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Vote for your favorite entries in the Ace Custom II groupbuild here:

https://forms.gle/A5n9PgDTFJYuTdjF6

Voting lasts until Monday.

And reply to this post with suggestions for new themes for the next groupbuild! To commemorate our 30th groupbuild, the starting list of themes will include

>Mahou Shoujo
>Zeon
>Squad
>Silly
>Animal
>Armored Up
>Criminal
>Elemental
>Giant Weapons
>Gundam Frame
>Kitbash
>Knocked Out
>Leo
>Monoeye
>Mythological
>Restoration
>Royal
>Salvaged
>Stealth
>Stolen
>Super Robot
>Urban Warfare
>Vintage
>Winter Warfare
>Witch From Mercury

with more suggested in response to >>23805157

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And show me what you're working on!

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>>23807274
Finished snapping the main body of a MG Wing Zero EW Ver Ka today. Tomorrow I'll get started on the wing binders.

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Hows your Easter /gpg/?

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>>23807274
That's my Zgok.
Currently drying.
Burnt Iron is really good, the color appears on the plastic surface really quick, so I don't have to waste much paint spraying for too long.

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Not a fan of the Advanced Kehaar II design but the addon might still be worth getting for the leggings.

Why do we need to vote, we all know what the next theme will be.

>>23807311
coming with the gundam shoes is a good appeal
they look so cute on a Woundwort

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what's he drinkin

>>23807368
Tamiya extra thin

do y'all actually wait 24 hours before assembly post-coat

>>23807380
depends on the part. For MG If it’s an out armor part that doesn’t rub on a joint or another part then it’s fine. Inner frame and otherwise, yes.

I swear to fucking god if silly wins this time.

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a 6'0" and a 5'11" pilot figure in 1/100 scale.

>>23807404
The average Chinese person is closer to 5'4", actually.

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>it can stand with all that weight
holy shit metal frames are Plamor's give to model kits

>>23807273
Credit to everyone that entered, this was a good turnout.

>Idol theme
Make an idol themed model, something that could be an idols personal ride

> mech x historical
Combine your build with a historical scale kit of some sort

>walking battleship
Go for the Battletech feel and make a build that functions like a battleship, pre dreadnought or dreadnought. Lots of big guns, heavy armour, etc. It's place is on the centre of the line of battle

>>23807506
>mech x historical
You can cast a wider net and just make a mech representing some piece of history like say Genghis Khan mech, WWI mech, Roman soldier mech, caveman mech and so on.

>>23807506
>walking battleship
Fuck yeah, big fat fucks taken to the next level. I actually had this thought a year or two ago, that in the next AU inspired by 0079, the Guntank should be an impregnable mobile fortress that could shield the Gundam and Guncannon from incoming enemy fire and mount cannons powerful enough to threaten enemy ships, as opposed to just a mobile artillery platform with slightly bigger guns than the Guncannon. Be a tank to mobile suits as a regular tank would be to humans.

>>23806786
Praise be on Plamor! Go get that qt, anon!

>>23807273
Is "Transforming" a theme that's been done before?
Take a non-transforming kit, and turn it into a build that is able to transform into some other mode. Be it a waverider or mobile armor, multiple part general-purpose transformations like ZZ or Victory, a land vehicle like Skells, a seafaring vessel, a mech that hunkers down into a large artillery platform, maybe even one that breaks into weapons for other mechs to use.

I think it'd be fun to see anons bullshit alternate modes out of kits that weren't made to transform

>>23807543
I suggested this a year or two ago, it was dismissed out of hand because nobody's going to have the engineering skill/know-how to build a transforming kit.

>>23807543
>>23807570
Thank god Im not voting for anything else but mahou shoujo.

>>23807576
Not even idol theme?

>>23807584
Mahou shoujo already covers that.

>>23807589
No it doesn't

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>regular P-Bandai releases from Bandai
>whole OC kits from third parties like Re-Haze and Gelgoog III
>Effect Wings doing add-ons that Bandai completely skipped

I'm so excited bros

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>>23807593
Soon all the pieces for Exodia will be in place

>>23807591
Mahou shoujo idol is a thing you know.

>>23807601
Yeah but what about idols that aren't magical girls?

As far as I'm concerned, all girls are magical.

>>23807273
what happened to duo
has that been rolled into "squad"?

>>23807604
But do I give a fuck?

>>23807610
The least predatory liberal.

>>23807596
are chinks bad enough dude to make the Fiver or the Inle?

>>23807596
What is even left at this point to build a HG Queenly? I think the pieces on the legs and the connecting struts are all that's left.

>>23807610
this anon fucks

>>23807273
>/tv/ - television and film
>Pick a non-mecha movie or show and build a mech that feels like it belongs there.

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>>23807617
The world isn't ready for HG Inle

>>23807273
>LoTR

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>>23807629

>>23807593
Aoz chads can't stop winning.

>>23807273
>Diorama
I think this got suggested before, but make a small diorama showing your mech in it's natural environment.

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I want to hunt down a HZII Rah on the aftermarket but at this point I'm worried that EW will announce a bootleg as soon as I buy it.

Normally wouldn't be an issue, but there's a chance they will include gimmicks that Bandai skipped over like functioning shoulder weapon pods. Their TR-6, for instance, included a longer TR-1 style CSB blade and a ReBoot variant of the blade. That wasn't a big deal because I need a myriad of Woundworts for my collection, but one HZII Rah is enough.

>>23807272
i really like the whole 1st row

What's the most efficient path to practicing my painting with as little assembly/prep as possible? My endgame is still gunpla, but right now I just want to grind painting, masking, weathering until I achieve a reasonable competence.

>>23807693
Paint your nails like the youtubers the troons here love to talk about.

>>23807693
Order bootlegs and paint them.

>>23807693
build your gunpla as if it's a statue (which means gluing joints permanently), and paint it that way.

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>>23807693
train 20 years on spoons
then you will be allowed to train on pla plate (30 years)
don't assemble anything until then or you will puncture the fabric of reality

>>23807693
Start with brush painting minor details. That would also make for a nice masking practice

>>23807380
I just screwed up my Zaku 2 by not waiting. I put it together before applying top coat after the paint had cured (48 hours). Figured I'd top boat by limb, but ended up with some small chips and scratches that I'll have to go back over before coating. Do you guys coat individual pieces before assembling?

>>23807273
Toku theme: Make a mech inspired by some tokusatsu series

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https://x.com/46uzSurn/status/2040467238680248373

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>>23807719
https://x.com/46uzSurn/status/2040766075974123746

>>23807720
Ooof. Even /gpg/ can do better

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>>23807273
Racist theme

>>23807721
But can (You)?

>>23807723
No...

>>23807721
>Ooof
Back to plebbit you go. There is prolly more paint on that mech than you ever used in your whole Gunpla hobby career.

>>23807729
Is that your build? I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you.

>Jegan A-type kit gives you leftover parts from other F91 types
>Doesn't give you the fucking runners to finish them
Damn you P-Bandai!!!

>>23807604
That's just a bunch of posers

>>23807695
But aren't bootlegs more prep intensive because of the fitting issues?
>>23807696
I'm actually thinking about buying robot action figures that just need to be unscrewed. No prep, just get rid of the stickers, prime and repaint.

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>Let myself be tricked into doing family stuff today because 'we already said you'd come'
>Aunt I have not seen in ages shows up
>ooh, you have grown so big anon, I remember you had these when you were a kid and your mom says you still do model building, so I brought you something'
Oh my... I did indeed build a few of these when I was but a wee lad, fully (badly hand) painted and rigged and all but when I say ages ago I mean ages ago. It is a full hull but maybe I make it a waterline because the scale is close enough to fit N scale and Gundam stuff

>>23807754
Based aunt.

>>23807754
That's a nice gift, it'd be a funny companion piece to the Gogg.

>>23807754
Turning a gunpla into a sailing ship would actually be a pretty fun group build if enough people participated in it.

>>23807729
>There is prolly more paint on that mech than you ever used in your whole Gunpla hobby career.
yeah that's the problem. the fucken thing's caked in paint

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>>23807782

>>23807729
>There is prolly more paint on that mech than you ever used in your whole Gunpla hobby career.
That's the problem

So does tamiya fine surface primer have a bad rep? I used it for the first time because my shop was out of Mr surfacer. This stuff seems to actively repel paint (ironically tamiya paint). Shit chips and scratches if you look at it sideways. Never had this problem with any other primer, it seems worse than just not using it at all.

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>>23807797

>>23807797
Me in the bathtub.

>>23807570
I've done it a couple of times for the groupbuilds...

>>23807800
I've had nothing but good experiences with their primer in jars. Never used the canned stuff.

>>23807273
Gladiator theme

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>>23807273
Kondo groupbuild doko

>>23807273
I stand by Grandpa theme being a great anniversary theme. Everyone has to use an RX-78-2 and can modify it in whatever them they want.

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go nuts on the shitass themes, i need to skip a couple

For me, it's mahou shoujo

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>>23807755
>>23807756
Yeah, real sweet of her to get me this. Wierd/fun thing is, when I was 12 I would go 'whoa cool model boat' and just slap it together I can and could paint within the lines but I'd paint it with matte and gloss paint whichever I had in the color needed, never heard of primer or panel liner or a wash and just had fun with it. Now I feel intimidated because I am a grown up modeller and supposed to know better. Regardless, this will be a cool build. Maybe I will post pics but I need the right mindset to start something like this and see it trough so please subscribe to my plamo blog in /gpg to see when I do.

>>23807273
Emergency response team

>>23807693
Miniatures or 3D prints. That's how I personally practiced my own skills first.

I think AoZ sucks

>>23807664
I think regular HZIIs go for significantly cheaper than the Rah if you don't mind the color scheme and the snout

I think today is the exact day of X's 30th anniversary, so that means we're getting the announcement of RG X, right?
Right?

>V1 Gundam was restocked but not the V-Dash
But why?

>>23807865
V-dash is expected to hit US stores later this month

>>23807862
nips already in bed

>>23807273
Requesting past theme again:
>Remote weapon
Build kits that use remote weapon, be it bits, funnel, remote control drone or other
>Weapon or support
Build machine that is either a weapon for a mecha or something like mobile armor to support it
> transformation
The entry has transformation gimmick. Any kind of transformation is fine, and entrant may use transformable kits as a base.
Example of transformation include: mecha to vehicle(zeta), armor shredding or casting off(Gundam Alex, Kabuto), armor change(Core gundam).
I do am not sure if change of backpack, and maybe shoulder equipment in case like Strike or G-self should count
>Plastic utensil
Create entry themed around plastic utensil such as spoon, fork and knife, either being the weapon armor or other tools.

Other request
Separating Duo from squad into two different theme again where:
>Duo
may be configured into Personal Army/Team where the participant submit multiple entry as a theme
>Squad
Decide a theme and color for a squad, where the participant build their entry to fit into the said squad.

new(?) theme:
>Desktop warfare
the entry use desktop tool and utensil as a main weapon to wage war against other.
>Precision Assault
Build a entry designed around destroying a specific target, yet minimize the damage to surrounding

If there are any more theme I find interesting, I will try suggesting more later, tell me what you guys thing about it.

On a side note, I think we should make a list for a locked theme that has been used, but wasn't old enough to be available again, lest someone accidentally suggested it again

>>23807543
>>23807570
I was one of the anon to suggest the transformation theme, and as anon said, people seem to have avoid it due to difficulties involved, I decided to expand it and make it much more easier to do and hoping that other anon will feel creative enough

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>>23807857
The problem with that is that I already have the standard HZII. Great kit, even if I'll die on the hill of it being way taller than it's supposed to be.

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>>23807862
>here is your 30th anniversary bro

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Backlog status /gpg/?

>>23807878
Not as big as this one but still too large. Now also including miniatures. In fact, if I would have any friends, I would gladly give them kit or two, just to make backlog smaller.

I hate myself.

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>AliExpress seller has Changoog III kit in stock
>when it's only supposed to come out next month
>message them to make sure they have it in stock and it's not a mistake
>the assure me it's in stock
Oh boy. AliExpress never failed me but the fear of the yellow menace never really goes away.

>>23807878
Something like that but way less organized.
>Do some searching for kitbash parts kits in my hobby mess, find a big kinda heavy box.
>Ah yes, I have an Armor cast Eldar titan.
>Put it back in the stack and probably be surprised again the next time i come across it.

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>>23807878
let me in this room

>>23807878
I only have MG strike rouge and a zeta ver.ka in my stack. The zeta is for a white zeta custom.

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>bootleg MG Hazel Owsla to be released soon
AoZbros? We're gonna reach apotheosis soon.

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>>23807857
>snout
*Faceguard

>>23807878
For what possible purpose would someone need 3 MG Acguys and 4 MG Barbatos's?

>>23807916
This is fake

>>23807918
not enough Acguys honestly

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>>23807920
It's fanart but its an actual faceguard on the HZII

How good is acrysion for hand painting? can you use water to dillute it? i only see the airbrush solvent and retarder on their website

>>23807918
>Acguys
1 for Jaburo
1 for 08th
1 for Ace Custom

>>23807918
The MG barbatos does have an expansion kit so you can make the different forms.

>>23807942
From what I see, it's waterbased acrylic paint so should be fine. These still require thinning but normal water is just fine.

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>Doesn't include enough parts to build two heads
Bandai why

>>23807946
>>23807956
Biblical levels of greed. You will be struck down from your plastic towers of Babel for your hubris.

I just realised the Delta Plus is a sexy as fuck suit, I apologise for not realising it sooner. I blame the pilot(s).

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>>23807918
You don't like Acguys?

>>23807977
It's the opposite actually, the Delta Plus looks like ass, but Riddhe was the best character in Unicorn.

>>23807978
>Here, you may talk to both me and my son!

>>23807979
This might actually be the wrongest opinion I've ever read.

>>23807835
Ver. Kondo group build would actually be really neat.

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>>23807835
>>23807997

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This thing uses the MG Nu Gundam Ver Ka as the base kit right?

>weapon display base 01 doesn't have all the connectors for the Aerial's bits
Fuckers.

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>>23808003
Yes, the expansion parts only are molded in white, but the all-in-one Nu HWS is molded in dirty white/light beige and has the psycoframe parts in blue instead of green

also, it doesnt include the fin funnel shooting parts, you need to buy the extra fin funnel part for that

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>>23808027
I appreciate that good information, thank you anon.
> you need to buy the extra fin funnel part for that

>>23808001
Hell yeah

>>23807627
I've suggested a /tv/ theme several times but my suggestion was to build a mecha/robot/spaceship from a live action movie or TV show like Star Wars, Pacific Rim, Dune, etc

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Hey /gpg/, this is just a recolored Guncannon Detector right? I'm not finding a hell of a lot about this red version, but from all pictures it looks like it being red/black is all there is to it.

>>23808063
https://schizophonic9.com/re4/re_detectorzmsv.html

>>23807927
>>23807916
Buy an ad if you want to shill your shitty twitter page

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>>23808067
>Schizo has a review
Of course he does.

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what can I kitbash the Zaku Warrior HG with?

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>>23807878

>>23808063
the red one has a pointier face and the antennae tilt further backwards

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>>23808063
The heads are different and it has different decals. Here's a regular one I painted red you can use for comparison.

>>23808078
>>23808084
Appreciate you guys. So the differences are subtle, I gaslit myself into thinking there weren't any.

>>23808072
It's two different accounts you paranoid retard.

>contemplate buying Full Armor ZZ from USAGS during 20% off sale
>but already have a MG FAZZ coming in and already own the MG ZZ
>and in all likelihood the pre-orders have been completely filled and I'll have to wait for the second batch in like Q1 2027 or some shit
Shit sucks.

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>>23807274
Painting white is making me want to blow my fucking brains out

>>23808122
>still on the runner
>thinner no where in sight
>doesn't look like any primer was used either
reminds me of the first time I tried painting a warhammer kit

>>23808122
Should've went with the black primer

>>23808134
Why do people paint on the runner? You cut it out and then you're left with unpainted marks.

>>23808134
I used gray primer and thinned it but the thinned paint looked like shit. Next time I'm just gonna spray paint the shit or airbrush it.
The black painted on there better though
>>23808137
Noted

Odd question, but does anyone happen to know the dimensions of the Star Abyss original box? I can't find an exact answer online.

>>23808141
you also have nubs that you have to scratch the shit out of the paint if you want to get fully removed, let alone any seam lines you want to get rid of. When I did it I was afraid I would lose track of which piece is what. I'm currently working on a tank model that has a bunch of near identical track sections with nothing to hold on to anyway so I left them attached at one point only to a bit of runner with the numbers on them.
>>23808142
definitely recommend airbrush for white. Canned spray paint is hard to recommend as you have little control on how thick it's going on.

>>23808143
why? there better be a good reason Im not busting out my measuring tape for some autistic bullshit

>>23808151
To see if it fits into the last space in my box shelves. To keep myself from overspending, I only buy when there's a spot open, and there's a spot open.
No space, no buy.

>>23808152
It sounds like you don't need it.

I really wanted to submit for this groupbuild so bad but it never got warm enough to spray here. I'm still going to make this RF Dom, though

>>23808141
Easier to paint the unpainted mark than to drop the piece and fuck up the whole paintjob

>>23808178
but what if you drop the entire runner and have to paint every part all over? That kind of seems like an all your eggs are in one basket kind of situation.

>>23808204
Less likely to drop due to a larger surface area. Smaller pieces fall out of the hand easier, I couldn't tell you what happens since it hadn't happened to me yet

>>23808141
very few people do

>>23808178
These are always the weird copes that people without experience try to sell. If you are so clumsy you're worried about dropping a piece and ruining it while painting (rather than spending $5 on a set of alligator clip rods and stand to hold your pieces while painting and drying, then you probably shouldn't be painting. You're going to find lots of ways to make mistakes and make yourself miserable. There's a reason this hobby is as much collecting tools as it is about bricks for kit walls. The ones that get used by lots of people exist for a reason. Use the experience of those that have done it millions of times to save yourself trouble. We all sucked at some point.

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>>23807274
I dont know how im gonna cover this ugly waist connection mismatch

>>23808260
why is there a spaghetti extruder in its face?

>>23808262
That's... what Naadleh looks like. Have you not watched 00?

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>>23808262
She takes a pink pill and sheds all her fat and ugly clothes to become a thin redhead stacy to own the popular kids

>>23807835
Seconding.

>>23808265
I do not watch the commercials

>>23808269
Then perhaps you should, so that you stop asking stupid-ass questions like that.

>>23808271
nah, they should not be putting spaghetti extruders in their faces if they don't want me to ask about it

>>23808269
based

>>23808271

>so that you stop asking stupid-ass questions like that
Doesn't realize that the subject of the question is actually the stupid part. Thinks that knowing all about the retarded thing is the brag.

>>23808260
Is that a kitbash of a clear version MG Virtue and Titus?

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>>23808281
It is! I thought it'd be cool when I saw both on the march drop and the Virtue/Nadleeh design is one of my favorites, always wanted to do a bashed or custom Nadleeh
>>23808276
>is posting in the thread almost specifically about the retarded thing

>>23808178
but you still fucked up since you're going to cut it from the runner and be left with nub marks.

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>>23808284
Cool. As for what to cover up the stomach area, one idea I had was to try and mimic a sarashi, like you see on some anime characters. It's a kind of thing that would indicate it's a fighter, if that's your vision for the build. You could mimic it with something like paper tape or cloth strips.

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>>23808294
I had the same thought process, cut a circle part out of a sprue and voila.
I can live with this

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>>23807273
SUPER ROBOT GROUPBUILD
GOD
FUCKING
DAMN

>>23807878
I have
>MG Gundam Mk. V
>MG Psycho Zaku Ver Ka
>MG Turn X
I'll probably buy some other shit this month as well

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>>23807274
Sincerely wish I had paid more and gotten the real gray zeta kit. I didn't realize it at the time but the molds are very different. The stripes on the bootleg are all wrong for some reason. I still love it though

let something boring and cringe win this time so I can relax.

>>23808310
Okay let's make a group build about this guy's >>23808310 life.

>>23808310
we just had ace custom.

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>>23807273
>showroom
paint your gunpla as if it's being presented in a car showroom.

>>23808413
fuck you I don't have the skills to pull off something that a boomer car modeller could do.

>>23808413
>just paint it gloss groupbuild

>>23808413
Ah yes, paint everything perfect while looking at the model under a magnifying glass and then ten months later when you are done you notice a piece of dust was caught under the paint: The group build.

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I'm not that against making elaborate panel line designs but how do you make the other piece have the exact same design without fucking up?

>>23808318
my life is mahou shoujo though

>>23808424
>same slop i just watched
AIIIE GET OUT OF MY HEAD ANON

>>23808423
>>23808419
>>23808418
these replies are exactly the reason why Showroom groupbuild should happen.

>>23808424
Measuring and careful placement of scribing tape

>>23808424
measure, reuse same guide tape/template

>>23808424
>soul vs soulless

>>23808413
WHEN RICER GROUPBUILD?

>>23808464
that's already every group build considering half of you are filipino

>>23808051
That would be cool too. I know Bandai has kits for a bunch of the ships from Star Wars.
>>23807961
>>23807942
I've only used them a little bit. Thinning them with water works just fine.

>>23808418
Might actually be the easiest though
>use candytone paint so it looks like a car, maybe fluorescent for the 'lights'.
>shoot with black background
>photoshop lighting contrast ---> this will even help to 'hide' some of your painting/build flaws

I've actually toyed with taking photo of my candy tone nightingale to make it look like some lambo ad.

>>23808470
But i havent seen any Seed themes

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>>23808418
>Muh car paint is to perfect to replicate.
Meanwhile...

>>23808524
Beautiful orange peel.

>>23808519
Let's keep it that way.

>>23808529
Granted, it is an 20+ year old Hyundai (Matrix, I took the pic for the giggles of working with a big design house and then dropping some boring eco box) but it is something I notice more often on regular cars. Some Ferrari and other expensive cars have such thing color paint layers that you can see the carbon fiber pattern in/trough the paint.

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The Crystal Clear GN-004/1 NadleeAGE - Titus
Im gonna find a good red light to do a trans am pic glad how this turned out

>>23808568
cool

>>23808568
God damn is that an ugly kit.

You did a good job on the build, but jesus christ. Bandai should really be embarrassed even putting it out.

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>>23808413
This just reminds me that I want someone to release an Ares kit.

>>23808575
That's just clear color kits in general, they're abysmal dogshit because the original engineering never intended for you to be able to see the pegs and holes inside. I'm not even sure if mechanical core plating is any better.

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>>23808575
Nadleehs core or AGE Titans limbs?
They're two different kits anon I mashed them together.

>>23808470
But I haven't seen any neon's under the feet.

>>23808576
Maybe we'll get one along with Xenoblade X2.

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WZ & SF, eat your hearts out.

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>>23808651
>A new types brain trying to fire 48 funnels at once

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>sorry I only talk to UC chads.
Well your response /gpg/?

>>23807273
>https://forms.gle/A5n9PgDTFJYuTdjF6
>security answer
I thought Tenneth Jung had the highest kill count during the OYW

>>23807273
I am once again proposing the /tv/ theme - live action robots/spaceships (no animated stuff)

>>23808672
Baby girl we're not going to be doing much talking.

>>23808675
He's the Federation ace with the highest kill count, but the true highest counts go to Zeon aces Breniss Ox, Nordit Bauer, Johnny Ridden, and Eric Mansfield, in that order.

>>23808675
The question is asking which option in that choice of five have the highest total, not whoever was the highest overall.

Breniff Oguz (193) still beats Tenneth Jung (149) though.

>>23808672
Well you better give me that old Gyan, because I am growing increasingly close to butchering a Revive to use my Gyancannon kit on.

>>23808672
>kshatriya repair
>Zaku I sniper

I kneel.

>>23808690
>Eric Mansfield
Wait, this is a real Gundam character? I thought his name was put there as a joke because he's a senator or congressman or whatever

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>>23808730
Yep. He's primarily in MSV, but he's also in The Plot to Assassinate Gihren manga. He was assigned to Side 3 as one of Gihren's royal guards, and then transferred to A Baoa Qu for The Battle of A Baoa Qu.

>>23808672
I only build ChinaKINO kits as mandated by the heavens

>>23808672
"Why are you wearing a mask in what I assume is your own home?"

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>>23808568
>>23808578
All I can think of is twizzlers when I see this guy

>>23808651
>biblically accurate Nu Gundam

>>23808672
Beat her up and steal the gunpla
All of them

>>23808676
Does Thunderbirds count?

>>23808755
>getting arrested for $200 worth of the most basic bitch models that you can just walk into any store and buy
Lol

I convulse violently and vomit whenever I see anything from the Gundam franchise now

>>23808773
>arrested
skill issues, just wear a mask like her

Import tax is highway robbery and you know it

>>23808672
You want to play with my Dendrobium?

>>23808854
It's the literal worst. There's a £135 limit on shipments here in the UK where you only get taxed over it, and it's a pain trying to buy and ship as much stuff as I can to slide juuuuust under that limit.

>>23808854
>no, you don't understand, you are supposed to buy from local producers!
>no, I don't care that there are none, gotta support our own economy!

One world government would be a blessing.

>>23808915
>local producers!
local middleman tiny hat merchants*

>>23808919
And it pisses me to no end when they cry to my local government about "bad China flooding our market, ban Chinese packages!".

I encountered a problem with panel lining a painted gunpla

I've been trying to use pour-type water-based panel liner, but it's so difficult to clean since it's too easy for the liquid to get erased. So, I decided to just switch to the old way, by using a Gundam Marker, I tried to clean the mess with water, but it didn't get erased. I found out that Gundam Marker is oil based. So, I tried to erase it with Isopropyl 99% rubbing alcohol, which usually worked great, but when I tried to erase mistakes, it erased the paint (the lacquer paint + gloss coat) as well.

What's the appropriate way/liquid to erase Gundam Maker on a lacquer painted gunpla? enamel thinner? rubbing alcohol below 99%?

>>23808943
I just googled that even 70% alcohol would dissolve lacquer. whelp. what do I do now?
not really a fan of pour-type, so I really don't want to use enamel panel liner.

>>23808943
oil based needs enamel thinner, lighter fluid or enamel thinner

>>23808943
>>23808946
enamel thinner/mineral spirits/lighter fluid for oil based, same as enamel

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>>23808949
>>23808950
what is this "lighter fluid"? I need specific names that I can search on e-commerce.
also enamel is really scary, I've read a lot of dissolved plastic testimonies

>>23808952
those retards didn't top coat their models that's why it dissolved the plastic. If your parts are adequately covered by a strong paint layer like lacquer, enamel thinner won't eat through it.

>>23808952
lighter fluid is the one you refill lighters with. you can buy it on hardware

>>23808952
Any lighter fluid will do, or just get the matching thinner for a brand of enamel paint like Tamiya or Revell..

>>23808954
>>23808955
oh, lighter, as in that LIGHTER... I thought in this context, lighter means the opposite of HARD liquid (alcohol).

>>23808952
any that's petroleum based, but zippo is the most common and well known brand.
like >>23808953 said this damage only happens if you let it pool or let it get between parts on bare plastic. on painted parts this won't happen, just don't assemble before panel lining so that it doesn't get trapped between parts where there's no paint. it happens because enamel and oil paints (and their thinners) are petroleum-based, and plastic is also petroleum based, so it weakens the structure of the plastic

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>>23808953
>strong paint layer like lacquer
meh, lacquer really is overrated. they have reputation of this super strong kind of paint, but it gets dissolved easily with just some accidental rubbing.
I just did a quick google and there we go, lacquer paint DEFEATED ONCE AGAIN, but enamel thinner this time.

>>23808962
dunno senpai, works fine on my machinne. maybe this retard didn't prime his kit?

>>23808943
1. Gloss coat the piece
2. Make an enamel panel wash, It's either 5:1 or 10:1 enamel paint to mineral spirits
3. Apply panel wash to panel lines via capillary effect
4. Clean up using mineral spirits after panel wash has dried

In an "ideal" situation you would also pre-scribe the pieces prior to painting, since you'll get a bit of detail loss from the paint layer itself. That helps the panel lines to stand out a bit better.

>>23808960
I'll try Zippo first, very cheap.

>>23808966
T-800 customs incoming.

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This definitely consumes way more space than the one with the horse. This is probably the second most massive kit Motor Nuclear made next to the Oni. Zhao Yun and Horse definitely feels modest because both are vertically cramped.

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>>23807274

>>23809101
Very nice

>>23808524
this is often done semi-intentionally. they just blast thicker paint on the lower sills then don't cut/polish to keep it more resistant to rock chips and dings.

>>23808952
specifically you are looking for naphtha.

>>23808524
Would looks perfectly smooth in 144 scale

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>bandai will give you 60 spare junk parts for a kit but not enough to construct the spare head that the robot allows you to choose between
What the fuck is bandai's problem?

>>23809118
The only guy that actually knows how to plan the runner layout only works on 1-2 kits a year

>>23809118
Making a new mold without the base vigna-ghina parts would cost more than just giving people the extra parts

>>23809123
most people that complain about P-Bandai shit like this simply do not understand tooling costs relative to break even points

>>23809123
So what you're saying is that they poorly planned the original molds.

>>23809129
The released a vigna-ghina and then later decided they could make more stuff using some of the same parts to save costs. You're retarded.

>>23809133
>later decided
Yes they totally decided later to do that. Anon, you're not actually an idiot and you're just pretending, right?

>>23809134
You're making wild assumptions about their master plans to sell you too many parts. I don't think you're in a position to accuse anyone of pretending.

>>23809137
Listen, I know bandai are dipshits most of the time (hence why we're having this conversation about poor mold planning), but they don't design a kit and then 5 years down the line go
>oh wait we have that kit we made 5 years ago, maybe we can get some more money out of it by coloring it red and changing some parts!
You're a complete retard if you think they do anything like this.

>>23809146
Here you are writing bandai fanfiction about their grand conspiracy to sell you more plastic

>>23809147
The funny part of this conversation is that somehow you have made me flip flop to defending bandai. Nice job idiot.

Bandairager is undergoing the shitpostformation

>>23809153
Can bandairager handle the beam magnum?

>>23809118
I gave her the red shoesies

What’s the best way to tighten up floppy joints on EG Nu and Strike? My EG Gramps isn’t nearly as floppy in comparison.
Tried tape and glue on the shoulder ball joints, helped a bit but not much (probably because of the shape of the socket?)

>>23809043
Ao Bing and his dragon also have absolutely huge footprint

I don't give a fuck

>>23808254
People paint without using Alligator clips? Does not compute, how?

please make the next theme something that is very versatile so I can submit an old build from last year

>>23807273
>Dark History and Correct/Reglid Century: Unearthed MS's from any/all timelines that were merged together during the Turn A's rampage that have been appropriated by either the people of Earth, the Moonrace, Capital Guard, Pirate Corps or the Amerians.

>>23809198
So just Stolen or Salvaged or Restoration?

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>it's a hidden shittiest theme idea contest

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>>23807274
finished snap fitting this thing, and I'd say it wasn't that bad. Only annoying thing I found was the weapon and shield hard points, and the hands not having a tab to lock the weapon on. Gonna disassemble it later and then begin doing all the sanding work.

>>23809200
yes, but with the timeline restrictions slightly loosened up

>>23809206
Looks good! I ended up skipping the decals on mine since it was the titanium finish version (so visually busy by default). Are you planning on putting them on?

>>23809216
Definitely, might also try my hand again at leveling the gloss clear for the gold parts once I put the decals on.

>>23809220
Also if you aren't planning on transforming it, consider gluing the core fighter folded. That chest gap seems to always reappear at the slightest movement.

>>23809227
Yeah, that's the plan. Once I reassemble it I'll just build it transformed immediately, and securing the moving parts. Already have the sections that will get glued shut in mind

Vote silly or suck my willy.

>>23809198
This but stick photon batteries on them. According to Tomino's book, Ameria and Gondawan (unseen) actually dug up most of their tech used for their war, but their MS and ships in the show still ended up using photon batteries so seems to me they retrofitted photon batteries to everything.

>>23809123
goodsmile avoids this by having a million runners reach with only like, 3 parts on them.

>>23809240
I ain't voting silly, pull your pants down nigga

>>23809256
Which is really expensive as they have to make more molds, and also it's less parts produced per machine cycle.
There is a reason why Bandai plastic is cheap compared to other companies.

>>23807273
Philosophy:

A mechanical embodiment of any philosophy. The more abstract/mobile armour-like the better.

>>23809321
What a fucking nerd

>>23809321
I vote to not do this

>>23809321
replacing all the parts of a bandai kit with parts of a bootleg one by one until it no longer has any of the original parts remaining

should i attend a 25$ zakuaurelius workshop? are there girls?

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>>23809329
If you replace a Gundam's parts one by one with Zaku parts, at what point does it stop being a Gundam and start being a Zaku?

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>>23809321
Dibs on Diogenes Gundam.

>>23809330
Yeah, girlpla

>>23809321
I want this to win so we get another rare theme with 3 submissions

>>23809348
zak i'm in my 30s i need to procreate

>>23809351
I'm sorry buddy.

>>23809330
>pay $25 to take a funny picture of Zak kicking one of your gunpla boxes to post on /gpg/
absolute no brainer

>>23809359
Usually I pay 50-100 dollars for him to damage my boxes and I don't even get a photo

Okay, let's be real here. Why is there some parts changes in the RG Avalanche Exia Dash, but not the 00 Gundam included with the XN Raiser? There are no tolerance changes with the 00 XN Raiser, meaning he will flop backwards all the damn time, but the Avalanche Exia Dash fortifies the upper thighs to handle the weight of the Avalanche Unit.

>>23809160
Gloss coat can tighten joints.

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progress on this Plamax VF-1D Battroid mode
a slight weathered look seems perfect for the beige color it is molded in

I also tried ti use reflective stickers on the underside of the clear red, blue and yellow crystals in the legs and behind the head. it was not as good as I expected as the sheets keep getting wrinkled but whatever

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>>23809475
still need to build the feet and gun and paint them in metallic black