/toy/ - Toys » Thread #7507548

[351 / 88 / ?]

Gunpla/Plamo General

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny Tue 23 Apr 2019 04:30:29 No.7507548 View View Reply Original Report

For those unfamiliar, "Plamo" is a shortened form of "plastic model." If it's made of plastic, someone can probably help you here.

>"If you're new, you're gonna fuck up. Don't worry! If you're experienced, don't make the new people worry!"

***READ THE GUIDE***

IRC Channel
>Server
Rizon
>Channel
#gunpla

The guide:
http://gunpla.buyfags.moe/

Releases: http://bandai-hobby.net/site/schedule_images/nouhin.pdf

And a handy guide to other types of plamo:
http://www.mediafire.com/view/1vf1aw7v91pz5pa/Airfix%20Model%20World%20Specia%20(Scale%20Modelling%20Step-By-Step).pdf
http://www.scalemodelguide.com

Some line art:
http://seesaawiki.jp/nuriesozai/lite/d/MenuBar1
http://gundma.imgur.com/

Previous thread: >>7497102

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO DxQ8Fi6U0AAWrFh.jpg orig.jpg, 734KiB, 3000x3075

Anonymous Tue 23 Apr 2019 04:51:10 No.7507566 Report

Quoted By: >>7507651

>>7507548
First for megami device

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Apr 2019 05:57:55 No.7507651 Report

Quoted By:

>>7507566
Which is your favorite?
Taonyao when?

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 1.jpg, 51KiB, 513x750

Anonymous Tue 23 Apr 2019 06:14:48 No.7507665 Report

Quoted By: >>7508148

Has anyone used the UV-cut version of Mr Colors super clear? If so, is there any difference in the finish from the regular one? Just want to be sure it's fine, as the regular version is out of stock at my local shop.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Apr 2019 06:59:37 No.7507695 Report

Quoted By:

Has anyone ever tried scratchbuilding a hinged panel?

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO IMG_20190423_173532.jpg, 201KiB, 756x1008

Anonymous Tue 23 Apr 2019 07:38:50 No.7507722 Report

Quoted By: >>7507828

Underrated design.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 1000134971_1.jpg, 32KiB, 560x560

Anonymous Tue 23 Apr 2019 08:02:11 No.7507747 Report

Quoted By:

There's SMP of Votoms ATs?
https://p-bandai.jp/item/item-1000134971/

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO gunpla 6.jpg, 254KiB, 1373x771

Anonymous Tue 23 Apr 2019 10:02:33 No.7507808 Report

Quoted By:

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Apr 2019 10:22:09 No.7507828 Report

Quoted By:

>>7507722
i gave up with G-self kit and bought RD instead
all of G-reco design looks pure art but the kit feels like bandai won't give it a chance

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 6'vs5'11.jpg, 186KiB, 730x728

Anonymous Tue 23 Apr 2019 10:26:02 No.7507833 Report

Quoted By: >>7508008

This was fun. Now I just need to shorten the neck, unfuck the shoulders, find a backpack I actually like, and paint the thing. Haha... shit.
Crossposting is also fun.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO received_797836070602784.png, 1MiB, 900x1200

Anonymous Tue 23 Apr 2019 11:10:34 No.7507874 Report

Quoted By: >>7507987 >>7517204

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 152103c0bnwnn19ozvsuzw.jpg, 95KiB, 730x985

Anonymous Tue 23 Apr 2019 13:31:36 No.7507977 Report

Quoted By: >>7507979 >>7508413

It is dubbed Giren's Greed version because that was the only game a real scale blue Gustav Carl has appeared aside from the Gundam War card game.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Apr 2019 13:32:42 No.7507979 Report

Quoted By: >>7508018 >>7509542

>>7507977
Do you think they will fix the joints and implement it as a running change?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Apr 2019 13:39:10 No.7507987 Report

Quoted By:

>>7507874
not g1 anime accurate, no buy

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Apr 2019 13:47:38 No.7508008 Report

Quoted By: >>7508963

>>7507833
Why do you like overtly feminine looking robots?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Apr 2019 13:50:24 No.7508018 Report

Quoted By:

>>7507979
No

Verfor99 !dW6ztBRlKA

Verfor99 !dW6ztBRlKA Tue 23 Apr 2019 15:36:04 No.7508126 Report

Quoted By: >>7508147 >>7508419

There's nippon-yasan and bandaionline/Karaba, who else is good for pre-orders on P-Bandai?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Apr 2019 15:47:38 No.7508147 Report

Quoted By: >>7509144

>>7508126

Hobbyfrontline is all right if you are EU.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Apr 2019 15:48:39 No.7508148 Report

Quoted By:

>>7507665
The uv protects from paint yellowing

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Apr 2019 15:55:26 No.7508163 Report

Quoted By:

I've been thinking as my next MG to get the Jegan. Yes?

Also the Gastima from G-Reco. Any issues with that?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Apr 2019 17:12:41 No.7508261 Report

Quoted By:

I thought that RGs having microscopic parts was a meme. So now i'm going to switch from using a knife to using sandpaper to remove nubs.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Apr 2019 19:11:52 No.7508413 Report

Quoted By:

>>7507977
Nice. I like this thing's colorscheme better than the Unicorn Karl's, but novel version when?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Apr 2019 19:15:46 No.7508419 Report

Quoted By: >>7509144

>>7508126
Samuel Decal and Gentei Kits are good. Try to stay away from N-Y, they tend to have overpriced shipping and subpar customer service if something goes wrong. They're an option, but they're often not the best.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 00:56:16 No.7508963 Report

Quoted By: >>7509144

>>7508008
Well really its because I find the female form incredibly aesthetic, excepting land whales, but I don't see it as feminine looking. I just want it to look like an actual person and not like a Gimli. Now if I knew how to make the hips wider I definitely would.

Verfor99 !dW6ztBRlKA

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO sora-no-otoshimono-2484679.jpg, 27KiB, 395x236

Verfor99 !dW6ztBRlKA Wed 24 Apr 2019 03:16:12 No.7509144 Report

Quoted By: >>7509580

>>7508419
I've checked Gentei, unless shipping is included in the listed price, they're more expensive than the other two (and if basic-option shipping prices are included, they're not much less expensive), and Sam has a limited selection which sadly does not include the F90 and Mission Pack Set 1.
N-Y and BO/K have very similar prices, and N-Y has a -wide- variety of shipping options and yes the Give-It-Now choices are scary money, and they are drawing me in with that Pay Later option. BO/K on the other hand, I've had good service with them on my past two Premium purchases, getting both Leo variants ordered in at the last minute.
Thanks for all the recommendations, but I think I'll give N-Y a try; and yes I understand that whatever issues may come are all on my head.

>>7508147
I'm east-coast America

>>7508963
Yeah, to do that on that kit, you'd likely be adding material to the sides of the crotchpiece, expanding the actual hip, and widening the rear armor in whichever way you could.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 04:31:19 No.7509206 Report

Quoted By: >>7509214

I got a question: Are the Koto armored core kits actually modular and interchangable? They sort of imply that with how they're described on the box, with each section split off.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 04:36:24 No.7509214 Report

Quoted By: >>7509224

>>7509206
Yes, they are.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 04:44:40 No.7509224 Report

Quoted By: >>7509230

>>7509214
Neat.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 04:48:27 No.7509230 Report

Quoted By:

>>7509224
Note that this doesn't hold entirely true for cross compatability between eras. ACV/VD kits can't share limbs or anything with the NEXTs or AC1~3 era ones, not even just because they're smaller but because they use an entirely different structure.

NEXTs and AC1~3 ACs can share parts, though.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 20190424_010903.jpg, 3MiB, 4032x3024

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 05:12:08 No.7509250 Report

Quoted By: >>7509258 >>7509672

Sort of done

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 05:19:48 No.7509258 Report

Quoted By: >>7509260

>>7509250
I still loathe their alterations to the rifle's stock, but I wanna pick this up at some point, probably after Alex 2.0. It's gonna need a friend or two.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 05:22:21 No.7509260 Report

Quoted By: >>7509262 >>7510478

>>7509258
>Alex 2.0
Why would you want that steaming pile? Are you retarded?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 05:23:07 No.7509262 Report

Quoted By: >>7509264

>>7509260
Because I'm not a shitposter with shit taste. Never (you) me again.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 05:25:50 No.7509264 Report

Quoted By: >>7509303 >>7510478

>>7509262
>buying into bandai's shitty new gimmicks and unnecessary alterations to the original design
this is why we can't have nice things

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO IMG_20190424_013147.jpg, 242KiB, 750x1000

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 05:40:59 No.7509286 Report

Quoted By: >>7509547 >>7509587 >>7510334 >>7511407

How do you guys paint the inside of your verniers? I should have asked or looked something up before creating my abomination. My guess is that I didn't have either a small enough paintbrush or a steady enough hand. For this project (HG Psycho Zaku) I'll probably just scrape out the extra paint with a blade and not worry about it, but I'd like some advice for the future.

Also, I think I'm going to try and go for a Robot Damashii look so my kits can look more in-line with a lot of the other Gundams I own, instead of looking like the cheap snap-built kits they are, and without going crazy on the details to make my RD look cheap. Anyone else do this? If so, how do you usually make that look?

Sorry for the probably obvious questions. I've been modeling since 2011 and have only fully painted two kits in that time, really trying to step up my game and have the skills of someone who's been modeling that long.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 05:51:13 No.7509303 Report

Quoted By:

>>7509264
The only Alex really accurate to 0080's art would probably either be the A.N.I.M.E. RD, or the old. No-Grade. Most gunpla deviates from the original designs anyway, if you want to keep shitposting about that then go to >>>/m/.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 10:49:58 No.7509504 Report

Quoted By: >>7509506 >>7509513 >>7509548 >>7509642 >>7509647

Finished my 1st ever gundam kit yesterday (Real grade Sinanju). It looks amazing and all but evertime I try to pose it/play with it, this thing falls apart like shattered glass. The torso joint is extremely loose and the figure as a whole feels very flimsy. It can’t even hold its weapons properly because everything is too heavy. I know it’s not a “toy” but still...

Are all gundam kits like this?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 10:53:01 No.7509506 Report

Quoted By: >>7509507 >>7509513 >>7510081

>>7509504
RGs are notorious for being the flimsiest kits and RG Sinanju was notorious for being especially so. So no.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 10:56:32 No.7509507 Report

Quoted By: >>7510154

>>7509506
I paid $40 for a glorified ragdoll

Let that sink

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 11:10:29 No.7509513 Report

Quoted By:

>>7509504
>>7509506
RG Sinanju's particularly glaring because instead of designing a unique inner frame for the Sinanju, Bandai took the Mk II's inner frame, added some extender parts because the Mk II's four meters shorter, and designed the kit around that. That was almost Tristan levels of bullshit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 11:47:12 No.7509542 Report

Quoted By:

>>7507979
What's wrong with the joints?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 11:53:01 No.7509547 Report

Quoted By:

>>7509286
I haven't really been painting the inside of my verniers because I'm sorta lazy when it comes to (what I regard as) non-essential details, and I didn't have a great plan for them or anything. That changes now. I'm gonna try masking the entire outside of the vernier, right up to the rim which I will do with masking fluid, then spray the inside of the cup with primer and then my chosen color.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 11:54:24 No.7509548 Report

Quoted By:

>>7509504
RGs are pretty but not very fun to handle. Put it in a nice pose then leave it alone. I highly recommend getting some recent HGUCs to actually handle--most are quite solid and stable and tons of fun to pose.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO IMG_20190423_074244399_HDR.jpg, 100KiB, 410x629

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 12:51:23 No.7509580 Report

Quoted By:

>>7509144
Yeah I don't have that much patience. Bishi boy Gundam is fine too.

Tancist

Tancist Wed 24 Apr 2019 12:54:47 No.7509582 Report

Quoted By:

>>7507548
Thank you!

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 1548335568446.jpg, 20KiB, 376x410

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 13:07:01 No.7509587 Report

Quoted By: >>7509613 >>7509623 >>7514843

>>7509286
>been modeling since 2011
>painting on the sprues
Your bait is decent, but you need to work more on delivery. 7/10

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 13:42:07 No.7509613 Report

Quoted By:

>>7509587
They said modeling since 2011 but only second time painting. Though I do find that well-used spraybooth kind of sus if that is the case.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 13:49:50 No.7509623 Report

Quoted By:

>>7509587
I think that's just for getting an even coat on the inside of the thrusters, as opposed to being a finished product

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 14:14:58 No.7509642 Report

Quoted By:

>>7509504

You bought a pretty hand grenade.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 14:18:24 No.7509647 Report

Quoted By:

>>7509504
Get a Mk II, which is what that frame was originally intended for. It's one of the few RGs that's genuinely rock solid and fun to handle.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 14:44:15 No.7509672 Report

Quoted By: >>7509676

>>7509250
>Catalog

How is this MG?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 14:56:53 No.7509676 Report

Quoted By:

>>7509672
10/10

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 20:16:52 No.7510081 Report

Quoted By: >>7510670

>>7509506
but wasn't the RG Sazabi one of the best kits of the last year?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 21:08:18 No.7510154 Report

Quoted By:

>>7509507
Try a mg like...zaku 2.0. Or ver.ka ball

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO P_20160528_002322.jpg, 70KiB, 360x640

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 21:32:54 No.7510195 Report

Quoted By:

i've built my first model today and it's a First Grade Zaku II
(not my pic)

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO IMG_20190424_182339.jpg, 459KiB, 1536x2048

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 23:28:52 No.7510334 Report

Quoted By: >>7510337

>>7509286
metallic gundam markers

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO under.jpg, 653KiB, 2560x1244

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2019 23:30:40 No.7510337 Report

Quoted By:

>>7510334

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 81GIPYIoC0L._SL1500_.jpg, 275KiB, 1500x946

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 00:41:29 No.7510452 Report

Quoted By: >>7510501

Finally deciding to get into gunpla lads
heres my first purchase

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO VG BD17.png, 566KiB, 960x720

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 00:49:33 No.7510459 Report

Quoted By: >>7510709

I'm watching Victory Gundam and there's some fantastic enemy MS that'd make for some great MG or RE/100.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 00:57:58 No.7510478 Report

Quoted By:

>>7509260
>>7509264
>new gimmicks are bad
You're as retarded as the astray shitposter

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 01:06:17 No.7510501 Report

Quoted By:

>>7510452
IBO HG are really good kits. Barbatos has good color accuracy. Only thing that is bad are the pink stickers for the knees/shoulder/chest, but easily fixed with a red fine tip Sharpie. You can also fudge the yellow vents on the shoulders with Sharpie as well.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 01:59:20 No.7510568 Report

Quoted By: >>7510590 >>7510675

Are MGs more like RGs or HGs?
I heard some MGs have an inner frame.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 02:20:38 No.7510590 Report

Quoted By:

>>7510568
RGs are just MGs in HG scale

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 03:09:06 No.7510670 Report

Quoted By:

>>7510081
Yes. It didn't try to reuse an old frame with extension parts like the Sazabi did. And even though it is a fantastic kit, it's still more fiddly than a nice solid HGUC, simply by virtue of being a RG and having so many small parts.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 03:13:02 No.7510675 Report

Quoted By: >>7510687 >>7510699

>>7510568
Pretty much all MGs have an inner frame, that's kinda the gimmick of the line. The first few MGs didn't have a frame, and for a little while they did partial/incomplete frames, but the vast majority of MGs do. Don't worry about that though, you probably will never build a MG old enough to not have one.

So yeah, MGs are kinda like big RGs. But often with less surface detail, cause RGs really go hard in that category.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 1206639891220.gif, 389KiB, 159x124

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 03:20:16 No.7510687 Report

Quoted By: >>7510698

>>7510675
>you probably will never build a MG old enough to not have one
>tfw no updated 8th ms MGs
>tfw no updated gp03 MG

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 03:26:09 No.7510698 Report

Quoted By: >>7511228

>>7510687
I'm holding out hope for a 2.0 EZ-8 and Gouf Custom. Bandai has somewhat been on an update kick for these past few years.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 03:26:16 No.7510699 Report

Quoted By:

>>7510675
Unless you want the G04/G05.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO img833.jpg, 1MiB, 2550x1779

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 03:29:44 No.7510709 Report

Quoted By:

>>7510459

Absolutely!

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO max01094_11.jpg, 100KiB, 768x550

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 07:16:15 No.7510952 Report

Quoted By: >>7511162

Mother of God.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 11:18:34 No.7511162 Report

Quoted By: >>7511269

>>7510952
So....what Valk is this, and how much of my soul do I gotta sell to get one?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 12:25:14 No.7511228 Report

Quoted By:

>>7510698

Well EZ-8 is getting a figure in Gundam Universe line, so maybe.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO ds1.jpg, 772KiB, 1920x2560

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 12:48:24 No.7511244 Report

Quoted By: >>7512607 >>7513817

>almost exactly one year since I finished the kit that burnt me out on the hobby completely

Building and painting all of death stinger in a single month was a mistake.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 12:59:52 No.7511252 Report

Quoted By: >>7511256

Is the MG GM Command good? It's pretty much the same as the GM Sniper II just without the sniper gun.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 13:10:24 No.7511256 Report

Quoted By:

>>7511252
you just answered your own question
superb kit

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 13:23:30 No.7511269 Report

Quoted By: >>7512274

>>7511162
It's a Minimum Factory VF-1. Why they put it under the Minimum Factory line I can only assume is a joke. As for how much...
>35k for the base kit
>7k for the armament add-on
>6k for the premium decals
All of it. Just sell all of your soul to Max Factory, then give a few back alley BJs so you have enough dosh to give to Japan Post for shipping.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 13:42:44 No.7511284 Report

Quoted By: >>7511333 >>7511967

Hey, do you guys know a lot about resin casting? I've been trying to cast some extra front hair plates for a custom F.A.G. job and I just can't seem to get the mold to come out right.

The first molding compound I tried was this blobbly blue plastic goo that couldn't hold detail for shit, and now I'm trying this two-part alumilite stuff and it's garbage. They just keep crumbling when I try to pull the pieces out.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 14:37:47 No.7511333 Report

Quoted By: >>7511336

>>7511284
>They just keep crumbling when I try to pull the pieces out.
How many ml did you mix?

>inb4 5

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 14:43:42 No.7511336 Report

Quoted By: >>7511340

>>7511333

As per the instructions, I mixed 1/4 scoop of catalyst per 15 ml of base.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 14:45:55 No.7511340 Report

Quoted By: >>7511347

>>7511336
Yes, and? What's the total volume you mixed?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 14:52:25 No.7511347 Report

Quoted By: >>7511816 >>7511967

>>7511340

'bout 30 ml worth.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 1554120486005.jpg, 102KiB, 1280x720

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 15:50:07 No.7511407 Report

Quoted By:

>>7509286
>painting on sprues
why do you do this anon.
Just to make us suffer?

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO image0.jpg, 68KiB, 1000x750

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 20:13:39 No.7511732 Report

Quoted By: >>7511734

Is there any reason not to spray paint/airbrush pieces on the runner if I am just swapping colors?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 20:15:20 No.7511734 Report

Quoted By: >>7511750

>>7511732
You know that part of building that involves cutting from the sprue and cleaning up nubs?

That's a good reason not to paint on the runners.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 20:21:27 No.7511750 Report

Quoted By: >>7511752 >>7511771

>>7511734
That makes a lot of sense, I have yet to paint a model since I am just starting out. The only issue I see is with more complex models I may forget which prices go where when I remove and paint them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 20:23:11 No.7511752 Report

Quoted By:

>>7511750
Keep things clustered by location when you take them off, and you always have the instruction manual still sitting around for reference, too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 20:32:48 No.7511771 Report

Quoted By:

>>7511750
A good way of managing parts and planning your build is to just snapfit the whole model first. This way, you
>have a full 3D representation of the model
>have all the parts divided up into their major sub-assemblies (arm/leg/torso/etc.)
>can easily identify nubs you need to clean up, seams you need to weld, areas that paint will rub, etc.

Some steps later on will require you to disassemble the parts, so when you're snap fitting, you might want to shave thin some pegs or not insert them all the way, for easier disassembly later.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 20:55:04 No.7511816 Report

Quoted By: >>7511904

>>7511347
Well, there's your problem right there.

For these reactions to work correctly you need to have enough of the stuff that reacts. I don't remember what the minimal amount is for Alumilite, but I would start with 100-200ml.

Also keep in mind that the smaller the amounts of reagents you use the higher the precision of the ratio has to be ("1/4 scoop" is a very low precision, in practice you probably shouldn't even attempt to mix less than 1-2 full scoops).

And yes, unless you plan ahead and make several molds per batch, you will end up tossing most of it.

Ain't chemisty a bitch?

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 05642C61-FC79-4649-AC68-EFA642F8 (...).jpg, 2MiB, 2657x3024

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 21:25:23 No.7511850 Report

Quoted By: >>7512274 >>7514594

Finally done with MG Aile Strike

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 22:03:14 No.7511904 Report

Quoted By: >>7511913 >>7511948

>>7511816

So you're saying the provided instructions are wrong? I mean, why would you provide 30 ml cups to measure the base with if the minimal amount is 100 ml, or provide a measuring scoop marked into 1/4 increments if you're supposed to use two full scoops at a time? That seems like a strange business practice, particularly in a kit that claims to be ideal for casting small parts.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 22:14:29 No.7511913 Report

Quoted By: >>7511948

>>7511904
I'm no chemist(I'm a mathematician) but I have never heard of there being minimum amounts in reactions. If the reactants in the resin were solutions then sure concentration matters, but volumes don't. I'm sure your problems come down to accuracy in measuring or possibly the scale of things isn't allowing for proper reactions, but making more of the stuff and using more moulds won't fix that. Try it again and be as precise as physically possible, since the small scales aren't going to be very forgiving of small mistakes. If possible, get something that measures more accurately like a syringe or something, or weigh things out

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 22:41:42 No.7511948 Report

Quoted By: >>7511967

>>7511904
>>7511913
It's a measurement error issue. Say the cup they provide is accurate up to +/- 5ml and affected by human error, a 30ml batch would have as much as say like (exaggerated) 10% error in the ratios, I.e. 10% unreacted components. If you do a larger batch of like 90 ml, this error % would be a third at 3.33%. TLDR is that the larger the batch, the more forgiving the mixing ratios will be.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO img_04.jpg, 493KiB, 1200x795

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 22:56:21 No.7511967 Report

Quoted By: >>7511996

>>7511284
>>7511347
I used Alumilite once, never really had a problem with it but I did mix a fairly large batch.

>30ml
For 2 part molds (which is what I am assuming you are trying to make) you need to leave like half an inch or so on all sides of the object. If you're making a mold for FAG hair, I don't see how 30ml would be enough?

>>7511948
This 100%.

Even with 1:1 resin mixes if you go small enough you need to near damn count molecules or the shit won't set.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 23:14:09 No.7511996 Report

Quoted By: >>7512013 >>7512063

>>7511967
>you need to leave like half an inch or so on all sides of the object. If you're making a mold for FAG hair, I don't see how 30ml would be enough?

The plate is a little under 2.5 cm long and wide, and considerably less tall than that. Like, under a cm, I think? With a casting box a little over two inches square, there's a good half inch of space on every side. 30 ml was enough to cover it at the highest point by the recommended quarter inch.

I'll try doing what you guys suggest and mix a bigger batch.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Apr 2019 23:24:59 No.7512013 Report

Quoted By: >>7512063

>>7511996
Highly suggest to avoid it going to waste you find some other things to make casts of. Hands, weapons, something like that.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO resin_dump4.jpg, 347KiB, 1200x795

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 00:13:02 No.7512063 Report

Quoted By:

>>7511996
>recommended quarter inch
This is a guideline only. Consider that you will want to use elastics or something to hold the halves together tight enough to minimize flash. Your mold needs to be rigid enough so that the pressure from elastics does not deform it.

Also what >>7512013 said, use the leftover silicone to make yourself a resin dump because you will have the exact same problem with too much resin.

Verfor99 !dW6ztBRlKA

Verfor99 !dW6ztBRlKA Fri 26 Apr 2019 02:38:32 No.7512274 Report

Quoted By:

>>7511269
minimum factory is Max Factory's 1/20th figurine model subline. So it's a 1/20th-scale VF-1 with next-to-no articulation.

>>7511850
It's perfect. I love the detailing on the head.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 02:55:01 No.7512284 Report

Quoted By: >>7512337

I've built a number of kits, but I haven't ever painted one, and it's starting to bug me how my kits don't look as good as they could. However, I live in a small-ish single bedroom apartment, and I don't really have a place to set up an airbrush. Does anyone have an idea of what I could do?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 03:02:31 No.7512290 Report

Quoted By: >>7512658 >>7512665 >>7512667

Getting into scratch-building lads, what are some bare minimum things I should order?

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny Fri 26 Apr 2019 03:34:28 No.7512337 Report

Quoted By:

>>7512284
Hand painting HGs and SDs is a good place to start.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO IMG_20190426_163247-1209x1612.jpg, 342KiB, 1209x1612

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 06:35:19 No.7512506 Report

Quoted By: >>7512518

Really like the G-Self design. Hope they make a 1/100 of it before I die.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 06:46:52 No.7512518 Report

Quoted By:

>>7512506
Perfect Grade or fuck off

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 07:38:45 No.7512607 Report

Quoted By: >>7513055

>>7511244
This is why I'm afraid to start my Geno Breaker. It just looks emotionally exhausting. Hell, I still have a half-finished Cannon Tortoise gathering dust under my desk. There's just so many tiny pieces and so much intricate sculpt to detail on HMMs.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 08:21:03 No.7512658 Report

Quoted By: >>7512667

>>7512290
Vernier calipers
Freeware CAD software
Having a printer to print templates
A full geometry set for marking the old way with pencils.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 08:28:33 No.7512665 Report

Quoted By:

>>7512290
Varieties of styrene sheets, tubes and rods in different thicknesses. A variety of putties, including basic and two-part epoxies. Even more ideally stuff to recast in resin, since making only half the things you need and casting them makes shit a lot easier when applicable.

Otherwise just basic implements like a ruler, pencil, knife and a decent hobby razor saw blade will cut it. You'll also wanna make sure you have low grit sandpaper since you'll be using it for shaping and removing large amounts of material compared to normal modelling.

Oh, and a flat-tipped sculpting tool for applying putty.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 08:29:34 No.7512667 Report

Quoted By: >>7512672

>>7512290
Some imagination.

>>7512658
>CAD software
>bare minimum
Seriously, dude?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 08:35:17 No.7512672 Report

Quoted By: >>7512680 >>7512693

>>7512667
>Seriously
Serious. All the major CAD companies are offering 2D CAD for free now. There's no excuse not to use it when designing your scratchbuild parts.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO missing the point.jpg, 13KiB, 500x301

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 08:39:32 No.7512680 Report

Quoted By: >>7512687

>>7512672
Are you seriously saying that CAD software is a bare minimum for scratchbuilding? Lay off the pipe.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 08:42:30 No.7512687 Report

Quoted By:

>>7512680
Cereally serious. Your computer has more uses than browsing 4chan.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 08:46:38 No.7512693 Report

Quoted By: >>7512695

>>7512672
Waste of time in my opinion, but to each their own. I get by just fine doing it by hand with simple drawn layouts when absolutely needed, but rarely do I even do that. I find it much easier to just go by hand and shape the parts in the process. It'll take a fair bit of investment in CAD software to make semi-complex models, and if you're just going to make simple geometric shapes then what's the point?

I certainly won't deny it could be beneficial for particularly involved projects, especially if you want to scratchbuild a robot from the ground up and not use any preexisting frame or components from something, but to properly design anything more than a rough skeleton of something like that is going to be a whole lot of time into learning an entirely different set of modelling.

It's by no means necessary, people have been scratchbuilding without it for many decades and produced very high quality models in doing so.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 08:55:01 No.7512695 Report

Quoted By: >>7512697 >>7512950

>>7512693
Yes yes, grandpa. We all know how you got by with just a toothbrush and a spoon back in WWI.

The thing is CAD is fwee. You already have a computer. You are already above bare minimum poverty line. Why not make use of it for rapid design and templating? You and your silly socialist ideals.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 09:02:32 No.7512697 Report

Quoted By: >>7512701 >>7512703

>>7512695
The software is free, but time is limited.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 09:10:16 No.7512701 Report

Quoted By:

>>7512697
This.

I work with software all day, at least for my plamo time I don't want to fuck with more software.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 09:19:05 No.7512703 Report

Quoted By: >>7512705

>>7512697
Time for what? You can plot squares and circles instantly with single commands, scale and modify them to your liking then copy paste them 50 times, print them out on a template then immediately go into cutting them shapes off a styrene sheet.

2D CAD is as bare minimum as it gets. Did you know that for a fee, you can now CAD on your phone, in the shitter, while you're making the poopers? That's time right there, time you're quickly running out of, gramps.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 09:22:22 No.7512705 Report

Quoted By: >>7512718

>>7512703
Why would I ever need to do that? That takes more time than just measuring and cutting. If you're going to use it for basic shapes there's literally no point.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 09:41:56 No.7512718 Report

Quoted By: >>7512723

>>7512705
And what if you want to go beyond the basic shapes? What if you make a mistake and WANT TO GO BACK? You can't undo your life but you can modify your CAD. That's why grandma left you, you can't see beyond the basic shapes, always stuck with your toothbrush spoon, I HATE YOU, gramps, I hate you so much.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 09:45:10 No.7512723 Report

Quoted By: >>7512724

>>7512718
>What if you make a mistake and WANT TO GO BACK?
Sandpaper or putty solves all of life's problems, including my arithitis but unfortunately not my failing lungs from all the carcinogens I've inhaled. We didn't have respirators back then, either.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 09:48:27 No.7512724 Report

Quoted By: >>7512729

>>7512723
When you draw your last breath, know that I will shower you with penis-shaped styrene cards I spent 2 minutes to CAD and cut using my homemade CNC router.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 09:52:31 No.7512729 Report

Quoted By:

>>7512724
You'll have to get through my life's work, a scratchbuilt megadong mausoleum with an immaculate handcarved ivory dong as a doorknob, hand cut from an elephant back in the 60s and worked down with sandpaper, a chisel, and my own teeth to carve in the .1mm engravings across every surface of it.

Only took me six and a half elephants to make it exactly to my specifications. Don't even ask how many flaccid mausoleums I ended up with before the final version of my resting place.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 12:01:37 No.7512830 Report

Quoted By:

>accidentally started an argument about CAD
I’ve still got a copy of prodesktop on a CD from my school days I could use And I suppose it would be good for 3D visualisation but most of my concepts have been roughly done on mspaint so far.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO VR-Headset.jpg, 31KiB, 500x500

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 14:20:17 No.7512950 Report

Quoted By: >>7513009

>>7512695
You know what's even better? You can get a VR headset so you can admire the thing that you designed in your CAD software and skip the physical building process altogether.

This way you also do your part in saving the planet from plastic waste and useless artifacts that would end up in a landfill eventually.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 14:46:49 No.7512986 Report

Quoted By: >>7512996

What saws do you recommend for cutting parts, that aren't JLC(or those other Czech brands) or RB Productions saws?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 14:59:02 No.7512996 Report

Quoted By:

>>7512986
Why would you want us to recommend you an inferior product? We can't do that to you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 15:11:25 No.7513009 Report

Quoted By:

>>7512950
Bring on the holograms. Let me just switch out my 3D model day by day.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 16:00:58 No.7513055 Report

Quoted By: >>7513201 >>7513382 >>7514278

>>7512607

Well the Death Stinger was a special kind of hell. Day 1? Legs. Day 2? Legs. Day 15? LEGS.
Before building it I was hyped to get the hexa gear squid, but it will take years until I'll feel like building something with more than 2-4 legs again.

I barely got exhausted at all when I painted my Berserk Fury so good luck with Geno, you can do it anon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 17:33:31 No.7513201 Report

Quoted By: >>7513233 >>7513382 >>7513514

>>7513055
squid doesnt have articulated tentacles i dont think. all single pieces

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO hex08m_0007.jpg, 382KiB, 1496x1064

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 17:51:22 No.7513233 Report

Quoted By: >>7513244 >>7513382 >>7513390 >>7513514 >>7514278

>>7513201

It certainly looks articulated to me. The >8x kind of triggers me but it's probably not too bad.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 17:59:26 No.7513244 Report

Quoted By: >>7513247

>>7513233
>8x kind of triggers me
Now take a saw and split G2 and G7 into individual sections and put little joints in between them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 18:01:17 No.7513247 Report

Quoted By:

>>7513244
stiff wire would work better

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 18:03:33 No.7513253 Report

Quoted By: >>7514244

Hey Gunpla,was wondering if anyone has any ways to give MG Red frame Astray Kais swords more of a shine? Would a good gloss topcoat do the trick or is it just a waste of time?

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 20190426_135558.jpg, 1MiB, 1619x1440

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 19:01:01 No.7513346 Report

Quoted By: >>7514598

why is this giving me a boner

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 19:32:53 No.7513382 Report

Quoted By: >>7513431

>>7513055
>>7513201
>>7513233
I have the hexagear squid. Its really not a bad build (think it took me a total of maybe 10 hours and I build quite slowly) because there are relatively few pieces per limb. Its not like a koto kit where everything is a million layers of tiny pieces, the limbs are basically just a few single pieces with little axles between them. And they're still decently articulated, there's a swivel at the body and two hinges at 90 degrees from each other, followed by in line hinge joints down the length.

The only real issue I have with the kit is that its so covered in limbs and sharp bits and little detail that I find it very hard to wrangle. Also there's just the standard koto super tight tolerance at some points. The good news is that it comes with two huge runners of extension parts and extra joints and stuff that are barely used in the kit. Great for combining with other things.

As I was typing this a giant box of Hexa gear stuff arrived. Sweet.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO file.png, 7KiB, 69x45

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 19:38:21 No.7513390 Report

Quoted By: >>7513431 >>7513993

>>7513233
Images with menacing auras.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 20:16:10 No.7513431 Report

Quoted By: >>7513814

>>7513382

>As I was typing this a giant box of Hexa gear stuff arrived

What did you order? I got the Rayblade, Agnirage and early governor in my backlog, not sure which one to do first or if I will paint or not.

>>7513390

Delet

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 21:10:31 No.7513514 Report

Quoted By:

>>7513201
>>7513233
Can confirm that they are articulated and yes, they are hell to build. The kit looks damn cool when its complete though.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO ayame.png, 2MiB, 1200x757

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 22:17:05 No.7513644 Report

Quoted By: >>7513651 >>7513830

i was buying stuff from mandarake and had some spare cash so i bought pic related since i thought it looked cool, i've never built a bandai kit and haven't built any kit in a couple of years now (i have experience with planes, cars and that kind of stuff), is it too hard to built? will i need anything else apart from basic tools and decal fix?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 22:23:09 No.7513651 Report

Quoted By: >>7513712 >>7513830 >>7513868 >>7517041

>>7513644
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Coluf_WE_Cs

Check out this build of her. You should know from that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2019 23:02:03 No.7513712 Report

Quoted By:

>>7513651
Man, that paint-job on the underboob looks awful.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2019 00:12:49 No.7513810 Report

Quoted By:

I ordered a MG Jegan. Hope I like it.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO MOKA00013.jpg, 596KiB, 1040x780

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2019 00:18:59 No.7513814 Report

Quoted By: >>7513817 >>7514278 >>7516236 >>7521757

>>7513431
Nothing much.

I don't have a problem.

As per painting and which to do first, I would say this after having built a few governors and machines

1. Keep in mind that these things are designed to be modular, with themselves and with each other, so painting that might undermine your ability to mix and match them unless you don't care about color clashing or just want to have them all the same color. The little guy on the boxes is a hexa gear Scarecrow reworked into a human form.

2. Older Governors are cool but have flawed designs in many ways. They have a lot of soft plastic pieces that are hard to paint not to mention some poor joint designs. Get the newer models and the remakes that are coming out unless you really just want to make the old ones.

3. If I had to recommend one, probably the early Governor. Its nice to have the little human scale figure as you build up the bigger stuff

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2019 00:23:30 No.7513817 Report

Quoted By: >>7513835

>>7513814

Yeah I stayed away from any governors involving PVC, luckily they are releasing new versions of the older governors that have less PVC and more ABS.

I don't think I'll go all out lego mix and matching with these kits, I like the default forms of the kits I have gotten. Check the Agnirage manual though, there's a god damn lobster mode for it which is kind of hilarious. Painting or not painting is more of a question of how ambitious I feel, I still have some burnout from >>7511244 .

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO Really nigga.png, 998KiB, 1089x678

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2019 00:32:43 No.7513830 Report

Quoted By:

>>7513644
>>7513651
Really man? THIS is the video you fucking link for this kit? Some China man with the painting skills of a 12 year old who butchers the kit in the worst way?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px6_EoW7CGg
There, its not the best video and the guy has some very bizarre pronunciation some times but he at least covers everything.

TL;DR
Its a pretty good kit, basically just bandai's version of a megami device or Frame arms girl but less advanced and cheaper.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2019 00:37:17 No.7513835 Report

Quoted By: >>7513841

>>7513817
Yeah, the lobster version is pretty damn good. I think some of the other kits have similar weird reconfigurations.

As per burn out; I know the feeling. I did a...what was that thing called....Zoids sturm tyrann somewhat recently and that was draining. And I just did a lot of detail painting, not the whole thing.

In any case, maybe build one without painting it over the course of a few days doing a bit at a time. I've found it to be a pretty relaxing way to kill time, especially if you do it while watching a movie or something.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO preorder__takaratomy_zoids_wild_ (...).jpg, 114KiB, 1080x1080

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2019 00:44:11 No.7513841 Report

Quoted By: >>7513881 >>7514272

>>7513835

I've been considering just snapping the rayblade, minimal effort. I'm not sure how easy these kits are to disassemble - I only ever break things when I take them apart, so I'm a bit concerned - but I figure I could come back to it and paint it if I feel like it at some point.

I built this guy in a similar fashion recently, but it's like lego with the pieces in a plastic bag rather than on sprues. It was nice to get to assemble something without any other work involved.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2019 01:07:08 No.7513868 Report

Quoted By:

>>7513651
I could only get as far as watching him try to paint in the white diamonds on the sword handle.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2019 01:30:31 No.7513881 Report

Quoted By:

>>7513841
Hexagear comes apart into sections easily enough. Some pieces might not but overall they're designed to disassemble to some degree

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO IMG_8414.png, 420KiB, 743x545

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2019 03:16:01 No.7513993 Report

Quoted By: >>7513996

>>7513390
>building HG Unicorn as my 2nd kit ever
>the limbs are entirely symmetrical until you put the joints on them so every single instruction has a X2 at the top

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2019 03:19:38 No.7513996 Report

Quoted By:

>>7513993
You'd like the Moon Gundam.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2019 08:01:41 No.7514244 Report

Quoted By:

>>7513253
Um, aren't the swords chromed in that kit? You can't get much shinier than that. And no, a glosscoat probably won't do anything.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2019 08:44:58 No.7514272 Report

Quoted By:

>>7513841
I find Hexa Gear kits tend to look pretty darn alright with no painting at all, thanks to decent color separation and the few pre-painted parts in each kit. Rayblade looks just dandy with nothing more than a little detail painting, at least in my opinion.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO ygWRgDs.jpg, 125KiB, 800x533

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2019 08:49:08 No.7514278 Report

Quoted By: >>7514788

>>7513814
>>7513233
>>7513055
Oof, good luck with that Abyss Crawler. I just finished mine (detail painting only) and the legs really tired me out. Six identical multi-jointed legs, then two more very similar ones for the front claws. It started to become a real slog toward the end.

Glad I stuck it out, it's a very impressive kit and fun to pose and reconfigure. Getting there is tough though, not gonna lie.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO P_20190427_183720_LL.jpg, 858KiB, 1312x2328

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2019 11:42:14 No.7514403 Report

Quoted By:

Gunpla is freedom

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2019 14:54:40 No.7514545 Report

Quoted By: >>7514548 >>7514563 >>7514827 >>7515436

Is there a decent tutorial for the actual process of painting? I see a lot of information on what kind of paints to get and such, but nothing on good processes for either brush or airbrush painting, just general advice like "thin your paints" and "use multiple coats".

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2019 14:55:45 No.7514548 Report

Quoted By:

>>7514545
>Is there a decent tutorial for the actual process of painting?

Nope

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2019 15:14:05 No.7514563 Report

Quoted By: >>7514610

>>7514545
Just know that you can do no wrong. Everyone that criticizes your masterpiece is the retarded one. Also post on reddit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2019 15:39:53 No.7514594 Report

Quoted By:

>>7511850
i get so many laughs out of putting my kits together like this.
this panel lining is great though, nice job

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2019 15:41:16 No.7514598 Report

Quoted By:

>>7513346
clean your desk dude

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2019 15:54:51 No.7514610 Report

Quoted By: >>7514614

>>7514563
Should I also tag every post with "gunpla is freedom" as a shield for any and all criticism I receive?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2019 15:58:12 No.7514614 Report

Quoted By:

>>7514610
That's why the phrase exists. Be silly not to use it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2019 18:44:53 No.7514788 Report

Quoted By:

>>7514278
Thanks. I build stuff up slowly most of the time so doing repeated parts doesn't bother me too much. Particularly because I tend to just get all the pieces out and do the same steps all at once. Longer that way, sure, but overall better for me since things all come together at once in the end.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2019 19:10:11 No.7514827 Report

Quoted By: >>7515262

>>7514545
>Is there a decent tutorial for the actual process of painting?
If only there was some was some way to search for things like this online, you know? Like a "search engine" or something.
Oh well!

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2019 19:22:57 No.7514843 Report

Quoted By:

>>7509587

They're painting the inside of the verniers only with gold, and it looks like they're gated on the sides. Snip them off, prep, and them do the outside. I don't see the problem

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 00:10:47 No.7515262 Report

Quoted By: >>7515275

>>7514827
>OP links several guides and invites people to ask for help
>generals generally expected to have people knowledgeable on its topic
>"how dare you come here to this font of gunpla and plamo knowledge, for your gunpla and plamo-related question, instead of searching the entire internet!"
Imagine going to a doctor for medical advice, and he sarcastically says "Gee, if only there was a building full of books, including medical ones, where you could search for things like this."

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 00:23:48 No.7515275 Report

Quoted By: >>7515284 >>7515343 >>7515456

>>7515262
>Imagine being so retarded that you only try to get knowledge from a single thread on 4chan
>imagine being such a moron that when someone suggests other options, you get mad
>imagine
You don't have to imagine, we live in this reality.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 00:34:33 No.7515284 Report

Quoted By: >>7515343 >>7515456

>>7515275
Why do any legwork yourself, when you can just ask other people to do it for you ITT? Using google is hard!
Gunpla/Plamo general? More like Spoonfeeding General.
If you are too scared to do anything new, or do anything for yourself, your models are going to look like hot garbage.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 01:19:35 No.7515343 Report

Quoted By: >>7515362 >>7515371

>>7515275
>>7515284
Let me get this straight. Going to a place dedicated to the topic you have a question about, that you know will most likely have the information you're looking for, that has people you trust the opinions of, is being a moron and not being able to think for yourself. But going to google, asking it to find a source of information just like the former place, for you, without knowing if the source it provides you will be trustworthy, is being an intelligent and independent person. Don't show some initiative and directly ask experienced people for help, just let a computer algorithm find the help for you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 01:30:55 No.7515362 Report

Quoted By: >>7515367 >>7515387

>>7515343
Is the painting tutorial linked in OP? Is it in the guide?
Then this thread HAS NEVER had what that anon was looking for. And here you are, trying to make sure that anon never looks elsewhere.
You should be ashamed of yourself.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 01:32:15 No.7515367 Report

Quoted By:

>>7515362
If Walmart don't have what I'm lookin' for, then it ain't made anywhere. MAGA 2020

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 01:34:24 No.7515371 Report

Quoted By: >>7515387 >>7515391

>>7515343
In a perfect world (read: one with less autists) someone would google what they were looking for, and if they found it, they would COME TO THIS THREAD AND POST ABOUT IT. SHARE IT WITH EVERYONE, START A DISCUSSION.
But no, can't have people LEARNING.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 01:39:39 No.7515377 Report

Quoted By: >>7515387

Models, and painting tutorials, have existed long before this thread did. Gelgoog Guy has done good things here, keeping the thread going, but there is nothing wrong with an infusion of fresh blood.
People need to figure things out without their hands being held every step of the way. Being able to use fucking google is a pretty basic first step, and if you can't do a little something for yourself, no amount of help from anyone is going to make you a better builder.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 01:41:00 No.7515379 Report

Quoted By:

It's my opinion that "the guide" is more of a hindrance than a help. Make me change my mind.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 01:53:07 No.7515387 Report

Quoted By: >>7515396

>>7515362
>>7515371
>>7515377
You seem to be misunderstanding me. I'm not saying people should be going out of their way to find a guide for this thing, but try to follow my logic, here:
I am new to painting. I know of this general that has links to information about modeling in the OP. I go there, look through the OP's links, and don't find what I'm looking for. Now, I know someone from the general probably wrote up the information in those links, or at least found them. I also know that there are lots of knowledgeable anons in that general. Therefore, it is probable one of them might be able to point me to a decent source for me to look through. Also, if they point me to a bad source, there is a chance other anons will know and correct them. If I ask them, and no one does know, that's fine, they can say so and I can go look elsewhere. It's not like asking will hurt any of them. If they do know, great, I now have a lead to what I want. TLDR: I already know of this thread, I might as well ask there, because I can always go to a search engine if no one has an answer. There's no need to bitch about someone not consulting google, first, when it's more logical to ask here, first, then search google. It's especially silly, considering the very first line in the OP invites people to ask for help here.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 01:55:30 No.7515391 Report

Quoted By: >>7515402

>>7515371
In a realistic world, discussions are generated organically from multiple avenues, including from people asking for advice about things both simplistic and complex.

There are a lot of tutorials for painting out there. Some are good, some are bad. People without practiced knowledge of the subject matter can't discern the difference as well as someone who does.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 02:04:17 No.7515396 Report

Quoted By: >>7515414

>>7515387
You said it yourself here:
>generals generally expected to have people knowledgeable on its topic
Guess what? You're in the general, so that includes you. If you're new, that's okay, but you'll still be expected to show that you're doing legwork and thinking critically instead of wandering in with your mouth open, waiting for someone to jam a spoon in. Try asking a question that shows you've even attempted to find something out for yourself (not now when we're hyped up and looking for it) and see how different the response is.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 02:11:29 No.7515402 Report

Quoted By: >>7515414

>>7515391
>Some are good, some are bad.
I'm saying, go find one. Bring back a link. Start a discussion. I'm flat out refusing to do that for you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 02:18:58 No.7515414 Report

Quoted By: >>7515421 >>7515426 >>7515429

>>7515396
>Try asking a question that shows you've even attempted to find something out for yourself
Is asking here not attempting to find out for myself? No matter if I ask here or google, I am consulting some other entity for information. The difference is that asking here is asking actual people, while asking google is asking a computer program. Here is a place dedicated to the topic I'm asking about. Google is everything ever talked about on the internet. If I worked as a programmer, had some kind of configuration issue, and had someone more experience with configuration than I sitting next to me, would it not be more logical to ask that person if they could spend a few seconds to help me out, rather than ask google for a bunch of stackoverflow links that may or may not be helpful? Is it not more efficient to spend a few seconds asking the guy next to me, first, then spend several minutes looking through google results, if he can't help, than it is to spend several minutes consulting google, then spending a few seconds to ask the guy, if google turns up dry?

>>7515402
NO ONE IS ASKING YOU TO! How has that not gotten through your head? The question wasn't "can you go look for a tutorial for me?" It was "do you know, off the top of your head, if there is one." A simple "I don't know" is a sufficient answer. What is the harm in asking here, then going to google? That's what you have never answered. You seem ticked off that someone would use this general as their first source of information, before a general search engine, yeah can't provide a logical reason why, aside from the fact you seem to be assuming such a question is asking you to do the google search for them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 02:25:40 No.7515421 Report

Quoted By:

>>7515414
Did you find that tutorial link yet? No? So you want to just bitch and moan then? Fuck off.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 02:30:35 No.7515426 Report

Quoted By:

>>7515414
>Is asking here not attempting to find out for myself?
No, it's clearly not. That's what people keep telling you. Are you really this dense?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 02:31:35 No.7515429 Report

Quoted By: >>7515456

>>7515414
Here is the problem with your logic: we don't exist to help you. Helping you does not benefit us in any way unless you interest us, the efficiency with which you use your time means shit. In fact, you're kind of wasting time with such low-level drivel, the guide was made in part to keep some of that out as much as to help newbies. That's why you have so many people arguing with you now and still none that have answered your question: making fun of you and calling you out is more interesting than doing the work Google can do for you. By doing outside research and asking questions that are more than HOW 2 X, you draw us in. That's how you grab the attention of the people that really know their stuff.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO shitposting en masse.jpg, 94KiB, 792x555

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 02:38:38 No.7515436 Report

Quoted By:

>>7514545
Yo, whatever happened to good old fashioned lurking in the thread for a few weeks before starting a shitstorm?

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO jEH6u8T.jpg, 1001KiB, 1479x1233

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 02:41:35 No.7515439 Report

Quoted By: >>7515444 >>7515449

I heard someone wasn't reading the fucking guide

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO have-guide.jpg, 84KiB, 800x708

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 02:45:00 No.7515444 Report

Quoted By:

>>7515439
Yeah, me too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 02:48:09 No.7515449 Report

Quoted By: >>7515466

>>7515439
That background hurts my eyes and I like it. Makes me want to try some razzle camp, but I know I'd fuck that up right now.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 02:51:32 No.7515456 Report

Quoted By: >>7515474 >>7515511 >>7515567 >>7515766

>>7515429
I'm not arguing someone here should be obligated to help me. I know that no one is. I'm debating the insistence that consulting a forum of experienced people in a specific topic, before consulting a more general source of knowledge, is somehow less intelligent than doing those two things in the opposite order, like >>7515275 and >>7515284 are stating. Whether or not anyone cares about what's efficient on my end is not relevant to that argument. For any single person, them taking the more efficient course of action that's likelier to produce better results is more intelligent than taking the less efficient course that has a higher chance of not being helpful. Had I known this general didn't like anons putting more faith in it than in google, I wouldn't have asked. I had assumed
>If it's made of plastic, someone can probably help you here.
was an open invitation to ask away, but apparently it isn't. I had also assumed
>I see a lot of information on what kind of paints to get and such, but nothing on good processes for either brush or airbrush painting, just general advice like "thin your paints" and "use multiple coats".
indicated that I, in fact, had done some research on my own before bothering to ask, but apparently several people here don't bother to read a post past the first sentence.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 2lVGpJX.jpg, 497KiB, 1211x896

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 02:58:34 No.7515466 Report

Quoted By: >>7515545

>>7515449
I have a white base kit I could paint up in white and black razzle and display on that background. Don't tempt me.

Also if you want cool backdrops for photos just go to hobby lobby or michaels or such and look at the fabrics. Buy a yard of whatever fabric you like and hang it off the wall onto a table or such. Quick and easy and can be washed and dryer to remove wrinkles.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 03:02:07 No.7515474 Report

Quoted By:

>>7515456
>I'm not arguing someone here should be obligated to help me.
Wrong, the line of logic you're using implicitly includes that as an assumption.

>I'm debating the insistence that consulting a forum of experienced people in a specific topic, before consulting a more general source of knowledge, is somehow less intelligent than doing those two things in the opposite order
Well, if you'd done what was suggested at the start, you'd be several written tutorials and a few YouTube videos into being a better painter, but instead you've gotten no headway made at all. Quite clearly those individuals were correct, whether you think it makes sense or not. The proof, as they say, is in the pudding. Don't like it? Fuck off and try another community, maybe they'll operate the way you think they should.

As for the rest: you were lied to. Kind of (those statements are true when you aren't being an idiot or catch someone in a particularly good mood). Think of it like spending time on a bad tutorial.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 03:27:13 No.7515511 Report

Quoted By:

>>7515456
>Had I known this general didn't like anons putting more faith in it than in google
Sorry, but you can't rewrite the narrative here. No one expects you to put faith into anything. Especially me, I'm an atheist.
What we do expect, is for you to have some basic problem solving skills.
If you think being told to do your own legwork is a sign that this community has nothing to offer, I recommend you leave the thread, never to return. No one here wants to help a worthless fuckoff that can't even use google.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 04:02:15 No.7515545 Report

Quoted By:

>>7515466
>I have a white base kit I could paint up in white and black razzle and display on that background.
do it faget

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 04:26:30 No.7515567 Report

Quoted By:

>>7515456
Bro.

1. Stop arguing and google painting guides. There are tons of very intricate and detailed ones both in text form and in video.

2. Realize that coming here asking for "how to paint" is so vague that it comes off as difficult to answer or lazy. If you had a specific issue you needed help with, that would be much more likely to get a response.

3. Realize that we get questions like this all the damn time so some people are getting tired of referring people back to the OP or the guides that list this info.

This argument is going nowhere.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 9abc8117-f08a-4124-bc69-038d8b37 (...).jpg, 176KiB, 720x540

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 04:41:17 No.7515594 Report

Quoted By: >>7515600 >>7515672

Finished snapping up this kit recently and goddamn is it unstable. Its a neat idea and all but the actual selling point of the giant chainsaw thing is so stupidly unwieldy and difficult to pose that its not even worth trying. The included stand isn't really strong enough to hold it up, the attachment points a weak, and the entire thing is so covered in tiny pieces and shifting details that its almost impossible to get a good hold on it.

I knew it wasn't gonna be an easy to pose kit or anything, the size of the weapon makes it clear it needs a stand, but the weakness of the stands combined with the difficulty of handling the thing resulted in me immediately tossing it into its box and moving on to something else. Maybe I'll try to pose it later but I can already tell its gonna be a nightmare.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 04:44:45 No.7515600 Report

Quoted By: >>7515672

>>7515594
There's also some really honestly lazy coloring issues. Like how none of the faces have to be painted instead of having red pieces for the camera lens or how that shin armor is solid gray as opposed to gray on brown.

I mean come on guys, the head itself is made of like 8 tiny ass pieces and you're telling me you couldn't have a red camera piece?

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 20190428_015618.jpg, 3MiB, 4032x3024

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 05:58:52 No.7515672 Report

Quoted By: >>7517907

>>7515600
>>7515594
Funnily the first ACVD kit has a clear piece for the visor.

I found the chainsaw fairly stable on the stand, except for the bit where I hate Kotobukiya's stands. Mine broke at one joint because I dared to apply pressure at the wrong area trying to turn it. Fortunately it only really needs one of the two stands, since the kit can be held fine with just one propping up the chainsaw. My biggest complaint with the chainsaw was simply that the joints that hold each one in individually fit rather poorly. I made the mistake of sanding one down a bit too much and had to go back and reputty it back up, because it relies on fitting too snugly (to the point on mine it seemed to be flexing the containing parts of the balljoint) so they can be held up properly.

Looks rad, though. Going to look even better painted when I finally get around to my Koto stuff.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 07:41:20 No.7515766 Report

Quoted By:

>>7515456
The truth is, you won't find a detailed step-by-step babby-speak guide to painting, since it is mostly experimental. The guides are at most anecdotal and you really have to judge based on your feelings and trust your gut. It's like the presidential elections, orange man 2020

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 18:24:11 No.7516236 Report

Quoted By: >>7516268 >>7516407

>>7513814
This guy again.

Did the Early Governor and It think its a much more solid kit, a lot of the issues in the older models like bad joint design have been improved. But there are still pretty significant issues for me. In order

1. Rubber hands with shallow balljoints that don't stay in place well. Better than earlier versions but not significantly so. I still do not know why they don't go with hard plastic for them other than maybe worries about breakage.

2. Some of the articulation, like the upper arm rotation, is extremely stiff and more often than not limbs will just pop off instead of rotating

3. The combination of the two above mean that using the accessories is difficult. They constantly want to fall out of his hands or for his hands to unpeg as you try to maneuver him into a pose.

Still, I can't deny I like the figure and that its a good figure in my opinion, with a ton of accessories, hands, and head options. It makes me want to order the retooled versions of the older kits.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 18:40:42 No.7516268 Report

Quoted By: >>7516276 >>7516277

>>7516236
Point two is solved by doing what koto kits really want, a lot of sanding. They've generally got some really tight tolerances to them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 18:57:04 No.7516276 Report

Quoted By:

>>7516268
Yeah, I know. I mean technically you can fix a lot of issues the thing has. I could take molds of the hands and cast them in solid plastic if I wanted, but at that point you're not really talking about the kit as is. I'm just giving my impressions of the kit as it comes, out of the box.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 18:57:45 No.7516277 Report

Quoted By:

>>7516268
>They've generally got some really tight tolerances to them.
Yes, and that provides one very important thing: load bearing capacity. In other words, ability to hold heavy weapons and not collapse. Consider this before you sand the joints.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 19:06:26 No.7516285 Report

Quoted By: >>7516303 >>7516315

Are the Manwah nippers any good?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 19:19:12 No.7516303 Report

Quoted By:

>>7516285
Manwho?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 19:33:58 No.7516315 Report

Quoted By:

>>7516285
Man-what?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 19:40:06 No.7516323 Report

Quoted By: >>7516328 >>7516369 >>7516504

is this the thread where i actually go to see kits and talk about gunpla, the /m/ thread is just a bunch of shitposting

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 19:44:44 No.7516328 Report

Quoted By: >>7516333 >>7516860

>>7516323
This is the thread where you go to get yelled at for asking a simple question

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 19:50:35 No.7516333 Report

Quoted By:

>>7516328
seems like the better option

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 20:21:18 No.7516369 Report

Quoted By:

>>7516323
yes, feels like /m/ got overrun by /v/ermin, gunpla thread in particular

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 20:56:20 No.7516407 Report

Quoted By: >>7516863

>>7516236
Pretty sure the rubber hands were to make accessory finagling easier with differently sized/shaped handles, since that soft PVC has some give to it and thus will be forgiving and flexy. Not saying it's the most ideal solution, but I get it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2019 22:09:45 No.7516504 Report

Quoted By:

>>7516323

There's no real difference between the threads.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 01:31:53 No.7516860 Report

Quoted By:

>>7516328
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI5RQXripw9CnnRTidM24RQ

Here, fuck off already

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 01:33:20 No.7516863 Report

Quoted By: >>7516930 >>7517028

>>7516407
I understand the reasons for the rubber hands, I just think it would probably be better to have like...a universal size for the weapon handles or something instead of squishy hands. Oh well, add it to the list of weird choices by koto.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 02:24:33 No.7516930 Report

Quoted By: >>7516948

>>7516863
That's the even weirder bit, they've almost got a universal size for weapon handles, but they still make the hands out of soft plastic.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO PVC10843-4.jpg, 64KiB, 534x800

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 02:40:33 No.7516948 Report

Quoted By: >>7516963 >>7516969 >>7517013 >>7517031 >>7517068 >>7517575

>>7516930
Blah.

I just finished the Rose kit, see image. The Weapons for it are actually molded directly onto the hands, AND YET, both the hands and the weapon are rubber. Its madness. Not to mention the sculpted ass prevents any backwards leg movement, there is no ankle pivot or rotation of the foot, just an up and down hinge, and the entire torso is a single rubber piece.

I like hexagear kits but they have some very weird design choices and are annoyingly pricey for what they are.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 02:51:45 No.7516963 Report

Quoted By: >>7517061

>>7516948
I thought I remembered the sword holding hands (and swords) being hard plastic? Also, they are using less and less soft plastic these days, and Rose doesn't really need ankle rockers due to the heel-toe design of her feet, which prop her up just fine even in wide stances.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 02:59:44 No.7516969 Report

Quoted By:

>>7516948

Ick. Not happy to hear any of that. I was planning on picking up some of the lady govs with my next HLJ order, but from the sound of it I might just pass.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 1515656837806.png, 503KiB, 717x558

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 03:35:14 No.7517013 Report

Quoted By: >>7517045 >>7517144

>>7516948
>expecting FAG tier articulation from a 1/24 tiny figure
come on now

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO hexagear_guns02.jpg, 1MiB, 2000x1561

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 03:49:47 No.7517028 Report

Quoted By: >>7517045

>>7516863
>I just think it would probably be better to have like...a universal size for the weapon handles or something instead of squishy hands.
But then you would be limited to weapons Koto made.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 03:55:12 No.7517031 Report

Quoted By: >>7517045

>>7516948
kotobukiya is starting to put out 1.5 versions of the governors with less rubber from what I saw awhile back. At the moment only the first two governors are getting 1.5s but I can assume they'll probably do more.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO team america barf.gif, 2MiB, 320x205

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 04:04:50 No.7517041 Report

Quoted By: >>7517049

>>7513651
>that uneven surface on the putty parts
>those calves
>nubs on some parts
>didn't bother to fill in the holes on the backpack armatures with spare putty
>no topcoat
>using gundam marker for underboob
>ORANGE PEEL
am I missing anything else? Jesus christ, this is worse that that one chick's ryuko custom that she kept defending with "gunpla is freedom."

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 04:07:52 No.7517045 Report

Quoted By: >>7517061

>>7517013
I wasn't expecting that, actually, and nothing I said implied that. The articulation is good for the most part its just bad on the backwards leg movement (Which is basically zero) and the heavily restricted ankles. Keep in mind these restrictions are not universal across all the Hexagear governors; only the ladies have this kind of ankle and ass design.

>>7517028
I Guess but I don't know why koto would care about you being able to use the weapons from other companies.

>>7517031
yeah, they also appear to have ankles like the new early governor kits, as opposed to a simple ball joint.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO youtube_capture.png, 385KiB, 630x434

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 04:11:00 No.7517049 Report

Quoted By:

>>7517041
>the rabbit hole goes deeper
on the plus side that f91 fumina he made doesn't look too bad

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO hex05_20.jpg, 57KiB, 538x700

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 04:28:49 No.7517061 Report

Quoted By: >>7517390 >>7517575

>>7517045
>its just bad on the backwards leg movement
You know most plamo is like this, right? Like almost every kit I own has restricted backwards leg movement due to immobile skirts or ass back there. You just get used to the idea that you're not gonna get it after a while.

And like I said in >>7516963, her ankles work well for what they are. You get a lot of forward and back range, and a rocker isn't really essential for this type of foot design. It's easy to get her balanced in action poses.

I feel like you're trying to make her sound terrible, and she's really not. Like where you said her "whole torso" is one rubber piece, that's not true. "Torso" encompasses the entire region from shoulder to hip, and the rubber piece covers from shoulder to mid-abdomen. The other half of her abdomen and crotch area are solid plastic.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 04:31:11 No.7517066 Report

Quoted By: >>7517074 >>7517090

What's the best way to not get stress marks? Is the solution to switch to sanding instead of using my knife? I'm about to build Banshee norn and i'd like it to look better than my HGs.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 1491282178271.jpg, 87KiB, 1280x720

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 04:32:34 No.7517068 Report

Quoted By: >>7517390

>>7516948
>snapfag steps out of his comfort zone the post

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 04:36:25 No.7517074 Report

Quoted By:

>>7517066
Stress marks usually come from cutting/clipping too close to the part. Cut further away then carefully shave or sand down the nub.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 04:43:19 No.7517082 Report

Quoted By: >>7517390

The main reason hexagear figures use rubbery hands is for the balljoint. It makes them wear out and go floppy less quickly than if they were styrene. The wrists are just too tiny to secure a polycap in there so they make the hand that material instead.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 04:49:10 No.7517090 Report

Quoted By:

>>7517066
Sanding is the safest way to avoid stress marks due to the mechanism (removing material grain by grain vs parting material). However it takes a lot of time and you need progressively work up to a fine grit, then polish it with a nail buffer or buffing compound to get it to match the surrounding plastic finish.

You can skip the polishing and stop at 800~1000 grit if you are spraying a flat coat later.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 05:54:14 No.7517144 Report

Quoted By:

>>7517013
I could post FAG Sylphy if you like.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 58384152_1118744398313808_367092 (...).jpg, 9KiB, 126x142

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 07:41:09 No.7517204 Report

Quoted By: >>7517403 >>7517748

>>7507874
>saved up to buy nu ver ka
> took a month to talk myslef into getting it
> mfw next day rg nu is shown off

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 11:18:08 No.7517316 Report

Quoted By: >>7517321

Are there any good places to find vectors of different emblems? I'm trying to make a decal of the eagle used on Tallgeese's shield, but all I can find is the EW version's holding a banner, and I want the TV version of just the eagle.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 11:29:35 No.7517321 Report

Quoted By:

>>7517316
Just do it yourself. Vectoring shit is so easy, it just takes time. You don't even need a drawing tablet or anything, it's all just placing and adjusting points so I vector everything with just my mouse.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 13:57:54 No.7517390 Report

Quoted By: >>7517569 >>7517575

>>7517061
>Most Plamo is like this
Thats debatable. Some kits have solid back skirts that prevent rotation but others have moving back skirts to allow it. I have no idea the numbers of each. HGs are of course usually like that but I don't do a lot of HGs. Also the other figures in the range have more articulation towards the back. The reason it strikes me as odd is that they basically removed any backwards leg movement in order to have a big sculpted ass. I would have preferred they just make the top of the leg rounded to simulate the ass.

>Her Ankles work well for what they are
Thats your opinion. I prefer the style of ankles in the new Early Governors. I understand that these are functional and you can get poses with them, I just prefer other designs and think its odd that this figure diverges so far from them.

>Trying to make her sound terrible.
I feel like you're being overly sensitive about someone's opinions on a goddamn nihongo plastic kit of an anime lady. I never said the kit was terrible, I just said some of the engineering choices were weird to me considering the other kits in the range.

>>7517068
I have no idea what you're trying to imply with this post. What the fuck does the articulation of a kit have to do with this? If I complained about the RG sinanju being a rickety mess would you say the same thing? Are you implying I should just solve the issues via modification? The fuck are you even implying?

>>7517082
If thats the case why do the girls use a different configuration with a solid ball joint plugging into rubber hands?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 14:12:11 No.7517403 Report

Quoted By: >>7517439

>>7517204
Bigger is always better.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 14:35:03 No.7517439 Report

Quoted By: >>7517443

>>7517403
So mega size kits are the best?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 14:38:46 No.7517443 Report

Quoted By:

>>7517439
Yes

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 15:54:08 No.7517569 Report

Quoted By: >>7517663

>>7517390
>If thats the case why do the girls use a different configuration with a solid ball joint plugging into rubber hands?

Its the same essentially, which end is the balljoint doesn't matter, its which end is the rubber/polycap. They need at least one half to be that material to provide stability. They can't fit a polycap into the skinny ass wrists and the other option would be to make the entire forearm like that, so instead they opt into making the hands that way. Making the hands have the socket and the wrist be the balljoint doesn't change that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 16:01:02 No.7517575 Report

Quoted By:

>>7517390
>>7517061
>>7516948

A lot of designers don't bother giving their figures much backward leg movement at the hips because most humans can't swing their legs very far back to begin with.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 17:21:34 No.7517663 Report

Quoted By:

>>7517569
In that case I would say they should just have solid pegs instead of ball joints. The size of the ball doesn't allow for much deflection off the straight position so you don't lose much by just making it a peg. Or hell, a peg/hinge combo like we see in the ankle of the new early governor. Heck, that would fix the issue of the hands coming off too easily as well.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO IMG_20190429_185620.jpg, 3MiB, 4160x2340

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 18:08:01 No.7517720 Report

Quoted By: >>7517721 >>7517766 >>7517769 >>7517840

My dad recently passed away and I have taken on the task of building his collection of old model kits. Wish me luck

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO IMG_20190429_190028.jpg, 1MiB, 2325x3137

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 18:09:07 No.7517721 Report

Quoted By: >>7517731 >>7517769

>>7517720
Here's the other half. A lot of them have been removed from their original boxes and/or partially built

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO IMG_20190429_191252.jpg, 3MiB, 4160x2340

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 18:15:15 No.7517731 Report

Quoted By: >>7517769

>>7517721
I forgot there was these ones too

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 18:29:40 No.7517748 Report

Quoted By:

>>7517204
>RG
I wouldn't worry about that

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 18:41:39 No.7517766 Report

Quoted By:

>>7517720
That's a nice sentiment, very wholesome. Best of luck and godspeed anon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 18:45:04 No.7517769 Report

Quoted By: >>7517831

>>7517731
>>7517721
>>7517720
>Shaun the sheep
>Robogear
>Little owl

Seems interesting.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO IMG_20190429_202102.jpg, 901KiB, 3525x1537

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 19:30:32 No.7517831 Report

Quoted By: >>7517849

>>7517769
The Robogear ones are pretty cool, with functioning spring loaded canons. My dad seems to have already built all the mechs though, I just need to paint them and build the little men

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 19:39:40 No.7517840 Report

Quoted By:

>>7517720
Godspeed, anon. No backlog should go forever unbuilt.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 19:47:57 No.7517849 Report

Quoted By:

>>7517831
oh shit I remember those, loved them as a kid. Good thing I have no idea where they are anymore because they would've certainly ended up in someone's painting cringe compilation

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 20:25:36 No.7517889 Report

Quoted By: >>7517891 >>7517895 >>7518273

What does "Ver. Ka" mean on the kits? Is it just higher quality plastic than normal?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 20:28:26 No.7517891 Report

Quoted By:

>>7517889
It comes with compatible parts for the Ford Ka.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 1471713826421.jpg, 44KiB, 375x575

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 20:30:19 No.7517895 Report

Quoted By: >>7518396

>>7517889
It means it's a redesign of the suit by mecha designer Hajime Katoki, which normally isn't that different from the normal MS. He's alright, and because of the line he's probably one of the most well known mecha designers, but he does have his own quirks people tend to dislike such as long legs and a lot of decals.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 20:45:28 No.7517907 Report

Quoted By: >>7517959 >>7518117

>>7515672
i was thinking about getting that exact noblesse oblige model, would you recommend? i have 0 experience with kotobukiya

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 21:25:04 No.7517941 Report

Quoted By: >>7517977 >>7517987 >>7518117

Why the fuck is Hexa Gear shit so expensive? I wanted to grab an Abyss Crawler for a custom job but the thing is damn near 50 bucks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 21:41:21 No.7517959 Report

Quoted By: >>7518117

>>7517907
Sure; I've gotten most of the AC kits and they have all been pretty comparable quality wise, although the ACV-era ACs have some peculiarities.

If all you've done is Bandai then be prepared for a kit that doesn't have quite as good of tolerances on parts, things are going to fit a lot tighter or in the case of the cannons, looser than they should. Those wing cannons are actually glued on mine because I just didn't want to deal with them being floppy, but the thing about older Koto kits like this is that the quality control and plastic quality isn't quite as good as it is now. Yours may hold fine. Also Kotobukiya doesn't/didn't make any attempts to really hide seamlines; they're somewhat more geared to more involved modelling than Bandai stuff, but not by a lot.

I definitely recommend picking up any AC kit if you really like the design, though ACV kits are really expensive for what you get compared to the older ones.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 22:10:51 No.7517977 Report

Quoted By:

>>7517941
>He's feeling the pressure of the caustic rain
That's part of why I have a lot more respect for people who do kitbashes with koto kits.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO hex10_j2.jpg, 108KiB, 932x600

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 22:17:16 No.7517987 Report

Quoted By: >>7517996 >>7518045

>>7517941
If you built it you might understand. It's pretty big, has a lot of moving parts, and in typical Koto fashion, is made of tons of small pieces spread across a ton of sprues. Even the box was pretty beefy IIRC.

Hexa Gear tends to be this way, the scale might be small but they are made of a surprising number of components. I'm happy Koto went this route, a different company might have taken the smaller scale and seen it as an excuse to make simpler/dumbed down kits. Look at this pic, this is just the exploded view for Bulkarm's chest alone.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO file.png, 786KiB, 911x750

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 22:21:29 No.7517996 Report

Quoted By: >>7518117

>>7517987
It's very impressive, honestly.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 1431261105185.jpg, 2MiB, 1920x1276

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 22:43:00 No.7518045 Report

Quoted By: >>7518119 >>7518275 >>7518458 >>7518555

>>7517987
>a different company might have taken the smaller scale and seen it as an excuse to make simpler/dumbed down kits.
>1/24
>a smaller scale
Dude. 1/35 is "the" scale for military armor and it is very detailed. 1/24 should be even more detailed. What Koto made is VERY simple/dumbed down by that standard.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 23:46:19 No.7518117 Report

Quoted By: >>7518159 >>7518867

>>7517959
>>7517907
Also keep in mind they're very small. Considering the size of the box you'd think think they were MG sized but the one I made is about the size, maybe a bit smaller than, an HG. But it is MASSIVELY more detailed. Almost annoyingly so at times. I have no idea how to hold this thing.

>>7517941
A few reasons really.

1. They're not bandai so they can't afford to be as cheap. Bandai dominates the market so they can afford to be cheaper.

2. Color separation. Koto kits basically never have stickers for coloring parts. Those tiny colored sections will be Tiny colored pieces you have to stick in. That means more colors of plastic, which means more runners

3. Less part reuse in general. Lots of gundam kits have reused parts while koto kits tend to be pretty damn unique between kits. Not always, but more often than not.

4. Non-licensed. Inherently means less sales because you don't have a show or a movie advertising the products and making fans who want to buy them.

>>7517996
I have a new bulkarm on preorder from an american shop but I am dangerously close to buying an older version too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2019 23:48:42 No.7518119 Report

Quoted By: >>7518365

>>7518045
Are military kits modular snap kits that require no paint and can fit together into fully possable figures with tons of variety and interchangeability between sets?

They're not? Then shut up. Thats what Hexagear's selling point is.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 30 Apr 2019 00:43:13 No.7518159 Report

Quoted By:

>>7518117
The ACV/D kits are HG sized, but the old ACs and NEXTs are all about MG sized.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 30 Apr 2019 02:31:51 No.7518273 Report

Quoted By:

>>7517889
it means he supervised the production of it. Katoki is one of the few mecha designers who are also competent toy/product designers.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 30 Apr 2019 02:32:15 No.7518275 Report

Quoted By: >>7518365

>>7518045
apples to oranges, retard

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 1431261311293.jpg, 2MiB, 1920x1276

Anonymous Tue 30 Apr 2019 03:40:20 No.7518365 Report

Quoted By: >>7518458 >>7518480 >>7518864

>>7518119
>fit together into fully possable figures with tons of variety and interchangeability between sets
>has any bearing on surface detail level of each individual highly articulated and interchangeable piece

>>7518275
>comparable scale
>apples to oranges

The reputation for low IQ among giant robot builders is well deserved, it seems.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 30 Apr 2019 04:03:57 No.7518396 Report

Quoted By:

>>7517895
Not exactly. Yes, he did the lineart for the kit, but for it to specially be a ver. Ka he has to oversee and be involved in every step of the kits design from part seperation to runner placement to decals. If not its treated as a regular MG kit like the wing ver EW kits.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 30 Apr 2019 05:00:28 No.7518458 Report

Quoted By: >>7518524

>>7518045
>>7518365
The guy telling you apples to oranges wasn't referring to the scale. And this isn't about surface detail either. Nobody even mentioned that term before you.

We are discussing the complexity and impressive color separation of Koto's articulated snapfit kits, which many of their contemporaries don't come close to (hell, even Bandai falls behind them in a few ways). Military modeling is an entirely different topic with no real relation to what we're currently discussing. It mostly comes off like you trying to forcibly insert yourself into a conversation and change the subject, then getting outraged when people tell you off for it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 30 Apr 2019 05:24:44 No.7518480 Report

Quoted By: >>7518524 >>7518749

>>7518365
No one mentioned surface detail. They mentioned lots of parts and that they were happy with the size. They mentioned the modular nature of the kits, the posability. etc.

YOU are the one who decided to talk about surface detail. No one else brought this up, no one made any claims about it good or bad.

YOU are the one who are apparently lacking any sort of reading comprehension.

YOU are the one arguing a point that no one made and then acting superior.

No, they don't have surface detail equal to military kits because their focus is not on making an extremely detailed brick. They have entirely different goals in mind. They're modular building systems and part of that modularity is that they can't have insane surface detail. Because having huge amounts of detail would not only cause huge amounts of clashing, but would also limit movement and utility of pieces and increase likelihood of breaking.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 1431261042964.jpg, 2MiB, 1920x1276

Anonymous Tue 30 Apr 2019 06:23:51 No.7518524 Report

Quoted By: >>7518549 >>7518861 >>7518863

>>7518458
>>7518480
The original poster said "simple and dumbed down" and "smaller scale".

In fact 1/24 is a "bigger" scale as in you are closer to 1/1 than say 1/144 so it stands to reason that the subject should be more detailed than your standard robot action figure. It should have fucking gears and actuators and wires and shit. If not as separate parts then at least molded on.

The fact that the actual kit is a bunch of smooth blocks with little to no detail that would suggest how the thing is supposed to move itself is to me the definition of "simple" and "dumbed down". You appear to have a different definition.

With that I stand by my earlier assessment and rest my case.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO file.png, 750KiB, 610x800

Anonymous Tue 30 Apr 2019 06:43:01 No.7518549 Report

Quoted By:

>>7518524
>little to no detail that would suggest how the thing is supposed to move itself
So you haven't looked at the thing, is what I'm reading.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 30 Apr 2019 07:05:23 No.7518555 Report

Quoted By: >>7518562 >>7518609

>>7518045
Weird.
It's almost like the model kit line about giant robot animals being piloted by knights with machine guns isn't supposed to be realistic and you are a braindead retard.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 30 Apr 2019 07:19:52 No.7518562 Report

Quoted By:

>>7518555
god i wish it was real

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 30 Apr 2019 08:23:02 No.7518609 Report

Quoted By:

>>7518555
Don't forget that they're powered by mystical hexagons.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 1554769573249-1.png, 268KiB, 664x374

Anonymous Tue 30 Apr 2019 09:20:11 No.7518648 Report

Quoted By: >>7518652

Question for serious modelers

Do you look down on people who don't paint their kits?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 30 Apr 2019 09:26:18 No.7518652 Report

Quoted By: >>7518660

>>7518648
only to those snapfitter who dare to talk shit on others

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 30 Apr 2019 09:38:42 No.7518660 Report

Quoted By: >>7518669

>>7518652
Why? Most kits nowadays don't require any painting whatsoever.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 30 Apr 2019 09:53:23 No.7518669 Report

Quoted By: >>7518676

>>7518660
then keep it for yourself no need to brag about it

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 30 Apr 2019 10:03:20 No.7518676 Report

Quoted By: >>7518746

>>7518669
I've never seen anyone brag about their unpainted kits.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 20140902_125202.jpg, 2MiB, 2448x3264

Anonymous Tue 30 Apr 2019 12:22:33 No.7518746 Report

Quoted By: >>7518790

>>7518676
Haven't seen much then

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 30 Apr 2019 12:25:33 No.7518749 Report

Quoted By: >>7518836 >>7518867

>>7518480
I think this is the fag that forced that retarded split in the general some years ago. I don't get the elitism, plastic models are plastic models, and it's a fucking hobby.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 30 Apr 2019 13:18:50 No.7518790 Report

Quoted By: >>7518862

>>7518746
What's wrong about this?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 30 Apr 2019 14:05:04 No.7518836 Report

Quoted By: >>7518867 >>7519097 >>7519166

>>7518749
Koto kits are overpriced. Enough said.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 30 Apr 2019 14:24:11 No.7518861 Report

Quoted By:

>>7518524
Yes he did say simple and dumbed down. But he was specifically talking about part count. You can tell that because he specifically said things like "Lots of moving parts" and "Tons of small pieces" and how he had a picture showing how many parts there are. He never said ANYTHING about surface detail.

Again, you're arguing a point that YOU made up and that the original poster never claimed. And I know your autism won't let you accept that you just misinterpreted a post and got super defensive about your military model preference, so how about you just go off to the scale model thread and post your shit there?

Also, you missed a spot on the shovel, where it connects to that strap or binder or whatever it is.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 30 Apr 2019 14:25:17 No.7518862 Report

Quoted By:

>>7518790
The nubs are still attached. Not nub marks but actual nubs still there.

Which I mean...if he wants to do it like that thats fine but its not something to brag about.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 30 Apr 2019 14:25:22 No.7518863 Report

Quoted By:

>>7518524
T. Retard

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 30 Apr 2019 14:26:24 No.7518864 Report

Quoted By:

>>7518365
Damn, that tank build looks like ass senpai

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 30 Apr 2019 14:28:50 No.7518867 Report

Quoted By:

>>7518749
I think when the guy first said something about how he was glad the hexagears weren't smaller and dumbed down or simplified the other guy took it to be bad mouthing against smaller kits, specifically military kits. And when people repeatedly pointed out he misinterpreted the idea he just got defensive. Either that or he's an autist or a ebic troll.

>>7518836
This post
>>7518117
Has a list of 4 reasons they are more expensive than some other kits.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 30 Apr 2019 17:56:00 No.7519097 Report

Quoted By:

>>7518836
>t. underage poorfag

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 30 Apr 2019 19:16:58 No.7519166 Report

Quoted By:

>>7518836
More like gunpla is underpriced.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 20190430_172427.jpg, 3MiB, 4032x1960

Anonymous Tue 30 Apr 2019 23:05:01 No.7519497 Report

Quoted By: >>7519538 >>7519704 >>7520166

Got my 1/500 yamato in today and started on it. Wanting to get a lighting kit got it though. Any suggestions if I'm absolute shite at soldering?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 30 Apr 2019 23:23:50 No.7519538 Report

Quoted By: >>7519573

>>7519497
get better at soldering

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 30 Apr 2019 23:40:53 No.7519573 Report

Quoted By: >>7520165

>>7519538
I'd love to, but my nerve damage makes my hands shake like a pair of DD's in an earthquake

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO P8032161.jpg, 674KiB, 2304x1296

Anonymous Wed 01 May 2019 01:15:17 No.7519704 Report

Quoted By: >>7519754

>>7519497
Kit is super fun, but good luck filling the seams on the side panels, even more so if you want to leave the engine bay accessible.

Also be super careful with all the anti-air batteries. You can gently bend them back straight but you don't want to snap any off.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 May 2019 01:50:07 No.7519754 Report

Quoted By: >>7519813

>>7519704
>Painting the ballast ports as windows
But why?

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO P8032167.jpg, 509KiB, 2304x1296

Anonymous Wed 01 May 2019 02:33:12 No.7519813 Report

Quoted By: >>7519884

>>7519754
More color variation and/or things got out of hand.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 May 2019 03:38:00 No.7519884 Report

Quoted By: >>7519888

>>7519813
its a ~space~ battleship, fuck ballasts

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 May 2019 03:40:02 No.7519888 Report

Quoted By:

>>7519884
>Putting windows along the side of a spaceship hull
Honestly thats even more retarded, unless they have Star Trek tier shields

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO airbrush.jpg, 68KiB, 1159x289

Anonymous Wed 01 May 2019 05:25:51 No.7519980 Report

Quoted By: >>7519991 >>7519998

I've been hand painting for a while, and now I'm looking to buy my first airbrush to try and up my game. I don't know what the fuck I'm doing though to be honest. Here's what I've found so far.

Am I missing anything crucial (other than a respirator)? Are there better buyers guides out there that can give me better information? I didn't find much in OP's guide.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 May 2019 05:36:40 No.7519991 Report

Quoted By: >>7519993 >>7520000 >>7520001

>>7519980
you'll want a spraybooth, painting clips, holder for said clips, thinner, paint, pipettes, mixing containers, airbrush holder, a nice dust free environment to place your parts in, and most importantly a surface prepped kit

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 May 2019 05:38:25 No.7519993 Report

Quoted By:

>>7519991
oh and masking tape and sticky tack

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 May 2019 05:42:03 No.7519998 Report

Quoted By: >>7520001

>>7519980
You might find an airbrush with larger cup to be easier to clean.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 May 2019 05:44:16 No.7520000 Report

Quoted By: >>7520045

>>7519991
any recommendations for an airbrush holder?

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 71rNxyH96sL._SL1500_.jpg, 100KiB, 870x1500

Anonymous Wed 01 May 2019 05:45:47 No.7520001 Report

Quoted By: >>7520004 >>7520021 >>7520022

>>7519998
someone suggested pic related, it's cheaper so I might go with that. Ease of cleaning is definitely important to me though.

>>7519991
Is an airbrush holder important? Or can I just place it up against something? I've got everything else, other than that and a spraybooth.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 May 2019 05:47:50 No.7520004 Report

Quoted By:

>>7520001
Airbrush holders are very, very convenient.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 880756756.g_400-w_g.jpg, 26KiB, 400x400

Anonymous Wed 01 May 2019 05:58:52 No.7520021 Report

Quoted By: >>7520045

>>7520001
These things give you somewhere to rest the airbrush and somewhere to spray into for cleaning, which is all you need.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 144B4638-029C-11E6-BD46-6BC7006A (...).png, 354KiB, 266x550

Anonymous Wed 01 May 2019 05:58:52 No.7520022 Report

Quoted By: >>7520048

>>7520001
>pic related
0.2mm is probably not what you want as your first airbrush. Creos has 0.3mm, get that instead.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 May 2019 06:36:41 No.7520045 Report

Quoted By:

>>7520000
Not him, but I just use my sprayout pot. ala >>7520021 You can cheap out on that bit, as it doesn't do much and needn't be fancy.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 May 2019 06:37:44 No.7520048 Report

Quoted By: >>7520102

>>7520022
How are these to clean, anyway? I have an Eclipse right now and that's pretty easy.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO mr-hobby-mr-airbrush-parts-gsi-p (...).jpg, 146KiB, 1024x519

Anonymous Wed 01 May 2019 08:14:38 No.7520102 Report

Quoted By:

>>7520048
Eclipse is easier.

Creos nozzles are screwed on, but in the case of PS-270/289 you can clean it without unscrewing the nozzle if you unscrew the entire E assembly.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 May 2019 10:18:55 No.7520165 Report

Quoted By:

>>7519573
My hands shake a lot too, mostly due to anxiety. I suggest getting clamps/clips to secure your shit in place, this helps me a lot. Steading the soldering iron is hard enough without worrying about my hand holding the part shaking too.

I haven't tried this one personally (though I probably should), but I hear the gun-style soldering irons are easier to use than the traditional screwdriver-looking ones.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 May 2019 10:21:50 No.7520166 Report

Quoted By:

>>7519497
Having a third hand/clamp kind of thing to hold up the model. Hold the soldering iron as you normally would but prop the part of your right hand (assuming you're right handed) against your left hand.
Apply pressure to each hand against the other and try to move like that and do fine movement just with your fingers. It should steady you enough.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 May 2019 13:18:51 No.7520276 Report

Quoted By:

Hey, quick question: Does anyone know what kind of action base adapter the MG qubeley, specifically the damned version, uses? I'm trying to get it up on a base but none of the attachment points seem to work. The 7mm crotch cradle is too small and I don't see any attachment points for the other kinds. The thing's instructions also don't mention anything.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 May 2019 15:53:09 No.7520406 Report

Quoted By: >>7520408 >>7520409 >>7520472

Any supplies or tools particularly worth getting in Japan?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 May 2019 15:54:10 No.7520408 Report

Quoted By:

>>7520406
Everything. But definitely God Hands. It generally depends on what you build.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO TOL-00000376.jpg, 48KiB, 600x600

Anonymous Wed 01 May 2019 15:55:43 No.7520409 Report

Quoted By: >>7520521 >>7522059

>>7520406
FAG paints

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 May 2019 17:10:48 No.7520472 Report

Quoted By: >>7520521

>>7520406
I've heard good things about Gaia paints.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 May 2019 17:54:10 No.7520521 Report

Quoted By: >>7520724 >>7521018

>>7520409
>>7520472
>Bringing flammables onto a plane
IATA would like to have a word with you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 May 2019 20:38:47 No.7520724 Report

Quoted By: >>7521330

>>7520521
I've brought paints back to the US on intentional flights multiple times. Even got caught once coming back from Taiwan, but the guy searching my bag didn't seem to care. Seems like they only care if it's like meat or a battery.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 May 2019 21:22:47 No.7520760 Report

Quoted By: >>7520828 >>7520829 >>7521725 >>7521819

Are there any kits with hands with trigger fingers and karate chop hands?

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO file.png, 2MiB, 1005x1200

Anonymous Wed 01 May 2019 22:24:25 No.7520828 Report

Quoted By: >>7521725

>>7520760
Koto makes hands

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO file.png, 2MiB, 1006x1200

Anonymous Wed 01 May 2019 22:25:12 No.7520829 Report

Quoted By: >>7521725

>>7520760
Lots of hands of all styles.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 May 2019 00:54:05 No.7521018 Report

Quoted By:

>>7520521
Hey, you're not guaranteed to get caught. You also have the option to ship it back to yourself. You can be a good boy and use sea mail or a bad boy and use something else. I've gotten paint shipped to me that way.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 May 2019 01:24:22 No.7521046 Report

Quoted By: >>7521566 >>7521580

>GBWC USA confirmed to be a popularity contest

Welp, there goes the hobby

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 May 2019 06:14:59 No.7521330 Report

Quoted By:

>>7520724
Checked baggage?
Not sure I want them to crack open my checked luggage.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 May 2019 12:37:47 No.7521566 Report

Quoted By:

>>7521046
>public voting
japan does the same thing but this makes usa feel like a bigger market than it actually is

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 May 2019 13:03:48 No.7521580 Report

Quoted By: >>7521597

>>7521046
>popularity contest.

Sort of, and only for the SD course and as a sort of pre selection for which kits will go to two of the most popular locations to be judged normally due to limited amount of space and how many entries they get every year and how difficult it can be to even get tickets to the event.
> Also for Anime Expo and NYCC we will be running a online contest. Entries will be posted online and the general public will vote on which are the best. The top 10 will receive free badges (no flight or hotel and each winner will receive 1 badge) to either Anime Expo or NYCC depending on which you signed up for. The 10 will be displayed at the Bluefin Booth and those 10 will be judged by Bluefin/Bandai
>For the SD Course entries will be voted for online and the winner over all will receive a prize from Bluefin.

Making it a public poll is stupid though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 May 2019 13:31:26 No.7521597 Report

Quoted By: >>7524412

>>7521580
they do public voting in japan, how much different is america going to be?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 May 2019 14:10:31 No.7521647 Report

Quoted By: >>7521676 >>7521735 >>7521745 >>7524974

Is it autistic to get into gunpla without seeing the show?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 May 2019 14:33:29 No.7521676 Report

Quoted By:

>>7521647
Hell no. The shows are mostly boring as hell, I've tried and quit a bunch of them. Whereas kits are fun as hell even if you have no clue what the source material is like. Buy what you think looks cool, have a blast building and posing, enjoy life.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 10432971.jpg, 23KiB, 300x274

Anonymous Thu 02 May 2019 15:08:24 No.7521725 Report

Quoted By: >>7521728 >>7521729 >>7521859

>>7520760
>>7520828
>>7520829
Koto makes hands and then koto makes HANDS

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 May 2019 15:09:34 No.7521728 Report

Quoted By: >>7521736 >>7521757

>>7521725
Informationpill me on Koto, I really like the look of Hexa Gear

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 May 2019 15:11:32 No.7521729 Report

Quoted By:

>>7521725
>this is my fapping hand

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO mg-msm-03-gogg-00.jpg, 54KiB, 740x740

Anonymous Thu 02 May 2019 15:13:46 No.7521735 Report

Quoted By:

>>7521647
Personally I have like 50 fucking kits sitting in my backlog and I don't give a shit about most gundam stuff. I've seen some of the shows, generally just parts that I caught on toonami back in the day (Wing, 8th ms, g-gundam, etc) but I still enjoy building the kits even with no knowledge of what they're supposed to be representing. I've never seen the one year war or the OG show or whatever but I love the old school chunky designs like the gyan and the amphibious suits.

Just do what you want.

Also, unrelated note to the rest of you, just finished Master Grade Gogg. Recommend me another solid chunky boi. Thinking of the Dom.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 May 2019 15:13:48 No.7521736 Report

Quoted By:

>>7521728
Pricey but especially their recent kits are quite good.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 May 2019 15:22:42 No.7521745 Report

Quoted By:

>>7521647
No, especially if you prefer customs/kit bash.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 May 2019 15:31:36 No.7521757 Report

Quoted By: >>7521763

>>7521728
I'm the anon up here
>>7513814
So I'm clearly in favor of hexagear.

Koto kits are generally gonna be

1. More expensive than bandai kits. This is because of how they handle their kits and the simple fact that they don't control as much of the market.

2. The kits are gonna have a huge number of runners, often very small runners, in lots of different colors. If you see a little colored part on a kit, that's because that's a little separate piece you stick in there. This is in contrast to bandai who will often use stickers and gives you big single color runners. Their kits will also often come with prepainted sections.

3. Their engineering is more precise, for better and for worse. Their Frame Arms Girls and Megami Device kits are probably the best humanoid kits on the market in terms of sheer posability, for instance. However their use of many small parts can make the kit feel unstable sometimes and can require gluing things in. Also they're known for having some VERY tight tolerances. Pegs will fit in perfectly, but only just at the right angle. They're not as forgiving as Bandai and as such can be a bit harder to put together.

As per hexagear in general, very fun and interesting kits with the neat interchangeability gimmick. You can do a heck of a lot with them if you're willing to treat them like fiddly lego. The only real issue with them is that because they are designed to be taken apart and changed around, they are sometimes a bit prone to fall apart. Some kits, Like the squid, are more prone to this than others and the bulkarm, from what I've heard, is an absolute tank of a kit. If you want to get into it I recommend an "Early governor" and the vehicle of your choosing. Something solid like a bandit wheel or demolition brute or bulkarm might be best but its up to you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 May 2019 15:34:29 No.7521763 Report

Quoted By: >>7521770

>>7521757
>more precise
>not as forgiving
This. With Bandai you can usually get away with being a novice/crappy builder, twisting parts off sprues and leaving giant nubs on. With Koto, and Hexa Gear in particular, you better trim those damn nubs flat or things are simply not going to fit together.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO d1945d668128b1fd2dcdc42cbfca2c3e.jpg, 56KiB, 666x1000

Anonymous Thu 02 May 2019 15:38:37 No.7521768 Report

Quoted By: >>7521801

Okay, why does everybody love this kit again? I mean, the engineering is really advanced, but I'm having such a bad time with it. Every time I pose it, it creaks and squeaks terribly like a rickety house about to fall over. Parts are falling off literally all the time--the soles of the feet will shoot off if I even breathe on them. And what's with the weird ankle joint design? It just slides right out of the socket so easily, there's nothing to secure it in there.

I'm puzzled by so much of this kit. It feels totally different from all my other MGs, in a bad way.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 May 2019 15:39:46 No.7521770 Report

Quoted By:

>>7521763
The good part is that a lot of hexagear connections are made using generic hexagram connectors, which are the gimmick of the kit and are designed to be relatively easy to go together. Some of the other parts though.... The eyes on the squid were a fucking nightmare of being tiny, sharp and difficult to put in.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 May 2019 15:59:05 No.7521801 Report

Quoted By: >>7521827

>>7521768
some of those problems could be fixed with glue.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 1526388980523.jpg, 110KiB, 720x480

Anonymous Thu 02 May 2019 16:10:12 No.7521819 Report

Quoted By:

>>7520760
>karate chop hands?
Build/Try Burning Gundam

>trigger fingers
lots of HGUC kits usually have a right trigger hand
00 diver has a left and right trigger hand

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 May 2019 16:14:24 No.7521827 Report

Quoted By:

>>7521801
I know, I'm in the process of gluing stuff currently. But I'm just saying, Bandai prides themselves on their "no glue required" snapfit builds, so I really didn't expect this kit (which I'd heard was an engineering marvel) to be one of the worst feeling and jankiest builds I've felt in a long time. I have literally 10+ year old MGs that feel better to handle and pose.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO PassionlipSprite2.png, 693KiB, 1159x1101

Anonymous Thu 02 May 2019 16:39:42 No.7521859 Report

Quoted By: >>7521869 >>7521871 >>7521873

>>7521725
How large is this hand? Was thinking of trying to recreate pic related in plamo form (yes, her hands are massive enough for her to sit on).

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 16-1[1].jpg, 201KiB, 800x534

Anonymous Thu 02 May 2019 16:52:54 No.7521869 Report

Quoted By: >>7521886

>>7521859
It's not on that level, but still quite a unit.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 245864_1b91e974-507c-46ee-9855-a (...).jpg, 39KiB, 700x701

Anonymous Thu 02 May 2019 16:53:28 No.7521871 Report

Quoted By: >>7521886

>>7521859
Here it is on an HG

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO file.png, 495KiB, 610x580

Anonymous Thu 02 May 2019 16:54:21 No.7521873 Report

Quoted By: >>7521886

>>7521859
Well, you could always stick it on sylphy.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 May 2019 17:04:29 No.7521886 Report

Quoted By: >>7522041

>>7521869
>>7521871
>>7521873
The perspectives are helpful. Yeah, the Kotobukiya hand will seem to work best in an SD-fied Passionlip. Thanks, anon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 May 2019 18:26:12 No.7522041 Report

Quoted By:

>>7521886
Overed Manipulator is the name

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 May 2019 18:33:52 No.7522059 Report

Quoted By: >>7522144

>>7520409

Oh, shit. They have miku green paint? Is that something HLJ would stock?

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO file.png, 2MiB, 930x1460

Anonymous Thu 02 May 2019 19:12:49 No.7522144 Report

Quoted By: >>7522334

>>7522059
>HLJ
It'd be a huge pain to import. You could just mix your own.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 May 2019 19:15:06 No.7522147 Report

Quoted By: >>7522165

why is it so much nicer here than on the /m/ thread?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 May 2019 19:26:24 No.7522165 Report

Quoted By:

>>7522147
the /m/ thread is an amalgam between /toy/, /v/, /tv/ and /a/, here is comfy

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny Thu 02 May 2019 19:28:49 No.7522171 Report

Quoted By:

New thread: >>7522169

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 May 2019 21:52:28 No.7522334 Report

Quoted By:

>>7522144
>It'd be a huge pain to import.

What do you mean? I've ordered tamiya paints from Japan before. It wasn't any more of a pain to import than anything else.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 May 2019 07:55:21 No.7524412 Report

Quoted By:

>>7521597
well all the jewtubers are complaining that it's going to be just full of votes from followers.

Doesn't make any sense, none of the jewtubers compete in gbwc so, why the fuck would it be any different this year.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 May 2019 20:09:57 No.7524974 Report

Quoted By:

>>7521647
yes go watch gundam you tard

Capcode	All Only User Posts Only Verified Posts Only Moderator Posts Only Manager Posts Only Admin Posts Only Developer Posts Only Founder Posts
Show Posts	All Only With Images Only Without Images Only Spoiler Images Only Non-Spoiler Images
Deleted Posts	All Only Deleted Posts Only Non-Deleted Posts
Ghost Posts	All Only Ghost Posts Only Non-Ghost Posts
Post Type	All Only Sticky Threads Only Opening Posts Only Reply Posts
Results	All Grouped By Threads
Order	Latest Posts First Oldest Posts First

On these archives

Your latest searches

Gunpla/Plamo General