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I would say setter and softer are necessary if you don't want to hate waterslides. Softer isn't necessary on every single decal but I do it anyway because it takes 1 second to brush some on and it makes them look a lot more painted on in general. I usually use a toothpick side to move the decals off the sheet tho a paintbrush or tweezers work fine too. The bottles of micro set/sol will probably last ages too and they're small/easy to store. I'm sure Mr. Color's versions of set/sol are great too though I haven't used them. Also, if you put one on and don't like the positioning it's usually pretty simple to put some more microset on and move it as long as you haven't softened yet. I honestly find waterslides in large quantities to be way easier than getting stickers on but that's probably because I started with tank/plane models that always have waterslides and no stickers. Something like the F-14 I put together a few years ago had around 80 waterslide decals and I was able to get them all on in the same day in a few hours. I will say that really big decals suck a lot and I'd prefer to use stickers for something bigger than an inch or two wide.
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Sorry I don't remember, but do softer and setter attack plastic? Ie if you're using them should you shoot a clear undercoat first? I know it's advisable to apply a topcoat after to protect the waterslide.
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Phy posted:Sorry I don't remember, but do softer and setter attack plastic? Ie if you're using them should you shoot a clear undercoat first? I'm not sure if they attack plastic or not but I put down a gloss coat under any waterslide decals because it tends to make them easier to work with if they have a mostly consistent smooth surface underneath.
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In my experience: – DSPIAE MKM metallic markers are good – DSPIAE MKC chrome markers are hell yeah awesome – DSPIAE MK regular markers will soon arrive to be tested – goodness gracious I hope to learn to apply those waterslide thingies someday – I'm really interested in those marker-form topcoats, be they gloss or matte
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Dec 14, 2023 00:24
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i also need to remember that while young me had to cry and or deal if they ruined a water slide, adult me can just buy two sheets in case i screw one up.
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Dec 14, 2023 00:27
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p-bandai has xabungle stuff if anyone's into that.
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Queadlunn posted:I got my Hasegawa Queadluun-Rau assembled! Hell yeah, can’t wait to see the finished Max color version Tergaso posted:Whoa, the shading on the Lfrith Ur looks amazing! And the collar on the Michaelis is clean, impressive work. Thank you  I’ve done shaded paint jobs on like a dozen kits now so I think I’m finally getting the hang of it, lol
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Nuebot posted:p-bandai has xabungle stuff if anyone's into that. That’d be me. I let out a quiet chuckle of glee today when I saw the new HG.
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 YOUR MOVE, CREEP!Your move, with a jetpack, Creep! (Same accessories as the regular model, but has the jetpack from Robocop 3 as well) There's an ED-209 re-release too.
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Can he do the across the chest shot?
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Foglet posted:In my experience: Waterslides sound way more challenging than they actually are. I was slapping them on Warhammer models as a high schooler and getting an OK result even without setter and softer. Yeah, they absolutely looked like something someone with no skill had slapped on, but that just meant they looked better than my god-awful paint jobs.
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Okay fine who should I buy slides for my Rx-78 from?
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For an RX-78, Bandai's got their own decals, though I've kinda heard mixed things about the official sheets. For the Gaogaigar, I went with Delpi Decals.
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Delpi or (even tho it’s a funny name) SIMP model decals are really good IME. I’ve found the official ones to be fine but thicker and harder to work with than just about any other brand besides the mechagodzilla/eva kit I put together.
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https://www.simpmodels.com/product-page/d16-pg-unleashed-rx-78-2-gundam-1-60 These look good, Delpi seems to have a ton of possibilities though, manual style or custom style, and holo/non-holo? I'm thinking the non-holo manual style ones, holographic might be too flashy., Deviant fucked around with this message at 22:58 on Dec 14, 2023 |
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you can't topcoat over holo. Go "very normal" and buy at least two sheets.
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Nerobro posted:you can't topcoat over holo. Go "very normal" and buy at least two sheets. I hadn't planned on topcoating, don't want to ruin all my work with a can of spray going bad or 'off'. But i'm still going to get two sheets of 'normal' because this is my first rodeo.
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Moai Ou posted:Trying to fit X-mas gifts into the closet where I keep my backlog has made me make an early New Years Resolution: no more buying kits until I finish the backlog. Well, now I feel slightly less bad about my Suruga-ya orders. I'm only at 30! 
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  So yea its done I think. Went overboard with the weathering but its finished. I think the confusion here was there's a kinda bleh 1/144 kit, and an amazing looking 1/100 kit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX9i9A1czAs I mean jeez look at all the stuff on the bigger model. Also I pretty much snapped off and lost one headlight because those are fragile as gently caress and in a natural grab point.
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The 1/100 Dugger is packed with detail and I sorely regret parting with mine. Picked up the new Xabungle and WM combo pack today, and I gotta say it’s beginning to hurt dropping $40-50 on one regular-sized HG. I get why it’s that way, but I’m still feeling the pinch.
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Bimmi posted:The 1/100 Dugger is packed with detail and I sorely regret parting with mine. Its got a really lived in feel that you dont get with a lot of robot kits. All the gear, storage, handholds for people etc. Can anyone point at similar kits?
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my partner's father got me a model kit, and their style of modeling is very high quality, but very old school and a gunpla this is not  Probably try and get it together today.
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B-9 rules
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yeah i got him an army jeep for xmas. i'd like to get him a gunpla so he can get a feel for how modern stuff is done, but the guy is not what you'd call an anime fan.
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I wonder if he'd like those Battleship Yamato or Macross kits? Or the ED-209 as mentioned above. Those aren't extremely anime.
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Marx Headroom posted:I wonder if he'd like those Battleship Yamato or Macross kits? Or the ED-209 as mentioned above. Those aren't extremely anime. Could always do a Star Wars kit too, like an X-Wing or Y-Wing.
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Bandai has a new item announcement for next Wednesday December 20.
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Marx Headroom posted:I wonder if he'd like those Battleship Yamato or Macross kits? Or the ED-209 as mentioned above. Those aren't extremely anime. ed-209 was a strong contender but i want something I can buy now vs a preorder for what appears to be july? macross might be good, i don't think he animes at all though, so battleship yamato is closest maybe. Neddy Seagoon posted:Could always do a Star Wars kit too, like an X-Wing or Y-Wing. I'd need a link to something like that. My experience is exclusively with bandai and bandai-like kits (PLUM's Gradius Kits) Deviant fucked around with this message at 18:08 on Dec 15, 2023 |
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Deviant posted:I'd need a link to something like that. My experience is exclusively with bandai and bandai-like kits (PLUM's Gradius Kits) Bandai has their own line of Star Wars model kits, they do both ships and character kits (Vader, Mando, various droids, etc). edit: https://www.amazon.com/Bandai-Star-X-Wing-Starfighter-Model/dp/B01N4PJD4T This is a quick link to an Amazon store listing, so you know what the general boxart looks like if you go hunting in stores.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Bandai has their own line of Star Wars model kits, they do both ships and character kits (Vader, Mando, various droids, etc). i'll probably just grab him the Y-Wing, thx https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WW4FDBI
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Deviant posted:i'll probably just grab him the Y-Wing, thx Be aware that this thing has 2.5 runners of just tiny, thin little pipes and greebles and is a bit of a pain to put together.
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Lemon-Lime posted:Be aware that this thing has 2.5 runners of just tiny, thin little pipes and greebles and is a bit of a pain to put together. 2.5 runners of greebles sounds like something a guy into old school modeling would love
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Deviant posted:yeah i got him an army jeep for xmas. i'd like to get him a gunpla so he can get a feel for how modern stuff is done, but the guy is not what you'd call an anime fan. Have you considered explaining in exhaustive detail about how Mobile Suit Gundam is just WW2 in space with giant robots?
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Deviant posted:yeah i got him an army jeep for xmas. i'd like to get him a gunpla so he can get a feel for how modern stuff is done, but the guy is not what you'd call an anime fan. 
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I went with the X-Wing. she said the greeblie would be fine but we'll just start there and see how he likes it.
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Good to see that you didn't give up on it. Neat color scheme too!
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Greeblies are literally just the stuff he already builds put onto a different model. ILM didn't design that poo poo, they built smooth spaceships then made macaroni art using bits of WW2 kits to create detail. He'll be fine.
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It's a pity that Bandai doesn't still do the cars, ships and planes that were their stock-in-trade prior to Gundam, I would definitely be down for summa that.
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Bimmi posted:It's a pity that Bandai doesn't still do the cars, ships and planes that were their stock-in-trade prior to Gundam, I would definitely be down for summa that. They do still make a few, although they're rarer and not reprinted as often as Gundam. They have a few Ace Combat kits, the Batmobiles (including the just-a-car looking one from The Batman), a giant truck from Kyoukai Senki, the tanks from the original Gundam, vehicles from Ultraman, the ships from Yamamato, and much more. An issue is, though, that recently they've been putting out such large production runs for Gundam due to demand that other series kind of fall through the cracks.
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