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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

>>11729478
I have the RG Hi-Nu (thought this point who doesn't lol) and the Nu-FF, I can check once I get home from wageslaving.

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sewer skirmisher ez8 done. first time weathering and i absolutely overdid it because i tried every technique i could find. no posing because no time

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>>11729534

>>11729534
>>11729536
looks pretty good but does that mean all the brown on him is feces?

>>11729534
>"i'm done"
>"i am so done"

>>11729534
>>11729536
looks giga rusted

>>11729534
>>11729536
>don't like weathering
>read the post
>open the pics expecting it to be dogshit
No this just looks like a reliable rusty warrior anon, you did well

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>>11729495
hey that's my model
I decided to end up displaying the moebius zero on its own with the big gun attached

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just got picrel in the mail today, what am I in for? also just finished ZZ tonight, FUCK that show and FUCK Judau

Will my plamo/shipping get wildly more expensive because of the war in sandland? Figuring out if I should just put in my orders now.

>>11729869
A very large and fun kit well-representative of Haman-sama
>shoulder stickers are difficult to get in and look nice
>you'll painstakingly cut out 10 tiny funnels that you'll never deploy or do anything with
Apart from that it's great though, all the better with a stand.

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>>11729869
I used to like it, but then this came out

>>11729903
looks bad and is a shit scale tho

>>11729869
Really nice HG. Just use some pink paint or a marker instead of those little stickers.

Alrighty, I've got MG Barbatos all panel lined. Tomorrow I'm going to go out early, grab some snacks and drinks and hole myself up in my building nook.

>>11729506
Any luck, anon?

>>11730353
Oof, sorry, I completely forgot about this when I got home yesterday. I'll go dig out my kits and calipers now.

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>>11730353
>>11730355
All right, so, both kits use ball joints for the front and side skirts. For the Nu-FF (which is just the Nu) those are parts H14 and H15, and for the Hi-Nu it's part F16. I can confirm that the width of the balls for the front skirts are 4mm in both cases, so short of something like the the skirts themselves being too big or obstructive and bumping into other adjacent parts like the knees and side skirts, there should be absolutely zero reason why they should not be interchangeable.

>>11730377
Amazing, thanks anon!

>>11729959
What parts need pink paint? I don't get why the box art has the inside rims of the wings as pink. In both the line art and the show the inside of the wings are black.

>>11731251
The divots outside the wing binders, the set includes stickers that you'd put there but they don't look particularly good.

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>>11730259
I never got around to doing this.
I ended up falling asleep mid day after finishing some chores I had on the back burner and wasting my entire day

>>11729495
What if I'm experienced and I still fuck up?

>>11732394
That's life, everyone fucks up.

>>11732394
everyone fucks up, dont worry

>>11732394
It's not about the fuck ups, it's about fixing them.

>>11729869
Just built a bootleg mk2, I fuckin love her.

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>>11732394
I just fucked up this collar on MG Barb. It happens.
Granted it irritates me to no end that I did it in the first place but you'll only notice if you look at it up close.

Are markers reliable to do full repaints? I hate brushes but want to get into customizing more

>>11733380
Why not get an airbrush?

>>11733411
Space consuming. I usually like to do everything right at my computer desk, where I don't want to be airbrushing

>>11733461
>get into customizing
>do everything right at my computer desk
pick one

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Got myself a tiny bench(?) disc sander. Supposedly it's for sharpening tweezer tips and such.
Powered by a standard USB-C phone charger (not included). Obviously not powerful enough to grind steel bolts, but for styrene it's just fine. Rotation speed is adjustable continuously from 0 to max (not sure what max is but it sounds like 2000rpm or so).
Comes with 400/800/1000/3000grit self-adhesive sand paper discs (3 discs of each grit). Seems pretty useful for sharpening/fine adjustments of small parts.

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It fucking over

>>11734226
What am I looking at

>>11734231
Robot Damashiis replacement

>>11734245
Walmart Robot spirits.

Robot damashii deserves to be replaced. The price point is actual garbage and the Blokees are literally half the price for a negligible difference. Blokees can only really go up from here.

Finally picked up the RG Hi-Nu, I knew the box was big but I didn't realize it would be the same size as MG Wing Zero ver Ka's box. I think it was a $10 difference too so I'm interested in how they'll compare.

>>11734226
looks like slop to me

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>>11734226
gundam blokees? for real?
I got a few of the saint seiya line and they are great

So I got my 30MS Fuyuko, but then 30MS Asahi shows up. What should I do, pick up the Asahi, or go for a twin set of the HG GQuuuuuuX Endymion Overdrive and GFreD in one purchase? There's a sale in the shopping mall I'm scouting out kits for, which is why I'm only getting it today.

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Anyone have experience with these? I got this one recently and the orange rust works fine but the gun metal and silver don't adhere to the little brush thing and I was wondering if this is a thing that happens and can be fixed.

>>11734947
Are you a child or a retard? Is this the last of your neet bux for the month? Make up your own mind.

>>11734987
I've seen others say the included applicator isn't good. Try getting a make-up brush instead.

2 of my mystery boxes come today! I sadly missed out on bundle M. They canceled it because of mastercard being stupid.

>>11735056
K and L bundles, right? Can you confirm if they contain the HG Messer Minelayer, RG Tallgeese II, HG Leo-R, and RG G3 Gundam 2.0? Based on a couple people getting the same contents in their J bundle and the bundles explicitly containing the kits in the example image, I'm wondering if this also applies to all the other ones.

>>11734987
I just bought that exact one and yeah just get a make up brush.

>>11734987
Yea they are actually really fun to use, but like>>11735034 the applicator is garbage. You want the brushes that are small black sticks with foam on one end. Dirt cheap, dollar stores have em

>>11734753
Best RG there is IMO, enjoy

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>>11735061
here is what my bundles came with. Any I don't want are being sold. Anything good here? These were J and K

>>11735325
Damn they're giving those Altrons and Plutones away like they're trash.

>>11735056
>>11735061
>>11735325
What are these bundles sorry? How much are they?

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>>11735332
>RG G3 2.0, HG Naion, and HG Leo-R were in the example illustration, and were in fact in the box
Huh, so it is true, you can predict three of the items in each gacha box.

I guess what you consider "good" really depends on what you want out of these bundles. Personal opinion, Avalanche' Exia, Hi-Nu Bazooka and Funnel Effects, Gray Zeta, Vigna-Zirah, Naion, and Sword Calamity are probably the most valuable ones that you got. HG Turn A Moonlight Butterfly wings are also probably good, there are probably people who would buy that off of you but getting your own HG Turn A isn't that hard either.

As for the rest (again, personal opinion):
HG Altron and the other P-Bandai HG Wing upgrades got converted into retail releases in celebration of Wing's 30th anniversary, so it's really easy to just buy off the shelf these days.
RG G3 2.0 is just a straight recolor of RG 2.0, so I can't imagine many would want it unless they're explicitly fans of the novel.
Sayla's Guncannon is a recolor of the retail Guncannon with a Gundam Hammer thrown in, again probably not that valuable.
Heingra is just a Heindree Sturm with different weapons and a different backpack, otherwise just a retail mold with different colors. Probably not that valuable unless you have two or more and a Beguir-Beu to recreate scenes from the show.
The MG Strike Sword/Launcher package is just the weapons from the 2008 retail kit (which itself uses the 2003 retail kit as a base) molded in slightly better colors and with a waterslide sheet. I'm pretty sure that retail MG kit is still getting reprints so the parts themselves are pretty easy to get for kitbashing purposes. Though if you want to build your own MG Perfect Strike, the 2013 MG Strike Remastered shouldn't be all that hard to obtain either.
Clear PGU Gundam parts, it would probably be easier to find a buyer for that than to spend $250 for your own PGU Gundam, clear body kits are kind of an acquired taste so you either love it or hate it.

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>>11735346
They're a new thing Bandai started doing on their P-Bandai site last year. Give them money, and they'll send you a box of random assorted Gunpla (each bundle is standardized, so if you buy a J bundle and someone else in Bumfuck Bosnia also buys the J bundle, you both get the exact same contents). As far as I can tell, the example images do tell you what two or three of the items in the box will be, and based on what everyone's been saying they've gotten the MSRP value of the box contents exceeds what you paid for it, though with the caveat that since this is P-Bandai they still make a profit since they cut retailers out of the process and get all the money themselves.

They seem to only do this during their twice-a-year Gundam Base stock cleanout, so whenever they start putting Clear Colors and Extra Finishes and Core Mechanical Platings and Exclusive Action Bases on the store, that's about when these gacha boxes will show up.

>>11735362
>>11735349
I'm keeping the Leo-R, Guncannon, and Zeta. I already have the moonlight butterfly though they were a chinese KO from like 20 years ago. I have the PGU Grandpa but I haven't even put him together yet. The clear parts would be neat to see the skeleton but eh.

>>11735349
man I'd be pissed if I bought a blind box and got an add-on for a $250 kit I don't own

>>11735325
doesnt seem like a bad value but my backlog is big enough from kits i actually wanted already

>>11735349
B&N has HG Turn A on sale right now if anyone wants to grab a cheap one to go with the wings

>>11735362
Cool. Sadly not in my region so fuck me I guess.

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justt getting started but im going feral i need more

>>11735362
>Australia finally gets p-bandai
>still dont sell gunpla through it

monkey paw

how's astrea type f? Is the RG or MG better? I don't like 00 but I love the type F.

>>11735750
But think of the clothes in sizes that won't fit the average oceanic citizen and the shittty plastic keyrings

>>11735752
I have the MG, it's just a red exia with some extra parts. I assume the RG is the same

>>11735879
yeah so is it a good kit?

Finally cracked opened my RG Hi-Nu and this is the first time building the funnels. I built 'em right away but holy fuck that was grueling.

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Not the best setup for pictures, but just a couple kits I've been working on. 30MF is so addicting

>>11737099
Neat, do they all share the same joints? Looks like you could make a co custom combining those two.

>>11735993
anyone?

>>11737191
Dalong and YouTube exist, anon. How many hours are you gonna wait when you can find your answer in a few minutes? You are also not obligated to watch the whole video, you can even skip to the end to find out the verdict/answer to your question you absolutely retard.

>>11737197
I wanted to ask people here not some fucking gook. Hope your dad dies of a painful cancer.

>>11737198
"Hurr durr I wanted to waste my time being retarded."

Excellent rebuttal.

oh this is /toy/ I forgot how this board was

Anyone build a Gelgoog Jager? As much as I like the design the age of the kit (mostly the shit articulation) is putting me off. Still trying to convince myself to get it.

>>11737190
Yeah, it's Bandai's 30 Minute Fantasy line. These two are already customs made with parts from other kits

>>11737306
see
>>11737197

Hope this is the right spot for this. How are Frame Arms Girl kits in comparison to 30 Minute Sisters?

>>11733461
I mean, you could get a cheapo hobby table.

>>11737453
I've only built one FAG and it's Ayatsuki. They're taller than, 30MSes but not by much, have way more accessories and are a bit longer of a build.

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>>11737486
Forgot my pic

which color scheme should I paint my wing gundam with?

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>>11737884
Sorry forgot pict

>>11737890
middle

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going up on P-Bandai at 8 PDT today.

>>11738474
getting 3 of each to resell. I do like the epyon though

>>11738474
i do actually like the epyon, its just garish enough to look good
the other two are fucking ugly though

>>11738474
gross

>>11738474
I wanted to get them on Genki but I never got a email for them. I don't want to pay 180+ from the US store.

We've recently seen the Endless Waltz movie customs for Sandrock, Altron and Deathscythe as HGs, but the Heavyarms Custom, has there been a recent HG release, even P. Bandai?

>>11742183
>Altron and Deathscythe
This is news to me, they've only actually announced Sandrock Custom as a retail HGAW kit.

And yes, all of them had HG Fighting Action kits back in the 90's when the OVAs first released. Also HG 1/100 kits.

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Are there any knockoff, third party, or 3d printable kits of the thunderbolt Ball? Or like an upgrade kit to turn the regular HG ball into the thunderbolt?

>>11742302
yeah

Are 30 Minute Sister hands able to hold accessories that aren't part of that line? Food and drink and stuff like that.

>>11737891
Second this

>>11742316
Okay

>>11734226
fuck your shitty AI, how dare you fool me

>>11733987
Fuuuuuck I want it, but I shouldn't. I have too much gear already.

Your impressions anon? Useful?

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damn the RG RX-0 Unicorn was fun, any other good RGs out there of this sort of quality? I picked up a Zeta but i looked around and apparently its not as good

>>11743524
But his face

>>11743524
Shining
God
Epyon
Wing TV version
Rx-78-2 2.0
GaoGaiGar
Tallgeese
Gundam MK2
Sazabi

All solid RGs

I personally like the RG Amatsu Mina but the legs can be a bit loose, I ended up using one of those joint strengthening pens on it.

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And Kaiser Greymon is done.
Can't wait for that Magna so I can have Susanoo, I might even buy another Kaiser so I can display both.

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>>11743679
thank you anon!
soon my router defence force will be mighty
>>11743584
yeah i messed up the sticker for the face so i had to turn his head around

>>11743693
>messed up the face sticker
Oh man, that's rough... if it's any consolation, I think the regular one's head is more interesting though

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>>11743323
>Useful?
Useful enough that I got myself 3 more (one for each grit) and made a sturdy base for them out of a spare drill press base. Also I found that a laptop charger (or similar) that provides 9V via USB-C makes a difference in performance compared to a 5V charger.

>>11742316
Any names or sites to look at then?

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>>11743712
Speaking of altogether too much gear.

Got myself this DSPIAE electric pinvise. I was pretty sceptical initially, but it actually managed to surprise me. It is small enough to pass for a regular pinvise, it rotates slowly enough (but with quite a bit of torque) so you can control it pretty well. My test for it was to drill a hole through the centre of a sprue and as you can see it did fine. A pinvise you can use to drill out a barrel is a good pinvise in my book.
It also has a switch that locks the motor and the black bit at the end rotates, so you can use this as a regular old pinvise (you also use that mode to switch drill bits).
I bought the "bare tool" option which comes with empty drill storage, I had some DSPIAE bits lying around so I put them in, but I'll probably use the Godhand bits with it anyway (they are compatible).

>>11743693
>yeah i messed up the sticker for the face so i had to turn his head around
I mean, you could always get some black and green paint.

tips for using Gundam markers? having a rough time trying to paint in little details like vents and thrusters

>>11744009
Anon your pour-type marker?

>>11744030
not panel lining, that's easy enough, I mean using the paint markers for stuff like the yellow V on a jegan's pelvis

>>11744051
I alcohol-wipe and scratch things with my fingers, (I have a metallic-red marker and it's pretty easy to scratch off once it's dried) I'm probably not the best person to ask. I'd personally do literally what I said, but an actual human being like you might want to use whatever tape anons use for covering shit that they don't want painted.

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Does anybody know what's happening with the third party devil gundam kits or who is making them?

I saved pic related and I remember somebody was also making a MG one, but I lost track of which third party studio was doing it and by extension how I can keep up with updates on them or where i'd order them

>>11745211
I haven't heard hide nor hair of either project, but I assume that there are several people in the /m/ thread who bookmark the news feeds to keep track of any updates. If any news happens, it'll get here sooner rather than later.

Made a start on Gurren Lagann. I've been waiting so long for this kit.

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>>11745440
Forgot my pic

>>11745440
>>11745441
WHAT IS THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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>>11745467
Plaiobot Gurren Lagann.
They have a Lazengann and Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann too

>>11745501
Oh, that's surprisingly not that expensive if you're ordering directly from Japan
How fragile or sturdy is it? Moderoids felt easier to play with than Bandai's stuff, the sharp points especially make me worry about fragility, yet the design and show makes it impossible to not want to move and swoosh it around

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>>11745515
SGGL is kind of a bit too hollow for my liking but the joints are pretty solid and they'll hold up to some play and posing.
Same for Lazengann minus being hollow.

>>11745543
I see, that's somewhat promising, how does regular Gurren Lagann feel so far?

>>11745561
Everything that's there so far is just a ball joint. It might wear down over time but right now it's holding strong.

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For the anon who wanted to buy cloth striped panties for their Cyclone Hopper: I found this out a few weeks back when asking in the /m/ thread and can confirm after receiving mine today, she includes waterslides for panties (two sexy black panties, two schoolgirl striped panties blue and pink) and nipple pasties. So, if you don't want to take the time, effort and money to find cloth underwear for her, at least you have some basic free options to un-lewd her.

>>11745587
Similar to moderoids huh, albeit so far so good for mine as well
>>11745766
>at least you have some basic free options to un-lewd her.
But won't her panties just slide off if you splash her with enough water, that sounds like you're making things even lewder

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How much masking is too much masking?

>>11738475
they're still available....not going to be good resell. I think people don't even know they exist and think the in-game skins is the collab.

>>11745791
For something like that I would just a handbrush. But the result is impressive nonetheless.

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Alright I'm done for the day.
I have some hands and a drill left to do

Did the rapture take place and I did not get the notification or is the whole of /gpg working on their group build entries?

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What went so wrong with the gunpla community?

>>11746798
Please tell me that isn't lgbt haro wearing a medical mask

>>11746798
Lets not pretend that reddit is a part of any fanbase.

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I'm so disappointed. My kosmos leds were damaged.

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These entry Grades are so dope
Clean cheap and bigger than the 1/144 trash

anyone have a swatch, sample, testpiece, finished piece, whatever of Gaia Notes Votoms AT-14 Leather Brown?

from the terrible shop thumbs it looks a little too maroon for my taste but it's hard to tell.


Maybe a comparison between the starbrights too?

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>>11748742

>>11748377
My gf got me that Nu on a whim last week since I'm holding off on building my Nu Ver Ka until I get better, and I'm surprised how much fun I had with it. I felt kinda like a scrub getting an Entry Grade but I didn't expect to enjoy the sculpt as much as I did. I get they have wear issues over time but that seems fixable.
Any other notable EGs that are around the same level of quality?

>>11749036
Nu is probably the best one desu, especially with the expansion kit to give it the whole arsenal. Very solid kit.
I guess strike is also good, but you have to deal with it being ugly because it's a seed design.

>>11749036
>>11748377
When I started I avoided the EGs out of some weird sense of pride but I got a couple last year and had a bunch of fun doing things with them that I would normally avoid doing

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the Plamax Battroid kit is pretty neat
going to go with a slight weathering look for this one

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Bit of a wacky find today. This was supposed to be an exclusive to the Side-F store in Japan that got a release through Premium Bandai if my research is correct. Pretty good price for it to boot.

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What's your biggest vice?

I haven't put together any kits since around the time the HG Witch From Mercury line was coming out and I'm looking to get back into building with something relatively small/cheap.
What are some (if any) notably good HG or lower end RG/MG kits from the past couple years I should take a look at picking up?

>>11750725
Off the top of my head
>the WfM kits
>RG Epyon
>MG Vidar
>new HG Legend
>RG Wing Zero
>MG Barbatos Lupus

>>11750725
The HG WfM line is purportedly pretty good. Aerial and Calibarn are very popular pickups, though depending on where you live it might be difficult to source them.

RG The Gundam 2.0 is also an excellent kit, the first batch had a problem with the head vulcans but that got fixed within the first few months.

The HG Gundam EX from Requiem for Vengeance is a pretty good kit as well with loads of gimmicks and a high level of detail, though it comes down to personal taste whether or not you'll like it.

Seed Freedom has its own new line of HG kits, they're purportedly pretty good though some of them are pretty expensive like Destiny Zeus Silhouette which is basically an entire mobile armor kit. Rising Freedom and Immortal Justice are very easy to grab.

RG Wing Zero TV has gotten excellent reviews, a monster of a kit if a bit expensive (but not as bad as the Epyon).

On the MG front, they're pretty much all expensive, but in terms of bang for your buck you might consider the MG Wing Zero Custom Ver. Ka, it's a top tier kit and comes with an action base you can immediately put it into aerial poses. Sinanju Stein Narrative Ver. Ka is also quite excellent, but again very expensive thanks to all the iterative improvements they've made over the years. Vidar gets a good rep too, though I haven't looked that much into it myself so I can't say from personal experience.

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>>11750605
>ustar multipurpose vice
>100+ buckaroos
Genuine question - why are universal vices so expensive?
They look real neato, maybe they'd encourage me to scratchbuild more, but I can never justify the price.
Pic unrelated.

>>11750605
Carbonated drinks probably

>>11750871
>>11750858
Looks like my local game store has some lfrith and aerial kits in stock so I'll probably grab one of those, thanks!

>>11750924
>100+ buckaroos
It was $93 I think. Hobby (any hobby) equipment is not cheap in general, nothing we can do about that.

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Salutations /toy/! The entries for the Ace Custom groupbuild have (finally) been posted.
>>>/m/23805078
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You can submit your votes for your favorite builds here:
https://forms.gle/A5n9PgDTFJYuTdjF6
Additionally, suggest your ideas for themes by replying to this post! The current list of themes can be found here: >>>/m/23805157

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Just need to dust this guy down and do the waterslides now.

someone give me a quick rundown on volk's five stories line please. i like the design language and want to get a kit. any point in time where the kits improved drastically, any grenades i should stay away from? any particular standouts?

Hello friends. I'm planning on air brushing marbling effects on some armour pieces. I wanted to ask about polishing it. What grit of polishing compound do I use on a gloss topcoat? do I immediately go for the superfine variants or must I use all the grist gradually?

>>11751282
I also come from /m/, but this news is sober. We'll have to find other places, money is not coming in.

https://desuarchive.org/m/thread/23803175/#23803175

>>11752135
and nothing of value was lost

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Decided to do some work on Formula today, got a decent amount done too considering I also cooked up a storm for easter.

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going to pose this giving birth to gunpla

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>>11749624
progress

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>>11753896

>>11753565
>not showing pregnancy instead

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>>11752975
I'm going to paint eventually paint it to match the one I have in game.

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>>11754671
And of course, transformed

>https://x.com/SURUGAYA_RIFU/status/2041495122026930240?s=20
>Surugaya in Japan giving away free Unkosoul Days kits, you don't even need to purchase anything
Rmao

>>11754767
Whichever Bandai exec decided to go all in on shitpla must have egg on his face now.

>>11729495
Usually I can peg which Gundam a bootleg company is trying to copy, but I'm drawing a blank for this one. What's it based on?
https://www.usagundamstore.com/products/zza-02-gzss-ox-regus

>>11754774
He should get shit on his face instead.
He already had shit for brains. What a fucking retarded idea.

>>11754872
looks kinda inspired from the GP series imo

>>11754872
I don't know but I wish more companies would do this. I hate Build Fighters and third parties always just aping stuff that already exists. I like seeing a big edgy dumb robot with a v-fin slapped on it that doesn't look like anything Sunrise has ever made.

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picked this one up yesterday. some sort of world expo exclusive they're selling normally now

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I've been pondering lately the ti... orbs of my Lady Commanders lately, and I've hit an existential snag. I sand these friggin' robot parts, I polish them, I remove seamlines, I spray, I apply panel lines, and... I've become halfway competent at it. But it's just SO FUCKING TIRESOME AND TIME CONSUMING it pains my soul. Just cutting the thing off the runners and assembling it as is seems to be the go-to experience that Bandai is engineering for nowadays, and the end result looks FINE if you just clip the nubs. Am I turning into a snapfag? Should I seek professional (possibly medical) help?

>>11755803
I don't know, I find it kind of therapeutic to sand things to perfection.

>>11755803
There is nothing wrong with snapbuilding.

>>11755803
plamo is freedom

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It hasn't been posted here yet, but the groupbuild results are in:

>>23811437
>>23811452

Also, voting for the next groupbuild https://forms.gle/WXvyB4j8NyZi8TL56

>>11756133
Fuck, I forgot to edit the links.

>>>/m/23811437
>>>/m/23811452

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>>11753898
and done

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>>11756236
cool kit
I've seen people collect all of these but I dunno, they share the same mold so building them would get old very fast
this 1D has the advantage of being the most distinctive one due to the trainer colors

What new stuff do you want to see for 00's 20th anniversary? Next year is that anniversary, so of course expect more new stuff. Mine is obviously the remaining Season 2 Gundams as Master Grades (Cherudim, Arios, Seravee, Reborns, and the GN Archer with stock parts that can create the GN Heavy Weapons, and parts reuse to make the P-Bandai Artemie). And two different versions of the Artemie, one as an HG using the old GN Archer parts (there are still these cut-out marks from the old plates), and another as an MG with the same LED light-up gimmick for the GN Drive.

>>11756496
they are most likely going to do a MG 2.0 Exia and call it a day

>>11756502
What's with Bandai and hating the Season 2 designs, anyway?

>>11756513
honestly they are not that good compared to the S1 ones

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>>11754671
I started painting it but I've run out of clear red so that sucks.

>>11756496
Bandai still owes me a HG Seravee II.

Has anyone gotten or seen first hand these Moto Nuclear blind box kits? They suddenly are everywhere on my socials. They look kinda neat, but 25USD for the chance of getting 4 of the same kit is kinda suspect to me. It's why I never got into the Monster Hunter figures, its always blind box shit. There is an AliExpress that claims it has "all" 6 for 120USD but then you don't get the "secret" 7th kit.

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>>>/m/23814753
We have until Monday night to vote for the groupbuild theme.
https://forms.gle/GVHGqge26zR1hnkW8

>>11757721
>>>/m/23814958 poll got fucked up, use this one instead

https://forms.gle/HQdU6UkGHwA4FbpJ8

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I think this part on my rg God Gundam is warped? Guess I left the runner out in a bad spot over a couple days… I can for sure see it on one of the rear skirt pieces but this forearm guard just won’t sit flush no matter what. Just two parts. Any ideas on how to fix it or am I shit out of luck?

New thread: >>11758229