-=READ THE GUIDES=-Welcome to the Gunpla/Plamo General!For those new, please read our guides. We have many resources available to help you in many different aspects of the hobby. They're here for you!For the unclear, "plamo" is short for "plastic model". "Gunpla" is thus short for "Gundam plastic model". Many different kinds of models are built here, ranging from mecha to planes, cars, musume, you name it! If you're new, you're gonna screw up. Don't worry! If you're seasoned, don't make the newbies worry!And don't forget to report shitposting and spam. The mods don't browse /m/ too often, so it's up to YOU to help keep our general clean and civil!>Why won't anyone answer my question?Be more specific, and try to provide clear images if you can.>Why are my pictures sideways?4chan strips EXIF data when images are uploaded, including the orientation tag if it's from your phone. To fix it save out your images separately, or use an app that will rotate and save the images for you.One easy to use app that works well on Android:play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobilephotoresizer-=THE GUIDES=->Gelgoog Guy's gunpla guide:gunpla.buyfags.moe>Funaka's gunpla guides:Building Gunpla: files.catbox.moe/fj5azc.pdfScratchbuilding: files.catbox.moe/2d9ppa.pdf>Falldog's gunpla guide:otakurevolution.com/content/laymans-gunpla-guide>A guide to other types of plamo:mediafire.com/file/1vf1aw7v91pz5pa>Saintism's gunpla photography guide:saint-ism.com/category/gunpla/photography-=OTHER RESOURCES=->Gundam lineart (There's a lot!):pastebin.com/4KBEnVaN>Dalong's gunpla reviews and documentation:dalong.net>Schizophonic's gunpla/plamo reviews:schizophonic9-2.com>KenBill Blog's gunpla/plamo reviews:blog.kenbill.com>Deals on gunpla/plamo:gunpla.deals>Past Groupbuilds:flickr.com/photos/197891373@N06>Monthly Restock List (November and December):old.reddit.com/r/gunpla/1x9zt4iold.reddit.com/r/gunpla/1xa01b6Prior thread: >>24056631
== STOLEN GROUPBUILD ==Build a Mecha or vehicle built by one faction, but change its aesthetics and style to its rival faction! Examples include but are not limited to>Canon examples of mechs being stolen and used by another group (ie: Casval's Gundam, Feddie Zakus, Ashura Mazinger, etc)>Designs intended for one faction that were repurposed into a design for another faction (ie: Gerbera Tetra)>What-if scenarios (ie: A Titans color Zeta Gundam)>Stylistic interpretation (ie: What would a EFF version of the Z'gok look like?)When it comes to your build, really make it clear that your mecha is being used by the other side!START: 8/16/26END: 11/15/26
Post what you're working on!
>>24061579ATM nothing. Trying to figure out what gunpla parts I want/need to make a nun Gundam. I am thinking about combining parts from Nobel Gundam and Typhoeus Gundam. Maybe livelance heaven too.
>>24061579I painted a MGSD Aerial. I want to panel line it and stick some decals on it but I'm not sure if I'm happy with it as is or want to expand on it.
Real Angry Bird 1/144 Freedom Gundam. Based on the MRD.
>>24061642man fuck chinks and their SEED infatuation
>>24061648You will also get a few hundred barbatos while they are at it.
>>24061579Progress on my White Dingo force for the MSGBS rework. RGM 79SP2(stand in for the expensive RGM 79G sniper kit; but it has the right gun(shoutout Project V Hobby) and was the sniper RGM for that team). Considering i was a bit worried about having primed it black before deciding to go with the WD scheme it turned out pretty alright. Legs are glued in a fixed pose; but torso and arms are free moving. Added dry brush edge highlights and wear along with a few transfer slides from the RX78GP03 transfer and an N scale train letter sheet.
Sorry to be annoying spamming this, but because this is the model kit thread I thought this would be a good place to put it. Someone made a website where you can paint and assemble a phantom crash (Xbox 2005) mech using all the game assets and I just wanted to see what you guys would make. My garage in the game had like ten mechs because I just loved painting and making stuff. The paint (texture) feature only works on desktop supposedly so mobile users can deselect texture in the view section and see what they’re making otherwise it’s plain black. I didn’t make this I just simply think this is a cool project. The paint schemes in the game were made by the creator of Ma.k which I see in these threads every time I visit https://phantom-crash-archive.pages.dev/#/workbench
>>24061579Progress on my White Dingo force Pt. 2. RGM 79E with a prototype BLASH beam rifle(shout out Project V Hobby, again) in the WD scheme from the MG kit(but its an HG). Added some water slides from the same two sheets since last posting. I might have to pull the feds logo on the chest though because it is a post OYW version.
>>24061709Oooo, good post. Fucking loved that game back on the og xbox.
Six hours later, I have finished assembling and panel lining the internal frame for the legs of the 1/100 Kshatriya.My take so far: Its a surprisingly solid kit. Haven't run into any weird mold injection issues you typically see with other third party Chinese kits. The joints are stiff but have enough give for articulation, which is good considering the weight theyll have to support. Overall, like it so far
>>24061579Trip fag, why are you stealing my images for yourself?
>>24061784the OP images are always taken from the previous thread, newfag-kun
>>24061648The company is literally called Angry Shinn Asuka. What do you expect?
Working on this what do you think?
>>24061807Looks great unlike >>24061784
>>24061579Just finished decaling 2 kits. Haven't taken photos. But now I've got to gloss coat some parts, mask off certain bits I want to remain gloss, and matte coat the rest. Then I'll be done. Might get one more kit in before the end of the year, but I'm not confident.
>>24061807thats the nastiest stone background ive ever seen possibly. i thought you laid him into shit first
>>24061875Yeah, that IS an odd look. Some kind of quartz or quartzite. I mean, maybe it looks better with the rest of the décor in whatever room that is; but I think countertops like that would be hard to decorate around.
Blokees Galaxy Convoy when?
>>24061784Ha, dummy
>>24061807The stickers look awful
>>24061807Your camera's AI filter is messing up your pics. Try using an app like OpenCamera instead.
>>24061784>>24061807thanks for reminding me the rg 2.0 looks like absolute shit
>>24061783took you 6 hours to build allthat and its still a nub riddled fest lolmao
>>24061891He should clean up some of the nubs, but those leg frames together have the part count of a normal MG-ish
>>24061783Chink kits are pretty much borderline assembling toys and i will die on this hill.
>>24061931So just like any other snapfit kit?
>>24061937>KitSir it's a toy and not a kit. Go get yourself some Tamiya kits, if you really want to build a real kit.
>>24061931What's the difference between that and any bandai kit?
>>24061942I don't.
>>24061937If a snapfit kit requires some works to make it looks better then it gets a pass. Chinese kits pander to the most casual among the casuals which annoys me.
>>24061943Bandai themselves are already guilty at that. But atleast old HG exists, stuff that looks unbearable if left unpainted.
>>24061957>stuff that looks unbearable if left unpainted.This mindset is worse than "mods will fix it" tier. I'm glad that bandai despite all their scum and villainy do not adopt this and do make some efforts to add more detail and increase the quality of their model kits.
>>24061577>>24061579Weathered with washing and dry brushing, then matted it down. The dark candy purple was really cool and I'm not sure which I like more but now it definitely feels heavier and realer. I painted the lights with fluo pink over silver and inside all the thrusters with fluo clear so they glow blue under a blacklight. Last time I did any weathering was like 3 years ago so there's definitely places I could improve but it's not too bad.
>>24061709you know what, fuck you.made the waves of nostalgia wash over my ojisan asstried my best to replicate my main scoob from back in the daywhere the scoobs themselves not also Yokoyama's work? you can smell his style all over them. [spoilers] means that with some clever bashing it shouldnt be too hard to bring this little bastard to life[/spoiler]
>>24061579After ruminating on my pile of Silver Bullets an Doven Wolves I've decided on a course of action for two of the Silver Bullets. I've got two extra Byarlant ass thrusters so they're gonna get them and some Byarlant-inspired shoulders. Want to change its backpack but I don't want to do much more work than the shoulders, so not sure what I want to do there. Byarlant's big back thrusters are pretty simple to emulate so I might end up going that route. I've also got a lot of Hazel backpack bits so maybe I'll use one of those and some fuel tanks, I dunno.
reben wolf space type doko
>>24061784are you stupid?
>on a almost 2 year hiatus because my current appartment is not suited for airbrushingfuck when im going to pick it up again im going to have to relearn everything. I probably forgot all the thinning ratios I used too
>>24062252Just use feeling. It's not like fixed ratios is going to help you after you put leftover thinned paint back in the jar.
Ok let's say hypothetically I added massive, gigantic tits to a gundam model, which kit would work best with this technique? No Nobel.
>spn120's are cringe>try em, they're based>glass files are cringe>try em, they're based and goated>acrylic markers are cringe>try em, they're basedso, what other cringe modelling meme shit do you guys consider are cringe? >>24062327GN Archer
>>24062332Oil streaking/color modulation. Doesn't need to be browns.
>>24062332painting your nails is SO cringe, don't ever do it
>>24062327>Male self insertStop body shaming me!
>>24061579I have everything for the ν Gundam rework painted and put together, moving on to decals. I'm starting the XP long range fin funnel I bought for this rework.
>>24062327Leo-R
>year since i last checked>still impossible to get mr hobby primeram i just going to have to decant the shit from rattlecans
I didn't kill myself today, but I didn't have any nice new gunpla to put together either.
>>24062579Most stores restocked a bunch of their WfM kits recently.
>>24062365I see you also went with a really dark grey also. Looks like yours in coming along nicely.
First time building bandai's huckebein. And I'm already ticked off by these retarded arm descisions>thin ass shoulder joint>lopsided bicep joint that easily gets looseHoly fuck bandai's that retarded. Theres just barely enough mass to pinvise support that joint.
>>24062578Really? Are you in canada with that weird ban on certain paints or something? 1500 is kinda common in SEA land
>>24062594Burgerstan
>>24062578You might want to take a look at the Gaia Surfacers, there's a couple of places in the US that have them. Unfortunately the Mr Hobby availability problems are likely not going to be getting better in the near future with both the Canadian ban affecting importers and the shit going on the Middle East.
>>24062598Interesting, I thought those are pretty common.
>>24061987Based SV. According to the credits, he didn’t design thr mechs, it was some other dude- and instead he got credit for the numerous paint schemes. some of them are really cool and almost feel like ma.k I suspect even if he wasn’t designing the mechs he was giving some input or advice at least. My ultimate hope is some people start using the ripped models to make 3d printable parts and that way you can customize and paint them in real life however you like.
HOLY FAWK this is the best chainsword by Bandai ever
>>24062610Alot of cases where the design superstar didn't want to be credited too much. Eiji Komatsu is credited as Silver Bullet Suppressor's designer even though Katoki gave alot of input, too.
>>24062620If you painted it to match that GM it would look pretty cool.>>24062635I’m always impressed how before the days of 3d modeling these Japanese guy could make geometrically complex designs on paper and have everything line up right and not be distorted. I have no idea how it’s possible - their brain just is built differently I suspect.But yeah the guy who made the ma.k stuff has a really unique style and it’s probably part of why I liked phantom crash so much. As a kid in some Japanese collectible shop I saw some little ma.k figures and thought they were really cool and in retrospect I understand why now after playing phantom crash and subconsciously maybe finding the designs familiar.
>>24062651I read a Yokoyama interview somewhere and the guy said human feel comfortable when looking at an egg and might try to pick it up, unlike the spiky objects which human tend to avoid so he purposely designed Ma.K mechs and power armors to be resemble eggs so it would be pleasing on your hands when you try to build one. Ma.K's charm might not be for everyone but once you are into it, it hypnotizes you.
>>24062682If only they had used him when designing the Bandai Cyclonians E.G.G. Bots….
>>24062682Id like to see his take on the covenant vehicles from halo- I feel like he could appreciate some of them specifically the wraith— and who knows- halo took influences from anime and Japanese shit maybe they took some of those ideas when making the alien vehicles
>saw the barbatos and astray cross contrast in gundam baseabsolutely disgusting
>>24061987Mak designs don't do anything for me. But somehow this little weirdos just vibe with me
>>24062748i get you anonscoobies are friend shaped after all
whoops wrong picture
Advice, friends?
>>24061784>>24061807>>24062787Is the face just pushed in wrong or does it actually look that crooked on the 2.0?
GM Guard Custom bootleg
>>24062748Make a dude in that online editor then and show us your guy>>24062794Is the GM guard a real thing and this is just a bootleg copy of a gunpla kit? I’ve never even seen this before.
>>24062814Bootleg of existing kit
>>24062754>Konnichiwa, dude!
>>24062794Wish it was the MSV version. Still holding out got a MSV GM Interceptor bootleg.
>KPS jointsBandaibros...
>>24062867this the virsago?
>>24062787Toss the stickers, get waterslides
>>24062867>aiiiie I can't handle it like a retard
eta on Ashtaron?
>>24062915NOW
What's a cheap and shrimple kit to build for my sad depressed friendThe Hi-Zack is simple and beloved but he doesn't like most Zeta kits, I know he bought a fuck-huge Unicorn and various Xis and Penelopes and Alyzeuses but he doesn't really have the urge to build anything
>>24062825Got me good
>>24062867when are those cunts at bandai going to minimize nubs? Look at this bullshit left over after the guy flush cut. This is shameful and deserving of ritual suicide to atone.
https://schizophonic9.com/re10/hgaw_virsago.html
>>24062948Epyon for kids
soulless vs soul
>>24062964Nobody liked those kits at the time, larper. Just like how they hated Gundam X as a whole.
>>24062921Buster Maiden
>>24062964>Visible nubs on the pauldronSoul regained.
>>24062972I still don't like it, it looks like an Epyon Ripoff and Eypon is already an edgy notChar gundam.
>>24062948>>24062964Wait so not having seen their show, the new Virsago and Ashtaron have both their regular and nightmare forms right, and I'm not stuck with just the upgrade?>>24062982Wh-who
>>24062939>Minimize nubsThat's a minimize nubs since you can just sand them, unlike nubs on surface details.
I fucking love schizophonic photosets
>>24062748You might want to pick up some Ma.K kits if you has a desire to make a build based on that. The head looks like Raptor power armor.
Talk about Kow Yokoyama in videogames, he made some models for In Huffman artbook. Are there any Front Mission kit that base on this guy?
>>24062921HG Calibarn
>>24062948>Just mowin' my lawn
>>24062921>DepressedJust build a Ma.K
>>24062997$25 Robo slut
>>24063019I'll suggest it, thank you>>24063029I've never heard of that before, but it looks like a cute and friendly thing>>24063032I've never seen this thing either but I definitely want one...
>>24062921Get some Pokepla or a Haropla.
>>24063041I'll suggest Haropla but I don't expect much, and he doesn't like Pokemon that much either... but I do!>just have me a Gardevoir, kept meaning to get a Garchomp, Gyarados, or Gengar>kept putting off getting a Haropla, feels essential to have at least one but kept being indecisiveThere's so many variations for Haros... I forgot how much of a buddy Gyarados was when I was a kid as well, think I used him for all three of my childhood games, and was pleased as punch with getting a red one in gen 2>tfw you'll never make your Gyarados smile because he always just looks like that
snapshitting has never cured anyone from depression
>>24063043>Garchomp, Gyarados, or GengarbasedThere's One Piece and DBZ kits made by Bandai if you wanna grab something more colorful for your friend.
Is the V-Dash Ver Ka worth it or is it a pain to pose like the Victory 2?
>>24062939that looks easy to get rid of though, nice flat surface and all
>>24062921one of the Sheik Mainland 3 Min Project guys
>>24063046I would have gone for the Slowpoke because Slowbro's my friend, but I wasn't a fan of zero-articulation pla, I'd be temped for the Groudon but I think it's a lot of stickersHe does like DBZ but knows of the kits alreadyThink it's partly just zero motivation to build, I was hoping to entice him with something simple where he wouldn't care that much about any flaws, like a rando HG/EG level thing or an SD, but apparently he's not even feeling the HG Xi>>24063060Idk whether either of us would be able to get these easily, but I definitely do want a Sheikpla at some point
Might just be some guy with ham-hands, but eh, some people here may want to be more careful with this.
>>24063086>ham handsI don't see how you can ham hands this aside from bad fitment forcing you to apply a lot of pressure.
>>24062814Here's my guy>>24063012I think my problem with the mak kit mechs is they look stiff. I get that guy is power armor, But the other mech selection they have is mt like biped. I like these phantom crash guys because they keep the bulbous carapace appearance while still having enough mechanical joint clearance. Gonna have to find an emulator for this game.
>>24062327Gerbera Tetra, Denial Gundam, any Dom really
>>24063105Ma.K mechs is a whole collection. Sure Krote and Gans are popular, but it also has the Hund, Kangaroo, Gladiator. The mechs have actual joints while the egg like dudes you usually see are all human in armor.
>>24063091It is not bad fitment, the fault is due to the extra articulation to help it kneel/increase height. Plenty of 30mm kits have this problem too.
>>24061709>https://phantom-crash-archive.pages.dev/#/workbenchOh fuck yeah this is a great site.Is there anyway to strip the models from this too? Would love to 3d print one of these.
just thinking with my hands and sticky tackto be made later maybe
>>24063105put a seapig or raptor body on camel legs and youll have your bulbous bipedal mech. the shit is out there and if you bash it correctly you can get far
>>24063137This looks like a pufferfish with legs and I can't stop laughing.
>>24063091>bad fitmentwhere's that german hold up three fingers meme when you need it. this is reddicuck rhetoric. it's a fucking model kit retard. you choose fitment.
>>24063142Shouldn't you be simping for todd howard somewhere else?
>>24063135hey looks cool
>>24063141That's a Camel but i can understand why you see an animal in it. Krote is a toad, too.
>>24063142>it's a fucking model kit retard. you choose fitment.The fuck are you on about?
Looks like something you can shove a metal wire in. I like it.
>>24063153the same shill argument every time.>Buy product>Product has flaws>Just fix it! You can't criticize it for that!
>>24063155The two are heavily correlated. To fix something, you have to acknowledge the problem. That's the problem. It is shilling when you lie and dismiss the problem.
>Black plasticThat's just ecopla. Some a metal pin in it.
>>24063161Shilling comes in many forms. Such as acknowledging that a problem exists but then dismissing it by saying you can just fix it yourself.
>>24063164Plamo has that excuse because it is literally just a pile of sprues that you have to manually working on. You can complain about a broken videogame but you can't complain about an alpha build with some assets thrown in.
Historically Accurate Samurai
>>24063189Change it into a flintlock or a musket then he would look quite badass.
>>24063189Everyone seems to paint this guy in red color, I wonder is it because of Sanada Yukimura. Then even Musha Gundam also has that color scheme.
>>24063204It is inspired by Takeda Shingen who was famous for his red armor. It looks cool.
Bandai. Let me pre-order the drunk bitch from Bocchi already.
>>24063105Omega based. When i played I beat the last boss using pic related with someEdgy black paint scheme. (Paint texture doesnt work on mobile) I had an active camo thay lasted for a really long time, the knife was upgraded and so was the sniper which only held like 20 shots. the last stretch of the game kept filtering me so this was my anti boss SV. Without the paint it’s a bit boring.>>24063128You can join their discord and ask because a few people are bringing that up and at least one person said they have a script for ripping assets. I don’t usually join discords but for really fringe mech games I do sometimes. (Like metal fatigue the RTS for PC)My dream is to get like 5 or 10 of those system base style garage dioramas and hook them up and to have custom phantom crash mechs lined up. Also if you got some scale buildings that would be pretty sick too.
>>24063235Forgot image
>>24063105According to the phantom crash Reddit (I don’t have an account just end up there a lot from gooogle searches) they have a version working on PC right now you can play. I haven’t tried it but some people in the comments make it sound like in runs really well and has some options not in the base game.There is a sequel I never beat called SLAI which is like a phantom crash generation 2, and supposedly they’re experimenting trying to get those parts in the first game as an option in that pc decomp/recomp. I have only played it on console but I’m sure it will look reallly nice on pc however you play it bevause it already looked really good imo on the original xbox>>24063119Might need to buy one of these one day
>>24063145Thanks, I'm having fun imagining a squad of Augusta developed Silver Bullets. >>24062113Back on unit 1, puttied up the shoulder and cut out some of the arm. Ditching the wire-guided mechanism and returning to a MK V construction, basically, lore wise. Think I'll put some cables on the front and maybe beam sabre racks on backs. Shoulder sits a bit high I think, I'll have to fix that. Ditching the shield gun cus I don't like it and repurposing it as a bazooka. I'll chop the flares on the feet off to pull those back closer to MK V spec too. Though their inspo is Byarlant the shape of the shoulder is feeling pretty MK IV and that's an incredibly happy accident, I was gonna carve a notch out near the torso like Byarlant but I think I'll keep it as is now. I've also got some extra Byarlant armpit flaps originally from the Custom so I'll use those in the shoulder as channels for the thrusters up there.
>>24061807please spend $4 and buy water decals from ali
>>24062997The upgrades will likely be P-Bandai, just like Airmaster Burst. They're just not going to actually announce them for a few months or so.
>>24063086The reviewer admited that he abused the kit and that made the joint broke. An average consumer won't be able to pull this lmao.
>>24063319Are you illiterate??
Put a little more elbow grease in what are we thinking
>>24063380
>>24063319I mean people broke mg freedom's hips. and modern bandai is really stupid about joint being too thin for the amount of stress it'll be put through>>24063154>>24062588
Mecha joints should be massive once you realize the amount of weight and stress they'll be put under and that's not even accounting for lifting, punching or kicking anything with force. They need more obvious muscle like pistons and hydraulics to power the movement too. I'm tired of expecting to believe that spindly gray sticks can support a 60 ton machine. Pic unrelated.
>>24063425me on the left
>>24063427AND SIR GIDEON OFNIR! THE AAALLLLL KNOWIIING!
>>24063086What's even the purpose of the hole anyway?
>>24063452It reminds me of TR5's shoulder pegs. There are holes that you can insert a metal pin into.
>>2406318930MF ninja when?
>>24063399MG Freedom's hips can break due to how heavy the content inside the legs is. Virsago is not gonna kill itself if you just sand the hip joints a little bit.
>>24063319Nothing that a pin vise and brass rod cannot fix.
>>24063464the pegs have to be a solid piece. Freedom is using that weird hollow space pegs and virsage has a stupid eject hole at the base of the hip pegs.
>>24063470Most of gunpla pegs are hollow ( i broke some of the seemingly solid piece. The risk is high when it is plastic on plastic, unlike the good old polycaps which the hole is soft and stretchy.
Does anyone here ever build Keeppley model kits? This company has released Kiryu Mechagodzilla kit and now they doing poll for another Godzilla kits
>>24063474yet 30ml doesn't have as much hollow peg on it.All the ac kits have been solid so far.
>>24063479>30MLNah, they are mixed bags. Early kits with polycaps are floppy messes. They are more durable in term of plastic because they are hyper modular. Gunpla is just more fragile, one wrong move and you break the Vfin.
bought this while I was in asia for around 30€
>>24063399The freedom's issue is the way it articulates makes it really easy to stress the joint if you aren't careful, it's less an issue of thinness(more or less the same size as most MGs that use peg joints) and more an issue of funky articulation and user error.
>>24063204>>24063210They were both redposters and frenGet the SDs of both of them and show you're support! They're cheap! And recently reprinted!!!!!!!!!!!
>>24061577I have the same ve 42b model sitting unbuilt, if i have time ill maybe try and paint it since ite just a blob of gray
>>24063452Bandai shills outing themselves to being the nintendo fans of model kits once again with this bullshit. No one other brand has this many loyal braindead fans (besides maybe your average chinkshit shill but thats a seperate debate) that goes out of there way to defend every retarded decision bandai makes.
>Halloween sale season>USAGS has 20% off in-stock stuff>find a bunch of shit I wanted to buy and save some money while also getting rewards points>Newtype has 10% off site-wide>their selection is abysmal dogshit, anything I might want is out of stock with no sign of a restock any time soonI want to like Newtype, but goddamn they never have the shit I want.
The Gundam Base Minneapolis Grand Opening Was Incredible!What an awesome experience at The Gundam Base grand opening at the Mall of America!First, huge shoutout to my amazing wife! I had to work, so she got in line at 7 AM and secured a wristband before the 10 AM opening. We swapped when I arrived, getting me into the first 100 people through the doors! Definitely married the right person!The event was incredibly well organized. The wristband system kept things running smoothly, and getting to be part of the official press photos and personally welcomed by Bandai Namco executives was such a cool experience.The exclusive kit selection was absolutely out of this world! I also loved the one-of-each-kit-per-person limit, giving more fans a fair shot at grabbing their favorites.My haul:MG GM Sniper Custom (Gundam Base Limited)RG Unicorn Gundam PerfectibilityMGSD Gundam AerialGundam Base Limited Haro-themed kitGundam Side-F Action Base 5Beyond the kits, seeing so many Gunpla fans come together was incredible. The energy, excitement, and sense of community made the whole experience something special.Bandai Namco absolutely knocked this opening out of the park! So excited to finally have a Gundam Base here in Minnesota.My wallet is lighter, my backlog is bigger, and I regret absolutely nothing!FREEDOM IS GUNPLA!Who else made it to the opening? What did you pick up?
>>24063649Doesn't matter because Gundam Planet is better than both.
Zoids WON
>>24063650Your wife saw someone else’s gundam model kit that was put together just a little bit better than yours….its over
>we have Epyon at home
why's blud melting down about epyon this week
>>24063757I have no idea what you're on about.I saw hobbynotoriko posted that and thought it's kinda funny.
So just finished building EW ver.ka wing zero a couple days ago and learning the joint holding up the bigger wings is prone to breaking. Would drilling into the joint and putting in a piece of metal rod help in the long run?
>>24063290Just a little more progress, gotta go grab lower grit sandpaper since I'm out and apoxie sculpt is a machine that turns sandpaper into clogged sandpaper. I cut out clearance for axial forearm rotation because it's my fetish, it has such little clearance it can only manage about a 20 degree bend or so. Gonna try to get a little more out of it by extending the arm joint slightly, it's bent as far as it can be in this picture, but it's workable enough for this build as is so I'm not sweating it.
>>24063790It Wouldn't hurt, but ive had mine up and on display since it came out without issue. Maybe im just lucky
Spooky group build event from today, best wishes from Poland.
Mine was red Bocchi I mean Kita.
>>24063805good shit
>>24063805Cool beelzemon
>>24063883>>24063890More people finished in meantime so final had more but lights were out already so that's just a quick snap.
>>24061964Final photoshoot with blacklight
>>24063927I always love how the camera captures fluorescent paints, really exaggerates what they're like irl
>>24063929Overall I'm very happy with the results, I'll definitely do the flames again on something else.
>>24063929>>24063927>>24063930booster paint is pretty sick
>>24063930Im a little tempted to do the AC I used the most throughout the game next but it would require getting 4 different kits, two of them being the same just for the laser pistol
>>24063937looks rad
>>24063937Gotta be my favorite head in AC6>two of them being the same just for the laser pistolSurely you can just recast
Got this done The build was smooth enough, joints are tight but without needing to sand anything. Ended up painting the missing red stripes on the neck. You don't really have to as there are plenty of scenes have those missing. the kit is a bit off from the lineart. I am not sure if it's just an artistic interpretation or they based off of an actual scene but they made the red on the shins 3d instead of being flat. The torso is also a bit small and more oval in the cross section. In comparison to the coming revol or even the POSE+ those are a lot more fat and drum shaped with the torso. the instruction asks you to duplicate the leg construction but if you do that, the right feet will have less articulation, so if you don't mind showing the hollow section forward make sure you turn one of the joint piece the other way on the right to get all range of movements. Any news of getting getter 2 or 3 or even the dragons?>Why don't you get POSE+ or the coming revol getter?Have you seen the prices on those? I don't know if it is the subject matter or just the facts of life in 2026, there almost no none decent sized collectible toys that are low to mid priced anymore for niche shows anymore. And even with the higher price toys, they are often full of QCs.
>>24063714these skellies are very hard to find for some reason.
>>24063969i have four unopened in my box fort if you want one
>>24063936>>24063941thanks!>>24063943>Gotta be my favorite head in AC6It's kinda cute how it looks like a hammerhead shark head, fits in really well with the fluid shape of the hover tank.>Surely you can just recastUh yeah you're right actually, i'm not sure why I hadn't considered that. Might actually give it a shot then.
I thought I got scammed ordering this thing but it actually shipped (allegedly). The B Club lineart is still better though.
>>24061579This short king is coming along. I thought I put the paint on the inside of the googles, but I messed up there. Eyes are still decently shiny through the clear paint though.
>>24063994I gotta ask... what's with the sagging titties? Some kind of torso armor or radiator?
>>24063998I see it as a life vest but I think i'ts just armor.
>>24063995What are you doing for the shield? I wanted to have the full shield on display but it doesn't fit with the armor.
>not covered in unnecessary panel lines>isn't blocky like minecraft/roblox>Those sexy curves>Those aesthetic yet functional bags under the shouldersIt's criminal that we don't have this in model kit form. This thing is almost peak late 80s robot design.
>>24064007Paint it yellow and call it the Cheda.
>>24064009Not entirely sure. Do want to do a few fun scenes with him and his brother double teaming a Jegan, but after that? Might do the post from the manual about the 3/4 shield flying forward for final display.
>>24064007 #Paint it brown and call it the Jeeta
>>24064046>3/4 the shieldI'm thinking even half for mine. Mine right now looks like someone punched his shoulder 2 feet behind his back.
>>24063945Is it good or badMay I see more poses
Rei or Asuka?
>>24063969I think AtoZ hobby has some skels in stock.
>>24064192Misato
>>24064013Why not just make it yourself? Looks like an average Jegan with Bags, either get those from a Thunderbolt kit, or trash bags like Thunderbolt fans use as replacement for them
>>24064192zero-gouki doesn't get enough love but I have to admit ni-gouki looks cooler
>>24064199They're very different.
>>24064192>evangelion shitbuild versionIt’s over..
>>24064214Just repaint it. You do paint, right anon?
>>24064215*gets in your face* what if i dont
>>24064225Then all your builds will be shitbuilds
What’s better that gunprimer raser or some dspiae sanding sponges? I need to upgrade my low tier sanding tools.
>>24064313Sanding is sanding. the only things that change are how fast a tool wears out.
How the fuck do you deal with decals on a natural metallic finish?
>USAGS order from April finally arrived after a slight delay, includes birthday goodies>the waterslides have probably been folded for those six months, rendering a row of the decals useless>single bladed nipper looks nice, I already use a knife and glass file for cleanup but more tools can't be a bad thing>not too sure about the metal parts separator, I already use guitar picks which are soft enough to not mark the plastic and I circumcise my pegs before assembly anyways>also already have like three sets of tweezers>the action base looks pretty good quality at least, even if the runner has been bent out of shape slightly>and the bag charm looks pretty good, definitely something I wouldn't be ashamed of being seen in public withI mean, I guess I can't complain since it's free. More tools are always handy anyway. That leaves two preorders unfulfilled, one of which has been sitting for over a year because they can't get the MG Mk-II in stock for some abominable reason.
>>24064241I only snapbuild. In fact I push the parts out of the runner eith my thumbs and I don’t even care if the runners cut my hands. You have an issue with that? You wanna get antagonistic?
>>24064013If you want something that’s smooth and not overly geometric just get zeon stuff
agni rage reprint
>>24061579Taking it easy and snapbuilding the 30ms Castoria.
>>24064421I didn't like how the default plastic gold look, so I painted it with mr hobby super rich gold.
>>24064429The default for comparison.
>>24064440Kind of stupid that they would make a Sana kit but not give us options to make her look like the YUKI version. Near as I can tell, you'd have to buy Ao and Emma (in Color C, so one of the Dreaming Style) for the hair and faces.
>>24064192Rei, but in Asuka color.
