plastic to simulate battle damage Should have just been the regular Zaku kit packaged with a dremel
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 The Giant Robo MODEROID is up for preorder at HLJ!
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chiasaur11 posted:That's interesting. I had a more thorough look at the pile of red boxes when I went into a store the other day and it's pretty much everything. Kenbus, bunyips, shions, they're all there. The galgun stuff has all disappeared now though so I'm assuming that's all gone to the great ecopla blender in the sky.
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Isn't the girl part of GGL living on as 30MS? I know there's at least one outfit kit that works on both.
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SpikeMcclane posted:Isn't the girl part of GGL living on as 30MS? I wouldn't say living on, they were targeted at different demographics. 30MS is clearly an attempt to get into the Frame Arms Girls market, which pretty much every model company is doing. I think Kotobukiya now has a bunch of different mechagirl model kit lines. GGL seemed like an attempt to get girls into models but from a new direction; selling the model kits as cosplay goods for a live action drama. Who knows, maybe if the show had been more popular it would have worked.
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I built a Brady Hound this week. I like some elements of it such as the eyeball head and the claws on its feet, but the arms were disappointing. It's really hard to raise them properly, and the elbow barely goes passed 90 degrees.Neddy Seagoon posted:
And ordered. I know nothing about it, but it's beefy, it's vaguely Egyptian and there's a guy hanging off its face. What's not to like?
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maninthesuit posted:I built a Brady Hound this week. I like some elements of it such as the eyeball head and the claws on its feet, but the arms were disappointing. It's really hard to raise them properly, and the elbow barely goes passed 90 degrees. Maybe the Ginrei Special spinoff?
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RillAkBea posted:I had a more thorough look at the pile of red boxes when I went into a store the other day and it's pretty much everything. Kenbus, bunyips, shions, they're all there. Thanks. That's interesting. I'd kinda assume the galgun kits would move once they were discounted, if only for the 30 minute cross-compatibility. Well, the figures. The guns getting the ecopla treatment seems likely, though. For Kyoukai Senki, if it's failing I suspect part of the reason is confused marketing. The show is pretty juvenile compared to other "real robot" mech anime, complete with cute mascots and minimal death, but it also goes into politics too much to appeal to kids, and the model line is more detailed and more expensive than the standard, without a cheap intro design (like Barbatos or Core Gundam) to get a foot in the door. Still, the Shion kits seem like the worst bet. Who made the decision that those were what everyone was excited for, anyway?
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Built my new Zaku II and Barbatos Lupus Rex. Barbatos has a lot of parts in the sprues that are not used.
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chiasaur11 posted:Still, the Shion kits seem like the worst bet. Who made the decision that those were what everyone was excited for, anyway? I don't see why it's that weird. With 86 and Shion they're trying out releasing figure rise anime girl kits as the show is airing. anime girl model kits are popular, so why wouldn't it work to sell them for a current anime?
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Gripweed posted:I don't see why it's that weird. With 86 and Shion they're trying out releasing figure rise anime girl kits as the show is airing. anime girl model kits are popular, so why wouldn't it work to sell them for a current anime? Well, partially because there was no way to know if anyone liked Shion. Lena makes some sense, since there was a market already. 86 was a popular light novel before the anime came out, so they could have a better idea if Lena would be well liked. Shion, meanwhile, had no precedent to suggest she'd be popular, no robot part to get in on the Frame Arms market, (unlike most of the Build girls) and a design that, well, doesn't have any horny appeal.
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AMAIM as a whole is a basket Bandai's put a lot of eggs in. Releasing the Figure-rise Standard while the iron's hot makes sense if they were targeting this show as hard as I assume they were towards the Gundam SEED/Code Geass/etc vibe of pulling in an audience with little-to-no experience of Serious Robot Shows, even if in practice it hasn't grabbed that audience. It's affordable character merch and it's an in to the plamo line, it's at least as sensible a blind decision as any of the non-main character mecha they've made.
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You know, I think I'm a pretty good gunpla modeller, but then I see poo poo like this and immediately doubt myself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei4lojQjZT8&t=3s
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1st Stage Midboss posted:AMAIM as a whole is a basket Bandai's put a lot of eggs in. Releasing the Figure-rise Standard while the iron's hot makes sense if they were targeting this show as hard as I assume they were towards the Gundam SEED/Code Geass/etc vibe of pulling in an audience with little-to-no experience of Serious Robot Shows, even if in practice it hasn't grabbed that audience. It's affordable character merch and it's an in to the plamo line, it's at least as sensible a blind decision as any of the non-main character mecha they've made. Not really. To start, Shion costs about 900 yen more than a grunt suit pre-tax. That's almost a whole high grade's worth of price gap, and more than enough to nab a 30 minute mission sub-machine. Price matters at the checkout counter, and costing a bit more than a high grade is easier to sell than something costing more than a Real Grade, all else being equal. And all else isn't equal. Bandai hired a top industrial design team to help work on their mech aesthetics for AMAIM, and the results speak for themselves. Kyoukai Senki mechs have really impressive and distinct engineering, which helps justify them costing more than most high grades. (They're also much bigger than baseline HGs, so pricing comparable to the Messer or the Karl scans.). The value gets worse when you compare to the 30 Minute Sisters line, which costs a full 1000 yen less for a better kit (more articulation, accessories, painted face instead of stickers...). What's more, Kyoukai Senki isn't getting the full court press. There's very little in the way of character goods that I can find. There do seem to be plush toys of the AIs, at least, but there's no figures of the pilots, statues, or similar. All I can find in terms of grocery store checkout figures is trading cards. Maybe Bandai hopes to sell this to non-mech fans, but the merch says it's Gunpla nerds as the primary. Shion's figure is this weird standalone, a boring character with a boring design getting sold for premium prices in a line that tends to only have big names, like Asuna or Goku. You'd think that if they wanted to sell merch they'd at least give her a spotlight episode or something.
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What's the best way to deal with the crippling despair you feel when the V-Fin gem on your Strike Freedom Gundam tiddlywinks off your fingernail as you try to fasten it on after it fell off for the 10th time, and it's just gone?
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St0rmD posted:What's the best way to deal with the crippling despair you feel when the V-Fin gem on your Strike Freedom Gundam tiddlywinks off your fingernail as you try to fasten it on after it fell off for the 10th time, and it's just gone? Put a sock on the end of your vacuum and try to find it.
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Clean your entire work area to make sure it's not hidden behind a pot of paint or something. Stand up and move around to make sure it's not caught in a fold of your clothing. Search along the floor with a flashlight. If you still can't find it, remove all the furniture from your room. The vacuum your room. Dump the vacuum contents onto a baking tray and check to see if your part is in there like you're panning for gold. It works. I speak from experience.
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Monaghan posted:You know, I think I'm a pretty good gunpla modeller, but then I see poo poo like this and immediately doubt myself. What the loving gently caress electronic wizardry did I just watch?
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Gripweed posted:Clean your entire work area to make sure it's not hidden behind a pot of paint or something. Stand up and move around to make sure it's not caught in a fold of your clothing. Search along the floor with a flashlight. If you still can't find it, remove all the furniture from your room. The vacuum your room. Dump the vacuum contents onto a baking tray and check to see if your part is in there like you're panning for gold. I've done all that, minus the vacuuming, but I have tile floors. It's gone. I didn't even see which direction it flew, and I didn't really see or feel how much force/speed it flew off with. I was trying to push the little pin into the hole, and then my thumb slipped and it wasn't there anymore. Maybe there's a chance I happen to find it at some point, but I'm not hopeful. My worst fear is that it somehow flew over my shoulder into a very full kitchen garbage can that was about 6 feet behind me (and I'm not going sorting through kitchen trash for a 3mm piece of plastic). I was just posting to vent my rage/despair. St0rmD fucked around with this message at 03:46 on Apr 30, 2022 |
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Monaghan posted:You know, I think I'm a pretty good gunpla modeller, but then I see poo poo like this and immediately doubt myself. ahhhhhhh
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this guys other videos are also insane jesus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UdbsaYkwYM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgztxQ9JPBQ
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Brave fans are eating GOOD this year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDo3Dikr-PM
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Monaghan posted:You know, I think I'm a pretty good gunpla modeller, but then I see poo poo like this and immediately doubt myself. That is a cool spray booth with the waterfall to help catch overspray
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What's the best way to remove panel liners? I'm dissatisfied with how they turned out in the RG Nu Gundam's fin funnels, and I'm thinking of giving them a do-over. I just used a standard panel line marker, nothing fancy, and the kit has no topcoat applied.
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Alcohol wipes.
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Also, in my experience, touching them at all.
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DamnGlitch posted:Also, in my experience, touching them at all. That only works if you aren't trying to remove them.
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I'm looking for some good tutorials on airbrushing gundam models specifically, like how to go about prepping the pieces, disassembling, choosing colors. I'm experience with airbrushing basic stuff like basecoats and preshading, but I'd like to try other types of highlighting and shading. Mostly I'm just trying to pick good colors for an off-white or red (including shades) and would like to see and example guides people think are decent.
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My first ever Koto kit.   
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