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-= ACE CUSTOM GROUPBUILD =-

Build, customize, and paint a grunt mobile suit up for use by an ace pilot.
>You are taking the role of the Ace Pilot here - You're making the design choices when it comes to loadout, paint scheme, and suit customizations.
>Think about what your Ace specializes in, is he all in on offensive power, speed and maneuverability, or bulk and defense?
>While your pilot is an ace, he's not so special that he's getting super secret prototypes like Gundams or Mobile Armors. Keep your grunt relatively grounded to whatever setting it's from.

Send your entries to gunplaplamo@gmail.com with at least 5 photos of your finished build along with any WIP photos and a description of your entry.
>START: 12/13/25
>END: 3/31/26

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Post your WIPs!

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Why would anyone buy this for $787?
You could easily paint this color and if you're a snapfag, Daban's is like 1/20 the price.

>>23763504
B-BUT MUH RARE KIT MUH AFTERMARKET SALES MUH MUH MUH

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>>23763504
It looks nice, I would get it if its like $120-150 bucks like the clear version.

>>23763504
Gunpla is for collectors, not modelers. And bootlegs invalidate the collection

>>23763504
I feel like a marble version would look sick but you could just get the regular version, prime white, and follow some 40k painters tutorial on painting marble texture.

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Which one is better?

>>23763509
>Makes Chingchong styled Gundam kit
>Charges 800bucks for it

>>23763525
I'm biased towards tamiya so I'll say pure metallic red

>>23763530
Don't forget all the pieces which aren't undergated!

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>>23763489
get katoki'd

Will they reprint the PGU Nu after this run or will it be decades before they reprint it?

>>23763618
The PGU is reprinted pretty regularly so I think the Nu will be too.

>>23763618
This first batch is selling out so quickly that they absolutely will reprint it ASAP.

>>23763630
the bandai slop consumers strike again.

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So, I got these resin shoes for a 30MS girl and I have a question. Do I need to realpaint everything or can I leave the red as it is? I've only worked with a resin kit thing once.

>>23763643
>Do I need to
If you're fine with the look, then no?

>>23763643
Resin doesn't like being exposed to UV at all. You need to at least put some UV cut topcoat on it.

How is girlpla any different from barbie dolls? You dress them up in cute clothes and cute shoes.

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>buy a MGEX Kshatriya for under $150
>see a bunch of 3D print and photo etch aftermarket parts
>do research and find which ones are good for replacing parts on the kit and order them
>they arrive before the Kshatriya itself despite being ordered like a week later
I guess Ali just has trouble shipping big packages, and doing it in the middle of Chinese New Year probably doesn't help either.

>>23763660
>buying extra greeble

>>23763645
Got it, I thought exposed resin was bad or something
>>23763648
Noted, thank you
>>23763654
The difference is that most girlpla is 1/12, so it's not as easy to get clothes

>>23763654
Intent and demographic.

>>23763661
A bunch of the pieces deviate too much from the original for my liking. And I couldn't pass up on the miniature Marida figure.

>>23763662
How big are Barbies by comparison?

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Post your shelves and/or customs!

>>23763666
Barbies are like 1/6th scale. 12" or so.

>>23763672
All right, yeah that's way cheaper and easier to obtain. I regularly see 1/6 scale doll clothing on Ali for like a third of the price of 1/12 clothing.

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>>23763666
Barbies are supposed to be 1/6, so around the same size as a Koto Grande Scale. I have Baselard here so this should be close to the size difference with a Barbie

>>23763674
I wish there was more trappla.

>>23763674
FUCK, I uploaded the unedited pic
>>23763677
Same, Bridget got a few recolors but I didn't feel like it was worth it so I didn't Preordered them

>>23763673
yeah; small shit is harder to sew.

>>23763674
Was the grande scale worth the price? even with being 2x taller, it just seems like a rip to me.

I buy bootleg tiddy figures from e2046 and sell them on ebay for double the price to people who either cant tell or dont care that I painted it myself. Haven't gotten a single complaint yet

>>23763691
It sounds like you're just selling your paintjobs

>>23763691
Your paint job is likely higher quality.

>>23763691
You turn a decent profit off that?

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>>23763681
To be perfectly honest, not really, at least not Baselard. The armor is so top heavy and unwieldy that it's a pain in the ass to move and pose even with the stand and it's already kind of floppy so I'll never use the armor bits. I don't regret getting her because having a 1/6 cute poseable bunny girl is pretty neat and once they release a dress up body S I can get clothes for her, but it's a hard recommend, even if I had fun building her. The other Grande Scale girls with less spread armaments might be a better final experience, but I only like Baselard so I'll never know for sure. If they release "light armor" versions, you could hop on that if you're interested

I should put together a striker pack for my skygrasper that has sub arms on it to make it a grasp grasper.

>>23763716
Sure. sounds neat. post when you make it.

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>>23763488
>>23763489

Finally scratchbuilt ankle joints for the feet for all axis movement, plus some pretty powerful magnets in the toes for stability. The red primer is a little orange peel-ish but hopefully will smooth out when I wipe it down with mineral spirits.
Still lots to do on the legs, hips and belly, but it's coming together nicely.

I think I have ADHD

Where does a leaf order waterslide decals that don't either have $8-$15 shipping and/or cost $20?

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Started to apply colors on Turn A, hopefully putting Tamiya and Mr.Hobby acrylics on top of Vallejo primer won't cause issues later on

>>23763758
>Using Vallejo primer and Tamiya acrylics on hg turn a
This was going to be me in a few weeks. Please report back here if something goes wrong.

>>23763754
Delpi offers free shipping for bulk orders.

>>23763758
I've done this plenty of times. It shouldn't react.

>>23763758
Someone said that vallejo doesn't mix well with other brands but I haven't found any evidence on said claim.

>>23763768
It won't mix well with paints which aren't water soluble but once it's dry it won't react to them any more than any other acrylic based paint.

>>23763758
Just take ample time in between to let it dry and there should be no broplems.

>>23763691
>double the price
You're most likely underselling your skills desu

>>23763794
He is a humble artist making lovingly painted oppai affordable to the public.

have a question, if you're building something that has a part you build, say, 8 times from two identical runners, but each runner has 5 (sets) of the piece/s you need, do you use 5 from one and three from the other, 4 from each or do you just build all ten?

>>23763812
the first option.

>>23763812
I do as the instructions say without question or thinking for myself

>>23763813
why? does clearing up a runner feel more like completing something than leaving one piece in there? kinda like 'that’s taken care of, next'

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God Damn. PBandai do you want my left nut too?

>>23763824
Coincidentally that's what they used to make these and that's why it's so expensive.

>>23763822
yeah, at least for me, because then I can recycle it pretty much right away, have less clutter

>>23763824
Why is this so expansive? Seems like a simple pearl finish to. It's not that hard to paint that yourself.

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Fuck this is beautiful. I don't know if it's $200 beautiful, but it's def nice looking.

>>23763869
It's probably one of those "special" coatings, but also because bandai can get away with charging that much money as the slop consumers will pay it. Though I'll admit the clear/gold Hyaku shiki is nice. >>23763880

>>23763824
>Twilight coating
What's next, Aurora Borealis coating?

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Thinking of doing my own Dahle/Zanny kitbash (which should really be a Gunpla nut's rite of passage, all things considered). What kits should I use?

>>23763895
what scale?

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if this was white instead of clear it would be insta buy

>>23763895
Origin zaku and a ground jim

>>23763899
Paint

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>Metallic Gloss Injection Psycho Mk1
I'm a big fan of the Mk1 because it's a big stupid boxy war crime. I dunno. It's kind of tempting, but I already have a MK1. While I enjoyed the kit and have wanted to get a second to maybe try my hand a paint job, painting a special injection version would be silly.

>>23763881
it's not even special
it's just the bog standard coating, but applied to the interior side instead of both, and using yellow plastic instead of clear.
only thing I think could make it actually that expensive is if they are hand cleaning the overspray from the clear side.

>>23763880
Gonna be honest, this looks like your urine after 2 cans of Red Bull.

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>>23763880
>The Pisslord cometh....

>>23763910
I thought that one had the inverse side plated? Or was that just the MGEX mech clear Strike Freedom?

>>23763909
The nubs on this kit are insane. Unless they changed the molds to be undergated it's gonna look rough.

>>23763911
I drink like 3 a day and my urine doesn't look like that.

>>23763920
both sides are almost always plated. this time they just plated the back side.

>>23763921
>The nubs on this kit are insane. Unless they changed the molds to be undergated it's gonna look rough.
I'll have to go over my kit again and see. It's been like a year since I built it.

>>23763924
That's what I meant. The guy I was replying to made it sound like it was a coating like the titanium coatings vs playing.

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Another day, another Piss Bandai exclusive

>>23763939
>>23763940
>Mr President, a second D Gundam hit Pbandai

WHO THE FUCK AUTHORISED THIS? LIKE WHOOOOO THE FUCK WAKES UP ONE DAY AND OHHH THIS VERY OBSCURE NOTAGUNDAM SHOULD HAVE A KIT.

>>23763944
>This very obscure notgundam should have a kit
Yes

>>23763939
>>23763940
Those safety flags look difficult to remove without fucking up the V-fin.

I'm tired of the Gundam IP boss

>>23763939
>>23763940
Hell yeah
D-Third soon

>>23763939
at first glance i don't see the difference with the first except seemingly less loadout
also, 4 captchas now, hiroyuki?

>>23763981
Different legs, skirt and shoulders.

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Finished the snap, but haven't done the dry transfers yet. Not too bad as far as build experiences go. Definitely dated, though.

>>23763985
Gouf 2.0 is fine. You haven't seen truly outdated engineering.

>>23763988
NTA but i have built a handful of those old 1/100 nonscale F91 kits ( Hardygun, G Cannon ) and they feel like early 2000s HG. Most of people definitely experienced that old engineering and it is not that scary. Bad assembly experience mostly come from weird bad ideas that Bandai used in the past.

>>23763985
post snapgod kinos

Why are you even in the hobby if you just just snapbuild? Are you an unc?

>>23763997
I like putting together plastic toy robots.

>>23763997
this is a hobby for snapgods

Did anyone preorder the Strange Work Monument EX?

>>23763989
I think old kits are a lot of fun, personally, There was a period where every time I posted a build people would ask why it's always shit from before 2001

>>23763989
>Bad assembly experience mostly come from weird bad ideas that Bandai used in the past.
The seamline down the middle of the head of the MG Zaku and Zaku II 1.0

>>23764005
That's literally nothing. The 1.0 articulated hand is pure cancer.

>>23763939
>>23763940
FUCK YEAH

>>23763944
FUCK YOU

>>23763944
I'M GOING TO BREAK YOUR LEGS

What are the chances Bandai makes a MG Bael?

Bandai fell off so never. Chang will do it.

>>23764037
Very high, all the work with the Gundam Frame has already been done so we'll also see Lupus Rex, Gusion Rebake, Gusion Rebake Full City, Flauros, Kimaris, Kimaris Trooper and Kimaris Vidar at the very least. Very likely also Marchosias, Hajiroboshi and Astaroth, but as P-Bandai.

>>23764046
Gremory.... forgotten....

>>23764046
Implying we're getting anything more than bael and lupus rex from modern bandai

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>>23763489
Base paint is done on the bootleg mk-iii. It's pretty good. There's some parts that need a bit of excessive force to put together but they're all localized to the chest. It really was just the two chest parts and getting the backpack on. The bootleg plastic also seems to resist paint sticking and smelled kinda funny when I sanded it. No amount of sanding or cleaning seemed to help the adhesion. It's strange stuff. I eventually realized that it was resisting the lacquer based primer I was using but didn't seem to mind regular aqueous paint. I do not understand it.
The color scheme is based on the test unit but I added a darker chest and a yellow crest to make it feel more like a gundam.

>>23764064
Kimaris vidar would be cool

>>23763985
>Definitely dated, though
Huh? I mean yeah the kit is older but it's also (asking with the even older Zaku 2 2.0) one of the best engineered MG kits ever. I feel like this kit could have been released last year and be as good or better than most mgs that came out in the last 5 years. In what way is it dated besides actually just being old?

>>23764081
me and who in the back

Should I get a RG Zeong for $50 usd or wait for a Chang upscale

>banned by hlj months ago after not paying for a pre-order due to them tariff tip bullshit + them making it so you can no longer cancel pre-orders.
>they just charged my banned account for a pre-order that I had placed on it.
I hate them so much

>>23764134
Dispute the charges

>>23764134
>after not paying for a pre-order
Doesn't that shit happen automatically?

>>23764139
Nope.

>>23764136
I'm going to but it just pisses me off. The whole thing where they quietly limited your ability to cancel pre-orders just as shipping skyrocketed was super shady. I had items in my private warehouse that I had already paid for, but it just wasn't worth it to me to pay more for shipping than the kits actually cost.
>>23764139
I just moved my money to my savings account for a week.

>>23764146
The only japanese company I still do business with is surugaya these days. HLJ and amiami are horrible.

>>23763691
Bro, you might as well start taking commission jobs. I've seen on insta where people are charging like 3x of a kit's base price for that stuff.

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>>23763985
Ayy. I did one of these myself recently. Does your sword handle also not like staying on the hand peg?

>>23764214
If you put a drop of clear acrylic on the peg then put the sword in the hand before it dries it'll fix your issue.

>>23763940
This looks barely any different than the First to justify taking, but I'm looking forward for the T>>23763944
hird.

>everything has to be pre-ordered these days
fucking hell

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I wish the chinese would ship the decals I ordered with this. Crazy that I can get the kit, build it and paint it in the time it takes for them to put the decals on a truck. I wish a good country would make multi-use AEUG decals.

>>23764232
I have preordered three kits in my whole life. You really do not need to.

>>23764235
The people I share this hobby with in this country are all performative uncs who buy and never build then resells kits. I do need to unless it's a kit the nostalgic uncs don't care about.

>>23764239
>buy and never build then resells kits
Based

>>23764239
I don't know about that. I've never had problems finding something I'd like to build online or on shelves here in Ohio.

>>23764239
they're just backlogging bro

>>23764134
>Emailed them asking why the hell they charged a banned account for a pre-order
>Their response was to unban and say, well now you're not banned and you should have no problem paying $100000 for our currently extremely delayed shipping!

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>https://youtu.be/MJqZnKh1pVA?si=ajgH-iNFWwMhbqLI

Our one true queen has posted.

>>23764297
This is a dude, isn't it?

>>23764297
That's not Prime92

>>23764303
you can't tell with them chinamen sometimes

>>23764303
Looks like an average asian woman to me

>>23764303
>>23764307
>A hipster woman who is into niche hobby such as scale model painting
>Has the typical looks of someone who is into it
>Tranny tranny tranny!
She actually paints instead of pretending to like gunpla like Umi.

>>23764303
I think they call those "asians"

>>23764308
asian women have the best feet

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Enough of queens. Who is our king?

>>23764313
they all look same to me

>>23764325
Mechagaikotsu

>>23764327
*Jobby the hong

>>23764325
Zack

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Reject the clean paintjob. Embrace dieselpunk.

>>23764328
Jobber the who

>>23764325
Zak

Have any leafs here order any paints recently (past 4 months) from Aliexpress?

>>23764337
I tried and the RCMP showed up at my door

Canadians are doomed to be snapshitters

>>23764339
Trying to buy some Gaianotes since retailers everywhere haven't restocked them for months here, I'm desperate. Is it gonna be fucked by customs?

>>23764297
>Doesn't wash the pieces before painting. Just sands it and dusts it off.

It's over for the sonic cleaner shills.

>>23764341
snapgods*

>>23764344
Who the fuck wash the pieces before painting? As if the air moisture isn't bad enough.

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>This will arrive next week
What i'm up for ?

>>23764352
God this shit is ugly

>>23764325
zakau

>>23764304
He's dead jim, it's time to let go.

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>>23763489
snapped him and painted the shield and now im thinking if i want to keep his basic colours or paint him something else

Zak should review more Motor Nuclear kits

>>23764381
why is he reviewing so many chinkgod kinos

>>23764383
The Chinese saved mechapla

>>23764352
red gundam without the funnels. that's pretty much it!

>>23764409
Time to paint it red and make him custom funnels!

>>23764349
Japs do it, and most modellers do it. Wash with a sonic cleaner then dump it in a dryer or something.

>>23764430
>You see, we have to buy this drying machine made in 2010 and was the parts with a vegetable detox soap
Fuck off

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>>23763489
I'm batch painting some Maschinen Krieger kits. Working on 1/20 Falke for now.

>>23764339
>Hello ma'am we have been notified by the postal service that you tried to bypass the kings tax thus the package was destrodyed however you still owe the crown 1000£ as compensation. We will euthanize you if you refuse.

>>23764438
>I'm broke
ftfy.

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>when you peel off the tape and the fucking paint+primer comes along

>>23764526
>primer will make the paint adhere more bro!

>>23764527
It clearly did, but to the primer itself

>>23764445
>>23764331
based as fuck

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>>23764540
>his spray booth isn't saturated with acetone vapors to keep the plastic tender for primer particles to diffuse into it

>>23764526
>generic masking tape
oh no!

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I melted off eye detail on a clear piece while trying to remove paint with a hardware store thinner. Now I have to jump hoops with stickers to make half decent eyes. Fucking kill me

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>>23764579
it was actually this, and this purchase was a mistake

>>23764582
>hardware store thinner
shit anon what the fuck are you doing

>>23764594
I thought it melts shit only if you leave it soaked for a while...

>>23764596
Heavy duty thinner is like, for painting bricks and metal

>>23764270
That's genuinely brilliant.

>>23764582
Use IPA, hobby lacquer thinner already melts plastic what do you think would happen when you use the stronger version?

>>23764596
>he fell for the lacquer thinner is all the same shitposters.

>>23764596
While you're at it:
Lighter fluid, enamel thinner and the like will also rape your plastic by making it brittle unless primed.

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She's really cute

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Enough MT bullying. Grunts rise up.

How were your experiences with USAGS? I'm considering an order with them; but half of what I read online is negative regarding them.

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It's beautiful.

>>23764637
Cute

>>23764650
They take a while to ship but I've never had a bad experience with them.

>>23764650
Never had any issues with them

>>23764651
whoa damn! Hey you better show some progress pics, that kit looks awesome.

>>23764650
Memes aside, I've not had an issue. They usually throw a sticker in the order, though its not always consistent. Might just be a while supplies last. I think the two I have are a psycho mk2 and tequilla gundam. They often have 10-15% off sales and usually have an item of the day sale for like 30-50%.that's being said, their prices are pretty standard with some ups and downs, and shipping is $10, so factor that into it as well. Can't say I've had a negative experience, and my friend even had a kotobukiya part replaced through them, so I have second hand great experience.

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Why do they only sell this clear abomination? It's pbandai yet only $20. I assume the reason is that it sucks.

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>paint peeled off after I did decals
>tried to cover it with a decal
>it got worse
it's over...

>>23764682
Didn't let it cure long enough.

>>23764682
You're supposed to do a protective layer of topcoat and then decals.

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>>23764683
48 hours is long enough.
there's this one spot where paint just won't stick well
Before, grey primer turned white after it dried, had to prime it more, and then when I painted it red, this spot's red ended up lighter than the rest of the part, so I had to paint it more. just for this spot.
I don't know what caused this. is it because I didn't wash my parts?
>10 years old red Bandai gunpla
maybe that's why? but other parts don't have this problem, only this one particular spot for some reason

>>23764650
Never really had issues with them. I see a lot of negative comments online, but I've ordered and visited in person and it's been fine. The staff in the store were helpful and really knowledgeable, too.

>>23764650
I've purchased a lot of stuff from them. They seem to get stock later than others (or they wait to ship for some reason) but I have received everything I have purchased from them without issue.

>>23764687
What primer are you using?

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>>23764691
this one

>>23764650
The only problem is if you pre-order something from them, and one or more of the items in that order gets delayed. They'll only ship an order once everything in that order is ready (duh), so even if you bought something that they have in stock at the moment that you placed the order, you'll still have to wait if your order includes something that they don't get for another six months, and then if that item gets delayed another six months you end up waiting a full year for your order.

Overall they're pretty great, and as the other anon said they quite regularly have 15% off sitewide sales, sometimes 20% off for the special holidays. If you never pre-order from them you'll always get your stuff pretty quickly, and even if you do pre-order and something gets delayed you can e-mail their support to check on the status of the order, and one time I even had them immediately ship the parts of the order that were ready since only one item was delayed. As everyone has already said, the problem only comes when you pre-order from them, because their pre-order stuff tends to get delayed more often than not.

>>23764679
it's the old-ass NG 1/144 kit from the 90's, so yes, it sucks terribly. I've built it before, and while it was better than the other NG 1/144 kits of its time, it does not hold a candle to modern HG kits. The only reason they sell it is because it's literally the only way to get an official Devil Gundam kit.

>>23764695
I encountered a similar issue recently with lacquer primer not wanting to stick to questionable plastic. I didn't have adhesion issues with a less hot paint direct on plastic for some reason.
I suggest sanding it, cleaning it and trying aqueous paint instead. I have no idea why that worked for me.

>>23764700
the grey primer sticked, but it turned white after a while for a mysterious reason. you can see here >>23764687 the red paint peeled off, but the primer didn't.
I'm not gonna buy more stuff to finish this. I'll just blast it with more red, top coat and then hope for the best.

>>23764700
Speaking of Aqueous since I only use GSI's standard lacquers:
What's actually the difference between Aqueous and Acrysion?
Is the latter more akin to Tamiya's XF "waterbased-acrylics-but-not-really" paints?

>>23764706
Acrysion is more like vallejo and is pretty good for brush painting. Aqueous is the same as tamiya acrylics.

>>23764698
Why don't they just make a new Devil Gundam kit

>>23764736
Maybe they will at the end of this new HGFC run.
Speaking of which, we're long overdue for HG Bolt. Where the hell is it

>>23764736
wait 2-3 years
>>23764739
probably after kowloon or something lmao

>>23764698
>it's literally the only way to get an official Devil Gundam kit.
And this crime is unforgivable. Especially when they keep pumping out seed shit over and over in every grade.
These captcha are fucking retarded impossible

>>23764742
>And this crime is unforgivable. Especially when they keep pumping out seed shit over and over in every grade.
eh
it's a niche design at best
protagonist designs are what sell now
not antagonist that appeared in a couple episodes decades ago.

>>23764741
Honestly wouldn't mind Kowloon, it's a decent design and would make a nice lead up to RG Master announcement. We most definitely should've gotten it over fucking Mandala or whatever meme design they're cooking up next.

>>23764744
>We most definitely should've gotten it over fucking Mandala
mandala is a sick kit though
cooler than dragon

I think gunpla has just become an outlet for my spending addiction.

I seem to have killed my airbrush somehow

>>23764736
They won't because chinks are making theirs

>>23764752
What's wrong with it?

>>23764758
It will pass water or thinner but won't pass paint, so presumably it's clogged somewhere, but I can't figure out where. I've cleaned the ever living shit out of it, including the nozzle, but fucking nothing.

>>23764761
What kind of paint are you using?

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I was trying to do a stupid picture as I moved onto do the arms.
Then my cat decided Norn Ka was her friend.
I call it 'The Lioness Watches Her Pride'

>>23764771
Cute

>>23764617
I am genuinely going to drop a third bomb on Japan.

How long does it take P-Bandai to ship out a product that they currently have in stock?

>>23764134
>not having account with 0 money on it for hlj
rookie mistake

>>23764786
it's random as fuck one time they shipped it the day after I ordered and another time they took like 2 weeks. I think they ship once at the beginning of the month and again in the middle or something

>>23764786
It always takes a day or two when I order something they have in stock.

>>23764582
Post pics.

i just only preorder stuff i actually want then ship via surface. i love hlj

>>23764616
i sometimes use automotive lacquer thinner for priming if the bottle is closer to me and have never had issues. just have to to adjust your spray distance and psi because of how fast it dries. i've even used it on abs

>>23764331
>Christmas lights for missiles
Clever.

Is the P-Bandi surprise bundle worth it, or should I just keep buying Chinesiuem off Aliexpress

>>23764744
Fuck yourself, mandala is great

>>23764800
A lot of models still dont have bootlegs yet so the mystery box could have things you normally cant get but if youre just trying to save a couple of pennies then aliexpress is your best bet

>>23764764
Model Color

How do I unlock my brain so I can complete my group build in time for once

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>>23763489
Should be done by Saturday

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I love my Thicc to Skinny Redhead wife with perfectly clear skin she'll look great trans am'd with a red LED light.
>>23764679
Hes a stupid, cheap, big, fat gundam head. Im sold

>>23764650
I've only had one bad order from them. Carrier lost my package and they comped me a free replacement. My original wound up at my place 3 months later and they said keep it

>>23764650
They're good but never ever fucking pre-order from them.

>>23764650
Pretty good. I've had issues with item delays setting back pre-orders, but their staff is usually pretty good about explaining issues and modifying/canceling orders if needed.

>>23764830
Smoke some weed, but only one joint.
Or if you are a stoner already, stop smoking weed, you degenerate.

>>23764830
You have a month left. No need to rush

MG Victory's restocked at Newtype. I bought my 2.

>>23764743
I love how Bandai has successfully gaslit you morons into believing [x] stuff don't sell and only protagonist does.

>>23764857
it's accurate
japs and chinese have terminal protagonist syndrome. the "hardcore grunt-loving gundam fan" is just the people who post about it online. the kids that buy the kits want the hero.

I’m going to pick up a HGUC Kshatryia and MG Char’s Zaku II 2.0 tomorrow. What am I in for?

>>23764863
Absolute UC kino

>>23764863
Regret you didn't get the MGEX Kshatriya, but still a good time.

>>23764863
>HG Kshatriya
Why not get the solomon one?

>>23764866
It looks like shit

>>23764867
HG looks a lot worse desu

>>23764868
No it looks the way it's supposed to

>>23764869
As in, it looks like shit. Glad we settled that.

>>23764858
Friendly reminder that Zaku and all of Zeon MS were originally meant for animation only, but their plamo became a hit and continue to this day. But now suddenly for some reason Bandai drones have convinced themselves that these things don't sell just to justify Bandai's nectligence. Fox and the sour grape situation.

>Bandai drones
>Fox and the sour grape situation.

Sometimes I do wonder if some of you legitimately have brain damage. Like who the fuck talks like this?

Bandai fell off

>>23764892
Cool story Bandaitard

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Fuck the grunts or any of the niche robots. This shit right here is the real deal.

Have any of you worked on a kit while on meth?
was it fun?

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These suprise gunpla bundles are unironically the best deal that pbandai offers

>>23764917
Lootbox and Battlepass

>Blind box
>Web exclusive
>Day 1 DLC

>>23764884
I think you misunderstand. the zaku had considerable screen time throughout the whole show, with the most popular antagonist in the history of all japanese media piloting one himself.
sales of grunts fell off in the 90s, which they corrected by switching the main cast to have multiple gundams, which drove sales of kits up significantly.

>>23764858
Absolutely delusional. The real answer is that bad guy suits require engineering work and can't be copy pasted like 80% of the protag kits. You'll buy whatever they pump out so why would they do more work?

>>23764932
>>Absolutely delusional. The real answer is that bad guy suits require engineering work and can't be copy pasted like 80% of the protag kits. You'll buy whatever they pump out so why would they do more work?
this is one of the vagueposts of all time

The real reason is that Bandai fell off

>>23764932
>can't be copy pasted like 80% of the protag kits.
>Calling me dellusional
Do you even understand how toy production works?

>>23764805
The nozzle is clogged. Remove it, remove the gasket and soak it in IPA. Worst case, you'll need to replace it. Nozzles are cheap so I suggest keeping some around.

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>>23764931
>zaku had considerable screen time throughout the whole show, with the most popular antagonist in the history of all japanese media piloting one himself. Sales of grunts fell off in the 90s
Zaku and all of Zeon MS did not have merchandising.

>>23764931
>sales of grunts fell off in the 90s, which they corrected by switching the main cast to have multiple gundams, which drove sales of kits up significantly
You mean sales rose on protag suits when the leadership shifted to AU boy band protagonists with multiple gundams trying to appeal to girls and putting zero effort into the bad guy suits. Prior to that both sides had awesome designs. Strangely enough, when uc made a comeback all of the antagonist suits sold well again.

>>23764948
This assessment could be an equally accurate interpretation.

>>23764948
Victory's sales on both Gundam and grunts absolutely plummetted. The real reason was that people got older and realized how trash Tomino's storytelling was.

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Retail slop? In MY web-exclusive store? It's more likely than you think.

>>23764958
92bucks for a HG. I fucking laughed.

>>23764959
Not the 157 dollars for an HG?

>>23764962
To be fair it has alot of stuff inside so it is atleast understandable. Xi is just an empty clamshell with with the basicbitch gun + shield combo.

>>23764958
>92 bucks for the Xi
lmao they are insane

>>23764973
Everything has been price-hiked by around 20-30% due to tariffs for about a year and a half now, Bandai probably aren't going to compensate until at least a few months after the 10/15% one is dead and buried.

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mother fucker

>>23764973
Why are you using article for names?

>>23764958
The battle damaged shield + new face can't be worth an extra 14 bucks

>>23764997
because it pisses off autists

The HG IBO Zagan is legitimately one of the best kits I've ever built. The claws taking nearly as long as the body is crazy

>>23764917
What kind of garbage did you get in yours mr. shill?

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>>23764958
>never heard of Alyzeus
>look it up
>
fucking hell dude why are all the hathaway designs these giant piles of random shit thrown together

>>23765006
It's a test flight trainer made before penelope was finished, it looks like a pile of random shit because that's essentially what it is. Just a bunch of thrusters stapled to an MP-Nu.

>>23765006
Ugly chicken.

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>>23765011
But they're ALL like that

>>23764958
>MGSD kshatriya is 92 USD
that has got to be the most expensive retail SD kit ever

>>23764997
to piss off retards like you

Built up a roughly $1000 lifetime Bandai and Chinesium backlog in preparation of more tariffs and supply bullshittery. Worst case I just sell kits I no longer want to some schmuck at the local hobby club for what I paid for.

>>23765021
easily. Honestly id get it if it was ~$60

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>>23765023
Smart but there is another option

Good lord volks manuals are big

>>23765006
I kinda like it because I hate it so much
better than the penelope, at least

>>23765022
Someone is cranky...

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Almost done snapshidding the Re-Haize. Just gotta do the buttblasters and gun.

how are the Plamax models? I kinda want to grab a Battroid one from Macross considering they are relatively cheap

>>23765089
For some reason several pieces of this look just kinda bad. Those shoulders look like a gachapon toy or something, I don't know.

>>23765092
wait for the Bandai kino

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>>23765090
this one particular, I can't seem to find any reviews at all of this thing

>>23765024
yeah, I want one but not $110 want one.

>>23765092
It's the cheap plastic quality. It'll look way better once painted

>>23765099
at least that one comes with parts molded in blue plastic

I have the hikaru battroid one and it is a really good kit, max factory really nailed the anime accuracy to a t in the battroids, which I think look much better than hasegawa's renditions which have a much more stiff mechanical look

however, they come molded entirely in white plastic so you can guess the chore it is to try to make them look like in the series

that max one and the 1D in trainer colors are better picks simply because they are molded in various colors and you only need a bit of paint and apply the decals for onscreen accuracy

once assembled they are about 20cm tall, like an average MG, just don't expect crazy articulation, it is pretty basic and these kits still use polycaps

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We're slowly getting there boys

>>23765089
It looks kind of glorious. I prefer the watership proportions but the wider shoulders would be an easy modification to make

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>>23763489
slowly doing this thing along with a bunch of other non-gunpla shit

>>23765023
lol paranoid

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>>23765006
>why are all the hathaway designs these giant piles of random shit thrown together
In lore reason is because it is their state of the art bits and pieces thrown together

Design reason is because the original mechanical designer really likes overly detailed, super bulky mecha, and apparently also likes to put a little overhanging spike on top of the heads of some mecha like in pic related and the Penelope

>>23764940
I figured it out, it actually wasn't the nozzle, seems like because I treat it like garbage there was a buildup of paint in what I guess you call the fluid channel, I disassembled it, soaked it in a fairly strong degreaser and was able to pass a bore brush through it and now it's good.

>my Star Soul General Zhao Yun got shipped out from China
Based. Now I wait.

There's a Gundam Base popup store coming near me, is there anything on the list that's remotely worth getting?

https://gbase.plamod.com/

There's no prices listed, so I'm expecting to pay out the ass for everything listed here

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Wake up, hon. Another chink Barbatos kit just got announced.

>>23765162
the box is larger than PGU Nu and weighs 5kg, with the only option being sea shipping. With my experience on other sea shipping like DHL, it's gonna be a month of wait.

>>23765089
I cant get over the shitty colour.

>>23765163
Base Color Haropla
everything else is trash