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Fauxtool posted:Does anyone know a good place to buy some Tamiya Liquid Surface Primer in the Los Angeles/San Gabriel area? None of my local hobby shops have it and ebay is all HK sellers. Robot4less in Fullerton?
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TaurusOxford posted:Bandai doesn't make it, but that doesn't stop Quanta fans: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/BTF-Gundam-M...=item19cb3a7cfd Looks kind of interesting; here's one guy's take on it: http://stargazergunpla.blogspot.com/2012/05/mg-00-qantt-full-saber.html
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Kurui Reiten posted:Oh, also, my local hobby shop doesn't have any Tamiya Plastic Model Cement, and I accidentally snapped off the v-fin of my Gundam X Divider while trying to detail the little bastard. Any suggestions for fixing it, without say, getting a pin vice? I'm not planning to move it around much, and the part's too tiny for any real work. I just wanted something to glue it back on with, but not something horribly bad looking. Testor's clear is pretty good too. You might try a tiny drop of superglue if nothing else works (small like dip a toothpick in the nozzle and touch it to the join area).
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May 29, 2012 12:42
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Honest Ray posted:Additionally, how do you panel line a painted kit? I tried my standard tactic of rubbing off the excess from my sharpie, but it doesn't rub off as easy or at all with it being painted. I use pigma black and an art gum eraser and it comes off prepainted kits just fine. EDIT: Sakura Pigma Micron ink tip size 005 pens. Midjack fucked around with this message at 01:53 on Jun 3, 2012 |
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404GoonNotFound posted:Goddammit, I finally decide to get off my rear end and get MG Turn A and everybody's out of stock. HLJ, AmiAmi, GundamStore, Hobbysearch, ToyArena, everyfuckingbody. And for some reason BBTS and GG Infinite don't even have it listed in the first place. It's like Bandai's placed the entire western hemisphere under a Mustache Embargo after cancelling the DVDs. PM me if nothing shakes loose; I have one new in box that I'm not going to get around to for a LONG time.
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404GoonNotFound posted:For the love of god, who thought it was a good idea to make Turn A's forehead logo a dry application Awesome, enjoy the kit! 
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TaurusOxford posted:I officially hate whoever made this: The original Wing design came out MG, we can always hope.
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Bloody Pom posted:00 Raiser would be nice, but I'm honestly torn between it and the 00 Seven Sword. Seven Sword Raiser, why choose?
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TaurusOxford posted:That's honestly my whole problem with the Katoki version of Wing and Wing Zero. It's like Katoki completely scrapped the tv designs for Wing and Wing Zero and did his own thing, whereas with the other four the redesigns still had a lot of characteristics of their tv look. Wing Zero is still far more over the top than Wing. Deathscythe H is pretty radical too, slightly moreso than the original Wing.
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Diospace posted:still waiting for Berserk Fury to release, already saw the prototype looks awesome I'm guessing either AGE or Freedom.
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Diospace posted:RG Sazabi would be awesome(yeah i'm dreaming),I like Gouf too,But i'm waiting for RG DOM I'm sure Nu and Sazabi will show up eventually if they stick with RG, but they have to get all this SEED (and Destiny when its anniversary rolls around) nostalgia wankery out of the way first.
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Mecha Gojira posted:Holding judgment until at least the prototype, but two words: Ver. Ka. Expect images of the final product to be cluttered with warning decals and extraneous stripes. We're allowed to not put them on, aren't we?
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Nasgate posted:I, for one like the shapes of it, it reminds me of the MK-2, which is the best looking Gundam. And I like the multi-hue style, but they could have gone with a less in your face color than gray. This may be the first time I've ever heard gray described as an "in your face color" but I can see your point.
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Bimmi posted:Pretty sure I win the prize schmuck award here: As long as I exist you can feel better about yourself. I bought out a couple of people who were moving away and gave me a deal, added to my own substantial holdings I have in excess of 200 kits, most of which are untouched in the box:        
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I should explain that shameful room. I built plastic models from elementary through high school, though I had to stop in college due to lack of space and time to work on them. Once I got out and started working, I kind of ignored it till I was stuck in Narita airport for a few hours and visited one of the toy stores, where I saw that the state of the art in plastic robot models had advanced quite a bit in the eight years I'd ignored it. I picked one up (HG Strike Noir) and well you can see how that turned out. It doesn't help that my philosophy on things like this is "if you want it, buy it when you see it because you may never encounter it again" though these things rarely leave production entirely so I kind of need to quit doing that. My buyout of 2 friends moving away coincided with a ridiculous uptick in my travel rate and number of 50+ hour work weeks - I've spent over a third of the last year away from my house, usually 2-3 days at a time, which has made it really hard to get the focus I need to get one done. When I'm actually home I can turn out about one every 4 days. Unfortunately, all my time away from the hobby this means I've had to relearn a lot of what I forgot, as well as develop some new skills (never used an airbrush until about a year ago) and I'm hesitant to mess up expensive kits so I've been working on smaller ones until I feel I'm ready to do the big ones (HG Dendrobium!) justice. I'm also kind of a perfectionist, which I'm slowly getting away from, so I've been really slow getting them painted. TaurusOxford posted:Stupid question, but do any of you gunpla hoarders ever consider selling some of your unbuilt kits? I've sold some to people who wanted a particular kit NOW when I know I won't get to it for a while. In addition to that I've straight up given away a dozen or so HGs and SDs to people who wanted to build something but weren't sure/didn't have a lot of spare cash. TaurusOxford posted:I don't see why he can't. Hell, i'd buy some if it meant I could avoid those retards on ebay who charge more for shipping than the actual model. Is there something you really want? PM me. Silentman0 posted:That unbuilt Dendrobium is a goddamn shame. Ironically enough I bought that from someone on this very board a while back. If I were to build it today it really would be a shame; I'm holding back on it till I can give it the treatment it deserves.
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Kurui Reiten posted:Granted, I would buy the poo poo out of an MG Kshatriya, and that thing would probably need an entirely metal frame too. Also granted, however, it's relatively compact compared to the Nightingale's massively huge shoulder pads, crotch, and tail. I don't do resin, but if you do there is a resin 1/100 Kshatriya out there that looks pretty nice when you do it up.
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Captain Invictus posted:Then I would highly suggest you pass on the Wing Zero Custom. The wing supports are not strong enough to hold them aloft without help for any length of time, parts fly off under pressure fairly regularly if you move it at all, and it's just not very good all around in terms of quality. EDIT:vvvvv I don't know what I was thinking. Midjack fucked around with this message at 23:34 on Aug 31, 2012 |
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Bimmi posted:Anyone dealt recently with Gundam Store & More? They haven't updated their catalog in three months, and my last email to them went unanswered. Punch up their toll free number; they're in Ann Arbor: 1-877-448-6326 Little Things Mean A Lot 4403 Concourse Dr # B Ann Arbor, MI 48108 (734) 327-0173
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Dre2Dee2 posted:Hrm... maybe. With previous MGs the lights were always mailaway Japan exclusives Not always. The Exia Ignition Mode included them (though that itself was a limited edition so who knows).
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Mecha Gojira posted:Well, Bandai is releasing a Robot Damashii [SIDE MS] ZZ Gundam in January, but obviously that's not a model kit. You're not; I have all the FMP! RDs as well as a few Gundams that caught my eye. Also see the post above mine.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:While I remember, can anyone recommend an online store that won't cripple my wallet with shipping costs to Australia? Or is HLJ just the go-to store? (Couldn't find the shipping rates on the site) If I remember right, load up the cart and it will calculate shipping when you put in your address.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Thanks for this. Shipping is 980 Yen apparently, so that's actually not too painful. All-in-all it'd only set me $30. Good attitude. Don't tread my path.
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Mecha Gojira posted:
Is that Epyon's wing in the lower right?
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Gamera Banere is doing his model competition again: http://thosegundamguys.org/southern-california-gundam-model-competition/ It was pretty decent last year and I'll be there again; give it a go if you're in LA that weekend.
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I don't think anyone but Bandai had the license for Evangelion model kits so that one may be a bootleg too.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:I'll bet that it's the Strike Rouge. That's about the only one they haven't done. Strike Rouge has been out for years.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:I know, but haven't they been re-doing them all for the HD remaster though? The HD kits have all been HGs so far. The Strike Rouge is an HG too though it comes with the IWSP and hasn't had a rerelease so far. If they do HD re-releases of MGs too it will have the MG schedule filled up for the next year or so. Midjack fucked around with this message at 05:41 on Nov 22, 2012 |
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MG Hamma-Hamma for #200.
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Diospace posted:RG Destiny! OK, it seen like the RG grade are for the remake Seed and Seed Destiny. I would imagine the tie in potential with the remasters as well as the chance to substantially reuse the work the already did on RG Freedom and Justice make them a near inevitability, though they may break it up with a UC suit.
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I am in fact building stuff though I am still terrible at painting. Here's a photo of my most recent build (taken by someone else), which I actually entered in a competition: I would like to have painted more details (I was lucky to get the eyes painted) and panel lined but my travel schedule ran me out of time. Despite what it looks like, I did paint it in a super basic color scheme and gave it a Future clear coat. I also Future coated the red psychoframe parts.
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Popehoist posted:I own one. It's loving trash and you don't want it. They didn't alter the sprue design for the Titanium Finish version so the result is that it's covered in ugly black sprue marks on very noticable areas. This is true for basically all shiny extra finish kits.
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TaurusOxford posted:So this means something, right? It means they're pushing Wing Zero to the arcade games already out there.
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DoubleDonut posted:Pretty much anything labelled HGUC will be good to start with. There's also a Gunpla Starter Set that has the HGUC Gundam and Zaku II. I agree with this. Definitely hit up the resources in the OP under How To and Tutorials. I personally favor Gamera Baenre (http://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1202) but they all have something useful to say. Painting is often used to either make the colors more accurate. HGs especially but kits of all grades often mold pieces a single color rather than making multiple pieces in the correct color (e.g. a gun might be molded into a blue body piece rather than being a separate gray piece that you put on the blue piece). It is also used to cover surface imperfections (removing nubs with sandpaper or a blade) or seam line repairs (using plastic cement or putty). Finally, a lot of people prefer flatter colors to remove the "shiny toy" look; I personally embrace the cartoon robot aesthetic and like them bright and shiny when I'm done but I'm in the minority. Starting out, I'd go with the suggestion to get a recently-released HG kit. Put it together and panel line it to see if this is something you enjoy before you buy in with paint, putty and more advanced stuff. If you can get a good deal on a MG kit (like less than $30), those often look better without painting since they have more parts and thus more things molded in the correct color, but they are usually much more expensive and always more complex. If you're used to doing 1000+ piece Lego juggernauts then you'll probably be OK with the level of complexity in an MG.
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Ignimbrite posted:Holy crap, never thought I'd see a rozen zulu as a bandai kit. Awesome looking HG. I think everything we see in Unicorn will get an HG at this rate.
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TaurusOxford posted:Pretty sure it is when the order is placed. You can set up a Paypal billing agreement and they won't charge till it ships.
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Oblique Angle posted:I think the .25 mm pen is still a bit too big. I dunno if there are any smaller ones than that though. .2mm is readily available; I use that size a lot. Good start, keep building and learning!
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Well Manicured Man posted:I might want to branch out and do some non-UC HG kits. I'm thinking something from 00 since that's my favorite non-UC timeline (besides Turn-A), but some of SEED's mobile suit designs are pretty interesting. Are there any good SEED HG kits? At all? I've heard that the HG SEED kits can be pretty abysmal, but I'm not sure if I want to deal with the headaches of an RG kit again. SEED, 00, and AGE kits benefit from being relatively recent (the latter two especially). I can tell you from personal experience that the HG Freedom has some really bad proportions. The M1 Astray (R16 in the SEED HD series released this year) wasn't part of the initial series and while it likely shares some parts with the earlier Astray kits, it has a better chance of not being terrible.
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BlitzBlast posted:Well it's more that I don't think I really have the space on my desk for a bunch of 1/100 models. I think the only Exia variants you get from Bandai are the Avalanche Exia and the Astrea/Astrea Type F if you count those.
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TaurusOxford posted:To be fair, it's not unreasonable to expect Bandai to mold their kits in the proper colors, especially when it's a model from one of their most successful series. That said, the overreaction is ridiculous although I find the 40+ stickers needed for the kit more offensive than the wrong colored plastic. There's a limit to how much color accuracy you can mold into a HG though, and the Rozen Zulu is a pretty busy design. If it were an MG or RG I could maybe understand it a bit better but come on, you get what you pay for. And then you paint it.
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Fauxtool posted:Char's zaku is pretty pink in the animation but its supposed to be red. The RG kit is not quite red either. They could have made it red if they wanted. They have a proven track record of not making it color accurate if its not blue, black or white. Johnny Ridden seems to have the lock on the deeper red mobile suits. More Char than Char?
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