>>11247900I am talking about solvent and lacquer based flammables, which have all sorts of cunty regulations involved. Some places, like Hobbysearch, will just cancel your order if you include them to a US address. You also have to use the JP site (dodging the EN site) to even browse lacquer paints to begin with. And no seller seems to really understand what the regulations are to which country so even if you technically should have no problem, the JP warehouse drone sees an overseas or US address and says no. For some strange reason they don't want to be responsible for sending a tiny pressurized incendiary bomb full of corrosive solvents in a box full of paper and plastic on an airplane, I guess. Once and a while I have found ways around this by ordering Jap materials via China and having it sent super slow boat (3-6 months stopping at every port) but once the order was damaged when it did arrive and the other time it never arrived. So I will never incorporate clear primers or any other flammables into my workflow unless I can get it locally or through mail order that arrives in a week or less. Just not worth it.
Even just getting gaianotes in small bottles is rough. JP sellers have canceled my order due to them and the few places in the US who get them always sell out super fast so it's like...do I want to commit to using a paint that I cannot reup in a reasonable way? The only time it was ever worth it to me was to get the Eva and Miku branded paints and that was due to collector autism and for the meme, not because those paints were actually worth jumping through hoops and dodging regulations to get.
In the end, I feel like if you can't do it with Mr. Color from the local shop, it's a skill issue really, isn't it? That clear primer is the only thing I really want.
>>11248127Eastern Model has a bunch of Chinese made, nice naked bodies. The one I have was in a set with a cloth kimono, feet with geta, and some swords and stuff, used for the ATK Girls.
