They don't have anything else I'm after and shipping is 9$ as a result so seems I may as well order through amazon
Edit: ordered it and an action base 5 through amazon for 30$. My old nippers are getting really rough so it's time
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Plastic Scale Modelling |OT| Gunpla and Everything Else
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Edit: ordered it and an action base 5 through amazon for 30$. My old nippers are getting really rough so it's time
I use those 10 dollar Godhands for cutting pieces off the sprue, then i use my GH SPN-125s to cut down the remaining nub. Those 10 dollar ones are a great value, i find that they are just as good as the xurons i used to use.
those should be safe for a model kit right? Also as someone who's never painted a model kit before do I have to prime it? I still have the can of krylon color master primer(grey) from aforementioned project, but I hate dealing with spray paint.
Also poor tiny ninja from that attempt
If the paints are acrylic they should be useable for painting gunpla. As for priming, I'm a million miles from being a painting expert, but priming makes a huge difference in the end result from my several attempts with and without primer. Even if you're brush painting the model, I think priming would make a huge difference.
As to the top coat, I hope someone else can give advice there as I need the same advice. 🙂
Hm actually now I'm not sure if what I ordered is the same as what he ordered from the Gundam store. I ordered these guys
GodHand Nipper PN-125 GH-PN-125
Amazon.com: GodHand Nipper PN-125 GH-PN-125 for Plastic Models: Toys & Games
Amazon.com: GodHand Nipper PN-125 GH-PN-125 for Plastic Models: Toys & Games
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Just checked and my krylon primer should be safe for Gunpla so I guess I'm priming them, buuuut I'm going to have to chance it on the frame, I don't have the equipment to do it piece by piece. Also yes the paints are acrylic which is great as it gives me 11/12 more colors to work with for detailing. Need to get a pic of the death army grunt off the internet and see how I want to do the color scheme in photoshop
edit: yes I plan to hand paint on the colors, it's slower but cheaper. Plus I have good size 1 and size 3/0 brushes, may need a bigger one too though
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Man I'm on a 00 kick now. I've got a good idea for a top-of-bookshelf display, I'll have to get my hands on the three 00V MG kits (those being Avalanche Exia', 00 Seven Sword/G, and Qan[T] Full Saber).
Well I got some of the best(and the most fun) of the pics my sister and I took. Have tons more but here's a gallery with some of the fun ones, and I'll post a couple of them individually too. Nothing fancy with gpa and Zeong, but I did some detail paint on shining and a touch of panel lining on Master Gundam
Here's one of my faves
plus recreating then box art
Need a better light source next time, the drop lamp I used work but I need something with finer control and better diffusion. Also I finally ordered an action base 5 along with those nippers!
Here's one of my faves
plus recreating then box art
Need a better light source next time, the drop lamp I used work but I need something with finer control and better diffusion. Also I finally ordered an action base 5 along with those nippers!
Haven't posted here for a while.
Latest completed model is this 2/5 PlayStation model kit
Used Gundam Markers to paint the details in even though you can't see them after you put the pieces together😁 They are otherwise just green and orange pieces.
Same goes for the ports.
It's a really neat kit.
More pictures here.
Latest completed model is this 2/5 PlayStation model kit
Used Gundam Markers to paint the details in even though you can't see them after you put the pieces together😁 They are otherwise just green and orange pieces.
Same goes for the ports.
It's a really neat kit.
More pictures here.
Those PS1 kits are really cool. Might get one myself to do a kitbash. Here's hoping they make a PS2 kit.
Good news, should finally have a work table again next week! Since I plan to paint the Death Army Grunt I'm going to build Gaogaigar next and save the Sprues so I can then practice priming in them and figure out what all my colors will look like and decide what I'm using!
I was randomly glancing at the box for my DoDonPachi model kit & noticed on the end of both sides, there's some weird text saying "Please: CREDIT ME!! scully7491.deviantart.com" & sure enough, that page exists. I can't seem to find the exact picture that was used (it's those techy looking circles), but how weird is it that a model kit for a shmup ship used someone's deviant art work.
Oh man, I wish I had the skills to paint mine. Just the small addition of color to the back makes it look even more authentic. I posted pics of the Saturn one a while back & I really hope we see more console ones in the future.Haven't posted here for a while.
Latest completed model is this 2/5 PlayStation model kit
Used Gundam Markers to paint the details in even though you can't see them after you put the pieces together😁 They are otherwise just green and orange pieces.
Same goes for the ports.
It's a really neat kit.
More pictures here.
Yeah it'll be nice to get more of these. I wonder if Nintendo would ever licence their designs to Bandai.
I cheated by mostly only painting the top parts and the markers are quite easy to, use for this kit at least because the surface areas are small. Most of the time I botch the job but it turns out relatively OK this time. You should give it a try.
I think the extra color makes it look great and I know from experience that Gundam Markers can be hard to work with on big surfaces.
Since Bluefin's warehouse reopened, I figured I would finally order the RG Perfect Strike and RG Tallgeese III from them. It's nice to be able to get P-Bandai kits for retail price and not pay a crazy markup.
Still looking into getting MG Avalanche Exia and/or MG 00 Seven Sword/G too, but that may have to wait until next payday.
Still looking into getting MG Avalanche Exia and/or MG 00 Seven Sword/G too, but that may have to wait until next payday.
Yup. Large surfaces do not work for me when it comes to markers.
I thought this was relevant and I've been having a blast with it, but there's a Gunpla game for the phone that never seems to get any mention around here where you build and battle with Gunpla kits from all over the series. It has a pretty decent photo mode that includes AR features. Here's some kitbashes I made. It's called Gundam Battle Gunpla Warefare.
3 hours later & I made the DoDonPachi ship. I swear one hour was spent on the super small parts for the landing gear. Probably didn't help some of it seemed to require glue, which I don't have.
Also a pic of the Sakura Wars mech as well.
Also a pic of the Sakura Wars mech as well.
I also decided to take more pictures during the making of the DoDonPachi ship just to better show the progress/stages, which I can share if desired.
Anybody have a go-to source for HMM Zoids kits? Ive been looking at reviews and they seem pretty interesting, except for the price tag...
I ordered mine from USA Gundam Store, and they have spent the last couple weeks hinting that they expect it to arrive any day now.
I ordered mine from USA Gundam Store, and they have spent the last couple weeks hinting that they expect it to arrive any day now.
I get most of mine from Amazon.jp, but I've heard Yahoo Japan Auctions (via Buyee.jp) has some good deals at times.
Yeah, I played the game religiously for the first month. It's getting stale after a while and the new kits are very cash shop heavy, so I dropped it.
Oh that's unfortunate to hear. I'm having fun with it for now but I'll take what you said into consideration.
Oh I'm currently building a Barbados Lupus Rex. It's 1/100th scale so I'm thinking Master Grade? It just has "Full Mechanics" on the box.
That's not an MG, it's essentially a bigger HG or something slightly above HG in terms of complexity. Full Mechanics is just a marketing thing they did for second season IBO kits.
Thank you for the clarification. I was so confused since I hadn't made a kit in years as was used to the grade system.
My Earthree is no longer alone now.
Jupitive is great. It was definitely my favorite PLANETS armor in Season 1, and so far it's the same with the kits (though I haven't built Mercuone/Veetwo/Marsfour yet).
But those brighter colors on the Core Gundam that came with it. I'm not sure about it. It looks good with the white but I'm still a bit eh on it. One day I might end up getting another Earthree kit for the regular colored Core Gundam and replace this lighter one.
It helps that these Re:Rise kits are so cheap, because that's my plan for Veetwo and Marsfour (get more Earthree kits and use that Core Gundam with those armors).
Jupitive is great. It was definitely my favorite PLANETS armor in Season 1, and so far it's the same with the kits (though I haven't built Mercuone/Veetwo/Marsfour yet).
But those brighter colors on the Core Gundam that came with it. I'm not sure about it. It looks good with the white but I'm still a bit eh on it. One day I might end up getting another Earthree kit for the regular colored Core Gundam and replace this lighter one.
It helps that these Re:Rise kits are so cheap, because that's my plan for Veetwo and Marsfour (get more Earthree kits and use that Core Gundam with those armors).
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Finally done with the MG Jegan:
When I started it the only thing I knew was that I wanted to go with an unusual paint scheme. Mostly because most of the models I made were some variant of military green colors and I was getting tired of that and also because one of the main features of the suit is its bizarre mint green color, so giving it something more realistic never felt right to me. Then I figured I'd also try weathering it a bit because I figured weathering + an unrealistic paint scheme would be an interesting contrast.
I'm happy that I've finally finished this. There were a lot of things that went wrong during the build (broken parts, a gloss coat that didn't want to actually stick to the paint for some reason, awful 3rd party decals) so it wasn't the smoothest of builds but I'm happy with how it turned out in the end, even if there are a lot of things that could have been done better.
When I started it the only thing I knew was that I wanted to go with an unusual paint scheme. Mostly because most of the models I made were some variant of military green colors and I was getting tired of that and also because one of the main features of the suit is its bizarre mint green color, so giving it something more realistic never felt right to me. Then I figured I'd also try weathering it a bit because I figured weathering + an unrealistic paint scheme would be an interesting contrast.
I'm happy that I've finally finished this. There were a lot of things that went wrong during the build (broken parts, a gloss coat that didn't want to actually stick to the paint for some reason, awful 3rd party decals) so it wasn't the smoothest of builds but I'm happy with how it turned out in the end, even if there are a lot of things that could have been done better.
Finally done with the MG Jegan:
When I started it the only thing I knew was that I wanted to go with an unusual paint scheme. Mostly because most of the models I made were some variant of military green colors and I was getting tired of that and also because one of the main features of the suit is its bizarre mint green color, so giving it something more realistic never felt right to me. Then I figured I'd also try weathering it a bit because I figured weathering + an unrealistic paint scheme would be an interesting contrast.
I'm happy that I've finally finished this. There were a lot of things that went wrong during the build (broken parts, a gloss coat that didn't want to actually stick to the paint for some reason, awful 3rd party decals) so it wasn't the smoothest of builds but I'm happy with how it turned out in the end, even if there are a lot of things that could have been done better.
Nice. The colour scheme is great.
I'm still hunting for top coat recommendations myselfFinally done with the MG Jegan:
When I started it the only thing I knew was that I wanted to go with an unusual paint scheme. Mostly because most of the models I made were some variant of military green colors and I was getting tired of that and also because one of the main features of the suit is its bizarre mint green color, so giving it something more realistic never felt right to me. Then I figured I'd also try weathering it a bit because I figured weathering + an unrealistic paint scheme would be an interesting contrast.
I'm happy that I've finally finished this. There were a lot of things that went wrong during the build (broken parts, a gloss coat that didn't want to actually stick to the paint for some reason, awful 3rd party decals) so it wasn't the smoothest of builds but I'm happy with how it turned out in the end, even if there are a lot of things that could have been done better.
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Thanks. Nice to see others like the colors as well.
I don't know if I can make any useful recommendations. Most of the ones I've used need an airbrush (brush-painting them probably wouldn't work) and I haven't yet found any that I'd be 100% satisfied with. The ones I've used are:
- Revell Aqua clear gloss/matte: Pretty good, especially considering Revell paints don't exactly have a great reputation. They also come in spraycans - the other two don't. The gloss is shiny but I'm not a big fan of how the matte version looks. They also spray very poorly through an airbrush and the bottles are just utterly awful.
- AK Interactive acrylic varnishes (the older, white bottles): They work, but I'm not super impressed by them. They take forever to fully cure so I always feel a bit nervous doing decals/weathering over them. They also always come out as more of a semi-gloss/semi-matte for me. I definitely wouldn't recommend for high-gloss finishes but I think the semi-matte look works pretty well for military models/aircraft.
- AMMO Mig lucky varnishes: The ones I've used for this build. The gloss didn't work at all for me. Usually, people put down a layer gloss coat before doing waterslides/weathering on painted builds. I did the same, but when I tried applying waterslides it just came straight off as soon as I applied some water, even after days of curing: https://i.imgur.com/n4YGIIO.jpg. Could just be user error though. The matte coat still hasn't fully cured but it also seems super weak so I expect it will scratch off on joints pretty easily when moving the kit. Apart from that they look pretty good I guess. They are also a pain to spray since they need to be done in extremely thin layers, otherwise they just pool like crazy.
I haven't used either of those so I can't really say much about them though.
I've finally bought an airbrush a month ago after wanting one for years. I bought a load of Vallejo paint, primers and gloss and matte varnishes.
I did 2 cheap gundams to check things out, then I decided having samples for every color would be a good idea, with a gloss and matte finish on top. As a reference for my future self, since I'm going to paint my gundams in this order: primer -> paint(s) -> gloss coat -> panel lining/decals -> matte coat.
Here's the first set of spoons with the colors I have right now applied:
Then I applied 2 gloss coats to all of them (no photo). After curing I taped of half the spoons and just now applied a coat of matte on them. Will do another coat this evening or tomorrow:
I can post some close up pictures of the finished spoons with both varnish finishes on them tomorrow.
I've only used Vallejo gloss varnish once and I suspect I got a bad bottle because it had a somewhat yellowish tint and I guess even in the bottle it should look transparent.
Finally got to order the RG Eva-01. GundamPlanet got it in, though I had to dip into my Snow White Prelude funds for it. Ended up going for the regular version instead of the DX. And the HG Gundam G40. And the Mercuone Armor (why does no one have the weapons :( ).
Shit...with the stuff I already ordered earlier, I'm gonna have a backlog now.
EDIT: Shit I missed they had the RG Force Impulse in. I would have waited on getting those two Earthree kits (for Core Gundam) if I'd noticed, dammit.
Shit...with the stuff I already ordered earlier, I'm gonna have a backlog now.
EDIT: Shit I missed they had the RG Force Impulse in. I would have waited on getting those two Earthree kits (for Core Gundam) if I'd noticed, dammit.
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Woah, I'll have to check mine. What aisle are they located in? & guessing it's just Gundam?
I will say, the only place that still carries model kits of any kind in my town is Hobby Lobby & it's mostly the usual cars & planes, plus some random Star Wars & Star Trek stuff, so to possibly see Bandai kits in store in my town will be a bit surreal.
Edit: no luck at mine & Target's site says they have them, but they're all listed from a seller called Galactic Toys & Games.
I will say, the only place that still carries model kits of any kind in my town is Hobby Lobby & it's mostly the usual cars & planes, plus some random Star Wars & Star Trek stuff, so to possibly see Bandai kits in store in my town will be a bit surreal.
Edit: no luck at mine & Target's site says they have them, but they're all listed from a seller called Galactic Toys & Games.
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Yeah I checked my Target when I went down to Barnes and Noble today to get my Earthrees, nothing.
Guess B&N stays the closest place to me that actually sells Gunpla, and that's a 40-mile drive from where I live.
Guess B&N stays the closest place to me that actually sells Gunpla, and that's a 40-mile drive from where I live.
P Bandai USA has a new batch of kits going up tonight, including this beaut:
Vallejo's mecha varnishes are quite good. Be aware you can mix them if you want a semi-gloss finish. The matte is dead flat.Done!
This is 2 layers Vallejo gloss varnish on the left, and 2 layers gloss + 2 layers Vallejo matte varnish on the right:
Gonna crosspost what I posted in the Gundam thread.
Just a heads up, the US P-Bandai site is gonna have a shit ton of preorders opening tonight.
Just going by what Bluefin's posted on Facebook, they'll open preorders for:
HGUC Dictus (Callisto of Light Custom) - $42
HG THE ORIGIN GM Night Seeker - $27
HGUC Crossbone Gundam X1 Full Cloth - $27
HGUC Quattro Bajeena's Rick Dias - $23
MG Qubeley Embellir - $65
MG GMII (AEUG Color Ver.) - $40
MG Polypodball - $35
HGUC Zeta Gundam Revive (UC 0088 Ver.) - $26
MG GM Sniper II (White Dingo Team Custom) - $45
HGUC Crossbone Gundam X1 Kai - $24
MG Enhanced ZZ Gundam (Ver. KA) - $93
Enhanced parts for MG ZZ Gundam (Ver. KA) - $24
HGUC Crossbone Gundam X2 Kai - $24
MG Casval's Gundam (Ver. 3.0) - $55
HGUC Crossbone Gundam X3 - $24
Just a heads up, the US P-Bandai site is gonna have a shit ton of preorders opening tonight.
Just going by what Bluefin's posted on Facebook, they'll open preorders for:
HGUC Dictus (Callisto of Light Custom) - $42
HG THE ORIGIN GM Night Seeker - $27
HGUC Crossbone Gundam X1 Full Cloth - $27
HGUC Quattro Bajeena's Rick Dias - $23
MG Qubeley Embellir - $65
MG GMII (AEUG Color Ver.) - $40
MG Polypodball - $35
HGUC Zeta Gundam Revive (UC 0088 Ver.) - $26
MG GM Sniper II (White Dingo Team Custom) - $45
HGUC Crossbone Gundam X1 Kai - $24
MG Enhanced ZZ Gundam (Ver. KA) - $93
Enhanced parts for MG ZZ Gundam (Ver. KA) - $24
HGUC Crossbone Gundam X2 Kai - $24
MG Casval's Gundam (Ver. 3.0) - $55
HGUC Crossbone Gundam X3 - $24
G Self with Space Pack would be the dream.
Technically, G-Self is not Universal Century but Reguild Century.
Has there ever been a Ver.Ka that isn't from the Universal Century? EDIT: Of course. Wing Gundam. My bad.
I could see a Zeta Ver.Ka although the 2.0 makes this a lot less likely.
Therefore, my final bet goes to GP01 Zephyranthes Ver.Ka
Has there ever been a Ver.Ka that isn't from the Universal Century? EDIT: Of course. Wing Gundam. My bad.
I could see a Zeta Ver.Ka although the 2.0 makes this a lot less likely.
Therefore, my final bet goes to GP01 Zephyranthes Ver.Ka
In my heart I want it to be Zeta
I see a lot of people predicting G-Self, is there a particular reason for that? Just that there aren't any MGs from that series yet?
I see a lot of people predicting G-Self, is there a particular reason for that? Just that there aren't any MGs from that series yet?
Probably because of this
https://www.gunplanetwork.com/post/2017/10/02/gundam-g-self-winner-of-the-mg-ver-ka-poll
An MG G Self would be nice, Ver Ka or not.
Finished my first RG, the Tallgeese. It's a very nice kit, much more satisfying than a HG without too much effort. Undergating is always a plus, obviously being mostly white it was rather easy to clean up nub marks.
Staged a little fight between my Tallgeese Brothers VS Freedom Brothers. Freedom called in the third brother at the end... 😅
Staged a little fight between my Tallgeese Brothers VS Freedom Brothers. Freedom called in the third brother at the end... 😅
Ok so doing my palette test on some cut frames today to figure out what the colors I have will look like, and I thought I'd ask you guys how you do it,
Do you prime it on the frame, do the main coat then cut it out and do touch ups then do the top coat on some built assemblies before you put it together? Or do the painting after cutting the pieces off? I'm hand brush painting(I have neither the workspace or the cash to get the equipment to airbrush right now) primer is spray paint and likely so will be the top coat(thinking mrcolor).
Figured I'd ask.
Should have a panel lined new kit to show off later too
hmmmmmm just realized I have the colors and could paint that super tiny Jedi star fighter I got although priming it would be a pain
Do you prime it on the frame, do the main coat then cut it out and do touch ups then do the top coat on some built assemblies before you put it together? Or do the painting after cutting the pieces off? I'm hand brush painting(I have neither the workspace or the cash to get the equipment to airbrush right now) primer is spray paint and likely so will be the top coat(thinking mrcolor).
Figured I'd ask.
Should have a panel lined new kit to show off later too
hmmmmmm just realized I have the colors and could paint that super tiny Jedi star fighter I got although priming it would be a pain
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Painting before you cut out the parts isn't the best idea. The places where the sprues connect to the parts won't get painted and if you try to remove nub marks you'll likely end up messing the paint, which means having to do a lot of re-painting and touch ups.
The most straightforward way is probably to just cut out all the pieces, clean the nub marks and them paint each piece individually. I know a lot of people do it like that. Personally, that's always been a bit too finicky for me (and it also takes a lot of aligator clips if you want to do it in one go). I usually first build the kit, then split it into sub-assemblies (legs, feet, torso, head, arms ...) and prime each sub-assembly separately. The only real problem with that is that legs/arms need to be primed twice to cover the entire joint: once when they are fully extended and once when they are fully contracted. I also do the same for the top coat.
After I have it primed I usually disassemble it some more so that I can paint individual parts in different colors without having to do a ton of masking.