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MechaX posted:I am tempted to get that Hyaku Shiki Kai but $100 for an uglier, even if I do like it, Hyaku Shiki is a hard sell. Plus, I still have my HG Delta Gundam in the backlog if I want to deal with an obscenely gold kit, and that one is at least also primarily undergated. I know Zeta Define is pretty new, but have they ever done a Zero Shiki kit?
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Blaziken386 posted:(suletta's face is apparently made with waterslide decals, and im slightly nervous...) She comes with 3 face plates, one of which is pre-decorated, and the other two use waterslides.
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SnakesRevenge posted:I know Zeta Define is pretty new, but have they ever done a Zero Shiki kit? I’m a little surprised one hasn’t hit p-Bandai but it doesn’t seem so
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Synthbuttrange posted:https://gundam.fandom.com/wiki/WD-M01MS_%E2%88%80_Gundam_Shin Bolting the O Raiser to the Turn A is like driving an F-22 and strapping a Cessna on top and calling it a FAST pack
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 Thought I could cobble up a little tray to keep my water slide decals from escaping and being impossible to retrieve out of sprue bits, glue and some fabric. Works fine, $0 cost. also I've been in a rabbit hole looking up Chuchu's Demi customs and there's so many of them. All with a similar theme though. BIG WEAPON AND/OR ARMS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jafwtylgee0 edit:  comin along Synthbuttrange fucked around with this message at 23:17 on Nov 2, 2023 |
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my royal red ex gundam marker came in the mail today! pros: looks loving incredible, holy poo poo cons: i knew it ran like crazy but even with a tiny tiny paintbrush this thing went all over the place. goddamn. i'll likely use it for bits that need to be painted red in the future, but like. extremely sparingly.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Hold up there; You got your kid a 30MM kit and no accessory packs to jazz it up with? He's only four, and is ADD as all hell. we put together one of the first grade Zakus last year and it took a couple of months to get done, so I was trying to keep things simple. Then again Suruga-ya keeps running that free shipping promo every weekend...
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  Lots of goofs here because it was an old model I pulled apart to repaint. Nubs and seamlines I didnt catch. Pre-shading turned out to be a big waste of time too when I could just do it better and more accurately after with weathering paste. Still, fun to do, and looks way better than monochromatic red plastic.
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Agreed. Like that color scheme too.
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Also cursing the non color separated pipes on the arms they're so difficult to mask and paint sob
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Synthbuttrange posted:Also cursing the non color separated pipes on the arms they're so difficult to mask and paint sob That's one of the advantages of the more advanced grades, they're often separate pieces.
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All these different paints i have are going to bite me in the rear end. Finally did some experiments to clarify what they can do. Mr Color's got a great range, but I love Mr Hobby Aqueous because its odourless. Tamiya Acrylic's got some colors neither of the above have but stinks like hell. Tamiya Acrylics are mixable with Mr Hobby Aqueous and water. Neither are mixable with Mr Color, they just clump up. All are mixable with Mr Hobby Levelling Thinner though. Levelling thinner wont make them all mixable. I should stick to one but drat you colors. And all of the above are going to give me cancer or something I should have just stuck to model acrylics like Vallejo or similar :v
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Is Mr. Hobby Aqueous really all that different to airbrush with than your Vallejo paints? They should both be water based acrylics right? Maybe the mr. hobby stuff has a bit more alcohol in it? The only toxic stuff you mentioned there is the Mr.Color lacquer paints and the leveling thinner (which is designed for lacquers moreso than acrylics as far as I know?). So definitely wear a mask when using either of those. The three acrylic lines should be safer to use though.
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Mr Hobby Aqueous and Tamiya Acrylic both have flammable warnings on them, I'm pretty sure they're at least a little more toxic than Vallejo/citadel/army painter etc. The only weird thing is they're happy to be diluted with either water or solvent thinners. The thing that they do better than the water-only acrylics are they're super resistant once they're dried and set which makes weathering, washing, etc really easy and protects the plastic underneath.
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Well alcohol itself is flammable so any alcohol-based acrylics are gonna have that warning regardless of what other ingredients are in them.
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I did spot an incredibly funny product this week though:
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*$750 PG came in like a week ago* *still waiting for the LED kit*  No I don't have a problem why do you ask? A fun kit, but the gold disk section on the shoulders will pop itself out if you try to lower it too much and it gets pushed by the arm, and the feet are a solid line so standing it can get a bit awkward.  Also it's just barely able to fit in my display case. If I tip the head forward at all it'll hit the top.
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Buck Wildman posted:looks great to me
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Bought myself a Zowort heavy today. The new hobby shop has a pretty massive selection of models. It's pretty funny when I can buy a gunpla kit for under $30 and they're right next to a Bandai 40k Space Marine selling for almost triple that. And that's before looking at the absurd games workshop kit prices
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BisbyWorl posted:Also it's just barely able to fit in my display case. If I tip the head forward at all it'll hit the top. Would probably help with your display space and getting it to stand easier if you put it in more of a crouched lumbering pose. It'd be a more natural stance for Exodia as well.
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I’ve tried googling around to find an answer and I feel like I’m going nuts because no one else seems to have this issue. Why the hell are my waterslides so inconsistent? I was able to put some waterslides on fine (MG Qubeley, HG Nu Gundam, and the new MG Dom’s eye), but since then I’ve had trouble with them on my HG Kämpfer, HG Sazabi, and, most recently, HG 7-11 Gundam. Sometimes I put them in the water, wait, and they’ll slide off just fine, and sometimes they’ll just stick to the paper or I have to take them off the paper with an xacto knife to apply. I’ve tried using warm water and letting the decals soak for 3-10 seconds, and then anywhere from 90 seconds to a couple minutes later, I check for sliding. What am I doing wrong with the bad ones?
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Nov 4, 2023 20:00
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You may be soaking the decals for too long.
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 Main System: Activating Combat Mode. Really fun quick build. Also unlike the Daribalde the feet weren't hollow. Pretty much no peg holes left open outside of two easily covered shoulder holes.
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Burns posted:You may be soaking the decals for too long. I didn’t even think this could be an issue, I thought more water would help it come off. I’ve only used Bandai’s packed-in waterslides, should I stick with just 3 seconds of soaking?
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X-Ray Pecs posted:I’ve tried googling around to find an answer and I feel like I’m going nuts because no one else seems to have this issue. Why the hell are my waterslides so inconsistent? I was able to put some waterslides on fine (MG Qubeley, HG Nu Gundam, and the new MG Dom’s eye), but since then I’ve had trouble with them on my HG Kämpfer, HG Sazabi, and, most recently, HG 7-11 Gundam. Sometimes I put them in the water, wait, and they’ll slide off just fine, and sometimes they’ll just stick to the paper or I have to take them off the paper with an xacto knife to apply. I’ve tried using warm water and letting the decals soak for 3-10 seconds, and then anywhere from 90 seconds to a couple minutes later, I check for sliding. What am I doing wrong with the bad ones? Kinda hard to tell exactly what's going on. Are you using the same manufacturer for each set of decals? Could just be a difference in maker. Are you using a wet swab to get them off the paper? How are you holding the decal while you're trying to remove them? I've often had decals take a few extra second to be ready to come off, but never 90 seconds. If you dunk them for five they should be ready to go in 30, maybe 45 at most. Is the only problem with them coming off the paper? Are they sticking good? No wrinkling? No folding over?
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different brands of waterslides have different formulations and are supposed to be soaked for different durations. some want 3 seconds some want like 20 seconds. the manuals in bandai kits that come with waterslides explicitly say 3. soaking for too long is probably causing your problems. RPATDO_LAMD fucked around with this message at 22:49 on Nov 4, 2023 |
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Synthbuttrange posted:Mr Hobby Aqueous and Tamiya Acrylic both have flammable warnings on them, I'm pretty sure they're at least a little more toxic than Vallejo/citadel/army painter etc. The only weird thing is they're happy to be diluted with either water or solvent thinners. The thing that they do better than the water-only acrylics are they're super resistant once they're dried and set which makes weathering, washing, etc really easy and protects the plastic underneath. This was the whole point of my hand wringing about "what are Mr. Color paints, actually," was a few months ago when I was having problems with Odenkan paint bubbling after application. My conclusion at this point is that the Mr. Color marketing sheet is right--they are NOT LACQUER. They are solvent-based acrylic ala Tamiya. This also nicely explains why Leveling Thinner seems to be this magic liquid that makes all the popular paints better--they aren't true lacquers. I do not have the chemistry or paint making background to substantiate any of this, so it's  all the way down. But I think the oft-repeated "Mr. Color is lacquer" maxim in the hobby community is wrong.
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From some googling i found the material safety data sheet for Mr. Hobby thinners linked here on a random australian hobby shop's website, but it was linkrotted so I had to grab it from the internet archive here Aaren't these supposed to be publicly available by law? I can't find any official source for the MSDS, maybe it's only for employees who work in the factories or handle it in stores or something. Anyways it seems like it has 5 active ingredients:
Pubchem lists #3 as corrosive and #5 as acutely toxic if inhaled (and according to wikipedia causes cancer in rats, but only with very high doses). All but #1 are flammable. #4 is only listed as an irritant but it says chronic exposure can cause things like headaches, nausea, and an enlarged liver. Wear a mask! It's also specifically listed as a solvent for lacquer paints unlike the rest which just say "paint" or nothing. RPATDO_LAMD fucked around with this message at 23:39 on Nov 4, 2023 |
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I'm in the middle of putting waterslides on my HG Aerial. 5 seconds in the bath and then straight to business seems to work for these ones. I also pre-wet the surface so I'll have a bit more time to nudge it into place, since that takes me a few tries usually.  Took a lot of cursing and readjusting, but I don't think it's coming out too bad for someone with severe intermittent tremors.
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paint fumes and plastic dust from filing are both perfectly healthy and you should make sure to breathe in as much as possible, to become stronger
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The HG Aerial is such a nice kit. I have the P-Bandai Permet 6 variant, but I strongly recommend everyone to get any version they can.
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   Solid Clear Aerial status: kickin' rad  (she doesnt normally come with the premolded shell units like regular aerial does, but I didn't use that on my original aerial because i thought it was too flashy. This version of Aerial wants to be incredibly flashy, so, she got it instead!)
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very rude of suruga-ya to do free shipping for two weekends in a row, and then stop doing so after i expect it to keep happening. yes I know i dont exactly have ROOM for another half dozen gunpla but that doesnt mean I dont want them??
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crying laughing over this stupid shitpost of a diorama. found via unsourced discord posts  Blaziken386 posted:very rude of suruga-ya to do free shipping for two weekends in a row, and then stop doing so after i expect it to keep happening. yes I know i dont exactly have ROOM for another half dozen gunpla but that doesnt mean I dont want them?? How much notice does the site give about shipping?
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Synthbuttrange posted:crying laughing over this stupid shitpost of a diorama. found via unsourced discord posts Nekomachinegun! https://x.com/necome_titan/status/1708104150284955940?s=20 His entire thing is just different parody versions of that one scene.
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Synthbuttrange posted:crying laughing over this stupid shitpost of a diorama. found via unsourced discord posts lol
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