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The Gundam |OT| Destiny is something we all have to deal with
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Oh man, my Barbatos Diabolos is drying, still apart and the wings still masking taped so I don't know what it's going to look like whole... but I'm excited!
Will post a pic once done (or edit if no one has posted).
Will post a pic once done (or edit if no one has posted).
Eeesh... I need to be a bit tighter on the masking tape. I either have a LOT of touching up to do before bringing it in or skipping the calendar altogether and just appreciating my effort by myself lol.
I've built 3 MG this week. Hyaku-Shiki, Freedom 2.0 Clear Version and Deathscythe EW. Now I've got a backlog consisting of MG ZZ Ver. Ka. Which probably will be a hand grenade, MG HeavyArms EW, MG Proto Zero which both are older kits similar to the Deathscythe I just built. MG Phenex, which will be my first Unicorn/Narrative kit. The Shin Musha Gundam with the weapon display and screens. 2 HG Maganac to go with my Wing collection. RG Tallgeese that I have the MG of already. PG Freedom which I plan to build at the end and a 1/1700 Argama.
I kind of want to build the Argama next, but it's in all white and I've never painted anything before. How difficult would it be, and how many supplies would I have to pick up to hand paint it?
I kind of want to build the Argama next, but it's in all white and I've never painted anything before. How difficult would it be, and how many supplies would I have to pick up to hand paint it?
I find painting different pieces different colors easy. But if one piece is supposed to be multiple colors, that's where I had difficulty with the wings above.
So if it's the former, you can buy those alligator clips on sticks and either use foam blocks or buy those corrugated cardboard box packs to hold the sticks. I've been spray painting and experimented with a brush on lacquer or acrylic once which was very difficult to get a smooth finish (my F91's chest I've posted in the past).
After drying, spray with a top coat with your choice of finish. I've been using matte.
Just note, I'm only just a beginner with this and someone else could give much better tips. But I've enjoyed my custom painted kits.
Here's my first attempt on the same Deathscythe kit you mentioned:
I used a matte black on all "black" pieces and used a gold gundam marker on the yellow/orange parts. Sprayed over everything with a matte top which takes away the plastic look on the white.
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Ok, here's what I went with. I added veiny stripes on the wings to try and hide some of the blemishes. I'm pleased and the shop owner took some amazing pics with his light box set up (I'll share the calendar images in the future).
I find painting different pieces different colors easy. But if one piece is supposed to be multiple colors, that's where I had difficulty with the wings above.
So if it's the former, you can buy those alligator clips on sticks and either use foam blocks or buy those corrugated cardboard box packs to hold the sticks. I've been spray painting and experimented with a brush on lacquer or acrylic once which was very difficult to get a smooth finish (my F91's chest I've posted in the past).
After drying, spray with a top coat with your choice of finish. I've been using matte.
Just note, I'm only just a beginner with this and someone else could give much better tips. But I've enjoyed my custom painted kits.
Here's my first attempt on the same Deathscythe kit you mentioned:
I used a matte black on all "black" pieces and used a gold gundam marker on the yellow/orange parts. Sprayed over everything with a matte top which takes away the plastic look on the white.
See this pic it makes me cry. My MG Deathscyth EW, It Broken for 5-6 years now and i have no time to buy a new one or second hand yet.
Never had any interest in Fix Figuration Metal Composite but 29,700 yen for Untitled Goose Gundam is a bit much.$300...
It's possible. Next year is Wing's 25th anniversary.
If they do, they're gonna seriously have to rework some of the Wing Zero EW kits, instead of doing a recolor and extra accessory job. The MG especially, there's no way in hell that old kit could handle a third set of wings. The RG maybe could, but the Zwergs are a bit heavy, they'd need some stands to hold the wings up in Mode Anthem.
My money is on a HGAC, if it gets a kit. Or would it be HGMC (High Grade Mars Century), since Frozen Teardrop happens in MC 0022?
Or, more likely, they'll do the (overdue) HGAC Wing Zero EW and then have Snow White Prelude be P-Bandai.
If they do, they're gonna seriously have to rework some of the Wing Zero EW kits, instead of doing a recolor and extra accessory job. The MG especially, there's no way in hell that old kit could handle a third set of wings. The RG maybe could, but the Zwergs are a bit heavy, they'd need some stands to hold the wings up in Mode Anthem.
My money is on a HGAC, if it gets a kit. Or would it be HGMC (High Grade Mars Century), since Frozen Teardrop happens in MC 0022?
Or, more likely, they'll do the (overdue) HGAC Wing Zero EW and then have Snow White Prelude be P-Bandai.
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I bought my ticket to see Chars Counterattack. I'm the only one...
If anyone else is in Irvine, CA and wants to see it at Irvine Spectrum, hit me up.
If anyone else is in Irvine, CA and wants to see it at Irvine Spectrum, hit me up.
For the two or three people other than me that do like it, here's a 1080p wallpaper from the PV.
So I re-watched Twilight Axis, this time in the Red Blur compilation "film".
I actually enjoyed it! the first half is this sort of disjointed mess of out of order flashbacks within flashbacks that requires you to put the pieces together which is pretty annoying, but the second half is mostly straightforward. I definitely think doubling the length of the thing would have helped a lot, and some of the MS designs are really whacky, but it's far from horrendous. The soundtrack is also really great.
I think most of the backlash came from a misunderstanding of what Twilight Axis was going to be. It's a super low budget short that was originally broken up into 3 minute chunks (Which is a questionable way to break up any story, honestly.) but I remember leading up to release I was under the impression that it was a proper OVA, at least Thunderbolt length.
I do hope to see a RightStuf Blu Ray of this, though it's a hard sell for anyone. Maybe something like a "Gundam Extras" that includes Gundam-San and Gundam Evolve.
I actually enjoyed it! the first half is this sort of disjointed mess of out of order flashbacks within flashbacks that requires you to put the pieces together which is pretty annoying, but the second half is mostly straightforward. I definitely think doubling the length of the thing would have helped a lot, and some of the MS designs are really whacky, but it's far from horrendous. The soundtrack is also really great.
I think most of the backlash came from a misunderstanding of what Twilight Axis was going to be. It's a super low budget short that was originally broken up into 3 minute chunks (Which is a questionable way to break up any story, honestly.) but I remember leading up to release I was under the impression that it was a proper OVA, at least Thunderbolt length.
I do hope to see a RightStuf Blu Ray of this, though it's a hard sell for anyone. Maybe something like a "Gundam Extras" that includes Gundam-San and Gundam Evolve.
Got my pre-order in for Snow White. BBTS has the price jacked up but they only require $96 now and the rest later, many of the other proxies wanted the entire amount up front and I just don't have it. So I went with BBTS.
*checks out BBTS's page*
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Must be nice to have money.
Hey, it's not like I'm paying for it up front lol. I don't make enough to be able to do that. Just putting some back every month until may.
Yeah but paying an extra $200...
I guess for me I'd rather pay upfront than getting the BBTS charge. For anyone willing to pay upfront I think this would be much better.
ReRise is absolutely terrible and it has managed what I thought impossible: being even worse than Build Divers.
Four episodes in (for me, not the show), I'm not really all that disappointed by it. It's definitely not as bad as you say.
Re:Rise is fun, but fuck all this movie junk. Give me a show set in the UC or another AU Gundam series.
Even AGE is better than ReRise.
A series in a franchise that thrives on its antagonists yet it hasn't properly shown one after eight episodes. And this is only my major pet peeve.
The series has numerous problems that I don't care to go into detail but last week's episode was particularly egregious in how terribly cheap it looked with an embarrassing amount of scenes being just pans on still images. Something I could forgive in anime with great dialogue but, let's be honest, it doesn't even have that.
You are never going to get another UC TV series. UC Gundam is Gundam that is always going to have the highest quality most expensive productions now and the UC fan base tends to be older, not the type of people who are going to stay up until 1AM to watch anime(Janai)
Man, adapt something lol. Ecole du Ciel, Sentinel Gundam, Crossbone. Re-do F91.
Not gonna lie, Hathaway's Flash and Gundam NT aside this is a pretty disappointing 40th anniversary.
The time is right for Our Lord and Saviour's glorious return.
That's never going to happen, though.
I mean the last great anniversary was the 20th which was Turn A Gundam. If you look at the 10th (Gundam 80), 15th (G Gundam), and 20th (Turn A Gundam), those were great shows because they weren't just rehashing the same ideas, they were trying to do something new and came off as unique.
Meanwhile with Gundam Narrative
All jokes aside, they should do some sequels to popular AU series. And also Gundam X.
Just give me an anime based on the part of Frozen Teardrop where they reveal that Zechs and Noin graduated when they were 10, and their commanding officer was 15 year old Treize Kushreinada
The AC retcons were actually the things I was hoping a possible anime would cut. Just stick to the MC stuff and refine it.
I mean the AC retcons begin with Endless Waltz where they reveal that Trowa Barton got his name from some famous guy's son and that operation meteor got changed at the last minute.
Its clearly a passion project for Katsuyuki Sumizawa, and Gundam Wing was always one of the more goofier Gundams.
Its clearly a passion project for Katsuyuki Sumizawa, and Gundam Wing was always one of the more goofier Gundams.
Huh, I hadn't seen that. I guess I'll keep preaching His good word in the meantime.
Keep the Faith!
Did it ever stop? There seems to be a new Astray ...thing every year.