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Cat Machine posted:As a UK Gunplar I generally find the best experience is just to order from Hong Kong eBay stores like tokyohobby and j3hobby and wait out the 10 day delivery rather than run the customs gamut from Japan or pay over-inflated UK store prices. I saw Japan-cool recommended on Reddit a few days ago and was going to do the comparisons and possibly try them out, still might but thanks for telling us that. I looked up the eBay stores, tokyohobby seems okay but J3 seems crazy expensive. The 00Q is over £26 there. Does Tokyohobby get much cheaper with combined shipping? An HG and shipping looks to be about £14, half of that postage, which is actually okay overall but I figure with the postage so high it might get better.
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:Well that loving sucks. This lead me to the UK Amazon and HobbyOne have it for £42.40, do any of you have experience with them? Best price on Amazon.co.uk, there's one slightly cheaper on eBay from tokyo-hobby, I don't know if I'm likely to have better luck with customs on one or the other. Edit: HLJ has it for £24 + shipping so it's a matter of if I want to risk customs, and that might still work out better. BizarroAzrael fucked around with this message at 16:34 on Nov 5, 2014 |
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Nov 5, 2014 16:29
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What are some good paints that will run through an airbrush but also work with brushes? I know Tamiya don't get on with being brushed on, and Citadel works but I expect I can get cheaper than GW stuff. And back to the GB gunpla chat, is HLJ still the way? Ebay/Amazon? What do I do to avoid customs charges?
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Nov 6, 2014 16:33
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Well that takes me back.
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Nov 10, 2014 11:15
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Isn't the K9 unit available separately? Or does it not connect to the regular GM Sniper?
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Nov 10, 2014 15:52
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What's wrong with HG Sinanju? Just how it comes off the runners?
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Nov 12, 2014 19:58
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Has anyone here messed around with HGBF Gundam Fenice Rinascita much? I assume the port on the back will take one of the other BF backpacks, whilst retaining it's wings? Right now I think I want to give it the 00 Seven Sword rifle (probably switch the arms in) and see what I can put on the back. If I don't get more imaginative, I might just stick a Dark Matter pack on it.
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Nov 18, 2014 17:07
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Are there any kits with abdominal articulation to rival the 00 Qan[t]? It's the only one I know of that has a point of articulation in the middle of the torso.
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Nov 19, 2014 22:31
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Ignimbrite posted:Hey Blitzblast Some of those really surprised me. Had to think RG 00/00 Raiser was on the shortlist, but an MG Dark Matter? The new HGBF Wing Zero variant looks nice, may put off getting one of the Fenice kits and look at that. I thought perhaps it could mean a return of Felini, but looking at the red color and orange clear detail, I think it's going to be Sekai's.
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Nov 20, 2014 11:47
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Cat Machine posted:They're... okay. I've ordered from them a few times with relative success (their cheapest delivery option uses low-rent couriers like Yodel and Hermes rather than Royal Mail which comes with a fair number of issues), but had a truly terrible experience with them the other week that has kinda sworn me off using them again. Delayed follow up to this: I'm looking at ordering on HLJ right now, would I be right in thinking that for the most part, it's better to get MGs from the eBay places you mentioned, and to get HGs a few at a time from Japan, with the calculated risk of customs? It seems that with HLJ if you put anything in an order with an MG the shipping shoots up. BizarroAzrael fucked around with this message at 13:39 on Nov 29, 2014 |
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Nov 29, 2014 13:37
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Ordered HG G-Arcane, Exia Dark Matter and Rozen Zulu ep 7, and the Powereder Arms and Dark Matter boosters. 00Q and Fenice R were out sadly. Think I'll leave my next MG for eBay or a free shipping offer.
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Nov 29, 2014 20:37
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I always think the Astrays have the Punisher symbol on their chest.
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Dec 1, 2014 12:50
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So in lust with this, wish I could have ideas like that, let alone carry them out. I'm a huge fan of the Reborns Gundam gimmick, and this really pulls it off (except I think the O-mode hands are upside-down)
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Dec 5, 2014 00:47
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You know what? I'm coming around on a few of the AGE designs, the Farsia looks like it might be neat, I quite like the back/shoulder armour. Shame that girl = pink.
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Dec 8, 2014 15:49
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:Finished my 00 Raiser. Which grade and which GN Sword? I really like the gunsword with the Seven Sword.
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:In fact, on the subject of Stargazer, I watched it recently and could not find a HG of Stargazer Gundam for the life of me, even on Dalong. Did they even make one? Yeeup.
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Dec 8, 2014 21:03
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:God-drat it, I forgot non-UC have their own categories. Yeah, another one of the AGE kits I was refering to was the AGE-FX, which gets a clear bracket to arrange it's bits on like that.
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Cat Machine posted:The Build Burning on the whole has excellent articulation and posing (I think I saw a photo of someone who was able to pose it into a one-armed handstand??). I'm a big fan of the way it's wrist joints are articulated too. How does it compare to the 00Q, which is probably the best-articulated HG I've done? It has somewhat double-jointed wrists, but nowhere near enough to handstands, but the torso has a point in the middle of it that allows it that much more. Asking since I'd like to do a custom kitbash and I'd like a good range of articulation, and cool legs. I quite like the 00Q legs but Build Burning has those nice thusters on the back, and I think nicer feet and ankle skirts to hide the PCs. Edit: Although the 00 and 00Q have the points either side of the knees, so the kneepad isn't a fixed part of the lower leg, which I also like. BizarroAzrael fucked around with this message at 14:02 on Dec 16, 2014 |
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Dec 16, 2014 13:58
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TaurusOxford posted:We've got second leads for Build Fighters Try: Winning looks like it has full-size Gungam limbs on it's back, possibly a torso. Transformation or combiner gimmick?
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Dec 22, 2014 20:28
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DigitalRaven posted:Mock + two or three Powered Arms Powereders = Wuthering Mock, as piloted by Kate Bush. That's too hot. Too greedy.
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Dec 23, 2014 00:47
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I really think that's an abdomen coming out of the back.
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Dec 23, 2014 08:41
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Just git a sweet job and can fully embrace the habit again. Got myself a widdle xmas present: My greatest challenge yet. Think I want to paint it rather than use stickers, any advice? I think prime it, airbrush the main colour and hand paint the detail?
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Dec 25, 2014 14:06
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Does Tamiyo acrylic like being hand painted? I know I had problems with brushing something a while back. How about Vajello or whatever? I think I'd like sonething I can put through an airbrush, and also apply by hand for detailing etc.
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Dec 27, 2014 00:32
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ActionZero posted:The backpack he made for the Amazing Exia could turn into a bird, Yuuki has always been an enormous loving nerd. Dude's a fan of Soundwave, don't be hating.
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Dec 29, 2014 18:23
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DigitalRaven posted:Nobody calls Yuuki uncrasamatic! Yuu inferior. Mejin superior.
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Dec 29, 2014 18:49
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I bought a backlog! HLJ Black Friday stuff, wasn't expecting them yet. BizarroAzrael fucked around with this message at 12:53 on Dec 30, 2014 |
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Dec 30, 2014 12:33
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Going to try and make the effort to paint my kits right and clean them properly. I'm using X-2 as a guinea pig. I've sanded the nubs, and it's left these visible scuff marks behind: They feel smooth, so I figure painting will do away with them? Also, what about the join seam? Plastic cement it together and sand it smooth?
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Jan 2, 2015 01:37
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muike posted:Yeah you're right about both of those. Depending on the grit you used, you might want to smooth it out with some progressive sanding. Got it on a whim at Tokyo Toys in London, so paid more than I would with HLJ or whatnot. They sell gunpla at massive markup, manga and anime, cosplay stuff and mousemats with boobs.
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muike posted:Yeah you're right about both of those. Depending on the grit you used, you might want to smooth it out with some progressive sanding. Just realised that some parts need to be poly-cemented around other parts, which is going to get in the way of painting. For example, the arm has two pieces of shoulder which connect through the top of the arm, and there's the eyes, which are a purple piece of plastic inside the two halves of the head. Am I just going to have to do two batches of painting, before and after glueing? Think I'm going to start on Exia Dark Matter or Rozen Zulu tonight. Both look excellent.
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:It's a Sleeves MS. Ridiculous amount of stickers is par for the course. It's not a coincidence I've been asking about painting.
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Broken Loose posted:If 2015 really gives us an RG Qubeley, I will die in an explosion of cum and plastic. Is that a rumour? Are they doing ZZ first?
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The Muffinlord posted:Part of my new years resolution is to do another custom gunpla, so I'm going to have to figure out what. I'm thinking custom Turn A with a metallic paint job, but I think maybe I should try my hand at that color-change paint I didn't try before. Isn't all paint colour change paint?
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Just got curious, are there any HGs with great articulation, on the level of Build Burning and 00Q, that aren't Gundams?
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Neddy Seagoon posted:The Cait Sith and Transient Gundam both got kits announced. The RG 00 Gundam also got some new pictures. Looks like it comes with the big-rear end switchblade and they're all out in April. drat Transient is pretty. And the spear turns into a guitar? Hopefully they round out the Gunpla Academy kits with Saga's suit (The End? I forget), which I assumed wasn't being released when I saw it.
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Jan 22, 2015 12:28
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I think it was an issue with number of colours or clear colours in kits, with clear GN windows being a big part of the 00 design philosophy. Doesn't explain the GN-X and varients having plain clear chest gems and red sabers, maybe because the kit was at most 6 colours.
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Jan 23, 2015 22:34
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What are the pitfalls of airbrushing indoors? I mean, will an open window or a kitchen extractor fan not be enough?
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Jan 24, 2015 14:49
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They should just reissue it as "Reiji's Beginning Gundam" with a new pamphlet and box.
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Jan 24, 2015 21:18
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Where's the shield from? And why does it have a mono eye?
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Jan 28, 2015 20:38
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TaurusOxford posted:Pretty sure it was in the Gundam thread, but that needs to be shown to that one guy who thought that nobody cared about the Beargguy. For a kit described in-continuity as "a gunpla made for girls" it's probably got some of the broadest appeal of any kit. Can you still get the original Beargguy? I remember seeing it said the Gunpla Builders kits were pretty limited.
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Ka0 posted:I feel this image is appropriate It isn't and never will be. Man the Dark Matter is just a way for the Exia mold to annoy me all over again. The pec-vents still keep coming loose and don't allow you to put the shoulders in a natural position. And I forgot the elbow only went 45 degrees. Was there some point in the 00 line when double jointed elbows became the norm? It's odd, since the knees are really good.
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