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After building a HG Gundam Wing it made me think, why didn't they have it spin around on the torso and shoot some dude behind him in the show? It can turn around completely to go into flight mode.
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signalnoise posted:So you guys spray your parts with them still on the sprues?? After seeing how many pieces they come in and how they go together yeah I've been spraying them on the sprue. Even with just a basecoat the model immediately look better, so it takes care of all the nooks and crannies while still preserving the base color (i sprayed colors close to the plastic color so even after priming they're still somewhat multicolored) which helps with remembering which parts are supposed to be what color when I paint later on. Actually this RX-78-2 is proving to be much more annoying than the Zaku because of that, but oh well.
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Oct 11, 2014 21:49
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It really depends on how the kit is designed. MG Unicorn's psychodrama runners are arranged that for the most part, nubs won't show up in the finished kit. So with the exception of a few parts that I need to snip off and give full coverage, I can just spray the runner and call it a day.
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Oct 11, 2014 21:54
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Yeah I'm gonna have a time with this MG.....
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Oct 11, 2014 21:57
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How bad are the old Wing 1/100 kits?
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Oct 12, 2014 02:31
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Not horrible bad (Epyon possibly excepted) but you're going to be dealing with lots of seam lines, antique joint systems, heavy stickerage and decidedly old-school styling and molding. I think they hold up reasonably well for being almost 20 years old, though.
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Oct 12, 2014 02:55
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muike posted:How bad are the old Wing 1/100 kits? not as bad as the commercials were https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hJ60JkPXsA Level 5 gundam...
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Oct 12, 2014 03:16
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I still love how smug that girl looks with her improperly built Epyon.
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Oct 12, 2014 03:22
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BlitzBlast posted:I still love how smug that girl looks with her improperly built Epyon. she spent three days building it, you think she could have double checked the instructions 
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Oct 12, 2014 03:29
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The guy in charge of that TV campaign stumbled onto the Gundam.com chat board while they were putting it together and wound up grilling me for info about the fanbase, and I can confirm that they didn't have clue one as to what what they were selling or how to go about selling it.
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Oct 12, 2014 03:35
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I got out my old old kits in preparation of getting my new kits and daaaaaaaaaaamn. Both the kits and also my 12-13 year old without tools construction jobs are awful. Just terrible. "HG" Serpent Custom  Back  "HG"Altron and Deathscythe Hell both with broken pieces due to my parent's messy divorce and moving around a bunch.  NG Tallgeese with both shoulders broken  NG Epyon with a million stickers  NG Mercurius and Veyate  
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Oct 12, 2014 03:39
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Any Wing 1/144 released prior to 2013 is a dire piece of business and should be avoided at all costs.
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Oct 12, 2014 03:47
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Pyronic posted:I got out my old old kits in preparation of getting my new kits and daaaaaaaaaaamn. wow those last 2 look so lovely. What are they, 30 parts? That better be lvl 1
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Oct 12, 2014 03:47
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Bimmi posted:The guy in charge of that TV campaign stumbled onto the Gundam.com chat board while they were putting it together and wound up grilling me for info about the fanbase, and I can confirm that they didn't have clue one as to what what they were selling or how to go about selling it. If you could tell any more about it that's actually interesting beyond the fact that they were oblivious marketers, i'd really like to hear it because i loved those commercials when I was younger.
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Oct 12, 2014 03:48
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muike posted:If you could tell any more about it that's actually interesting beyond the fact that they were oblivious marketers, i'd really like to hear it because i loved those commercials when I was younger. They worked on me. I got into gundams when they started playing. My brother saw my terrible imitation of a gundam kit and went out and bought me a MG EX-S. That scared me off the hobby until adulthood.
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Oct 12, 2014 03:53
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Your brother is an rear end in a top hat with fantastic taste
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muike posted:Your brother is an rear end in a top hat with fantastic taste Going from a NG 1/144 with less than 50 parts to a monster like that made me freeze up. I closed the box and its still under my bed 10 years later because I cant deal with the trauma
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Oct 12, 2014 03:59
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Fauxtool posted:wow those last 2 look so lovely. What are they, 30 parts? That better be lvl 1 The Epyon, Tallgeese, Vayeate and Mercurius are all from this line: http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN48138/Gun http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN48137/Gun http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN47686/Gun http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN48289/Gun Fauxtool posted:Going from a NG 1/144 with less than 50 parts to a monster like that made me freeze up. I closed the box and its still under my bed 10 years later because I cant deal with the trauma EXACTLY why I decided to get a few HG kits instead of going right for an MG or Real Grade. Im just worried I'll break something or not be able to do it justice.
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Oct 12, 2014 04:00
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muike posted:If you could tell any more about it that's actually interesting beyond the fact that they were oblivious marketers, i'd really like to hear it because i loved those commercials when I was younger. It was a long time ago and was pretty much your typical ad-biz research phase as far as he was concerned, so not that interesting. I got the distinct impression that Bandai wasn't giving them very much to work with or really supervising them in any meaningful way and they were kind of floundering without any clear guidance (having run a few projects with the Japanese I can all too sadly relate.) One thing I made clear to him which they did pick up on was that a big part of the hobby's appeal is the feeling of accomplishment upon finishing a kit, especially a complex one. You can kind of see them going for that in the TV spot, but in all our conversations I never imagined they were gonna go the "Where's Poochy" route with their marketing and oh man did it ever NOT have the desired effect.
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Pyronic posted:EXACTLY why I decided to get a few HG kits instead of going right for an MG or Real Grade. Im just worried I'll break something or not be able to do it justice. Been practicing on HGs with about 6 more to build. Almost ready to be done with 1/144, everything is so tiny and can barely take any handling. HG flag and HG wing tend to just explode when touched. HGs don't have alot of possible poses either, HG Hizack can hold the gun with both hands and that's about it. Tenzarin fucked around with this message at 04:20 on Oct 12, 2014 |
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Oct 12, 2014 04:12
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSeZCUSKbNY I like this one because during the pose for NO GLUE REQUIRED, you can see Wing Zero's arms sagging from the twin buster rifle and the shield with the ugly as sin beam effects. Seriously what the gently caress are those even there for.
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Oct 12, 2014 04:16
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That spot happened after it became clear that the "What's Your Level?" ads were taking a huge poo poo, but it's still awful, and seems pretty good proof that no one knew or cared how the product should be presented. My favorite bit here besides the terrible posing and photography is the "extreeeme articulation" which they make absolutely no attempt to show or demonstrate. The whole thing looks cheap and thrown-together and it's no wonder people weren't rushing to drop $25 apiece on the loving things. Bimmi fucked around with this message at 08:49 on Oct 12, 2014 |
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Oct 12, 2014 04:33
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Fauxtool posted:They worked on me. I got into gundams when they started playing. My brother saw my terrible imitation of a gundam kit and went out and bought me a MG EX-S. That scared me off the hobby until adulthood. your brother fuckin owns, he's generous as hell. Also I have my first kit at my parent's place, it's a 1/100 wing zero. I tried to do the panel lines with a toothpick and some black paint. If I ever see it again, I'll burn it.
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Fauxtool posted:Going from a NG 1/144 with less than 50 parts to a monster like that made me freeze up. I closed the box and its still under my bed 10 years later because I cant deal with the trauma Way to waste your brother's awesome present you dick.
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Oct 12, 2014 07:15
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Just did a very quick wishlist pass on 1999.co.jp and... goddamn there are a lot of models I think look cool. More than I figured when I was just looking at MG's.
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Oct 12, 2014 13:48
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I'm happy with HG kits, just because the MG's take up more room. That said, I'm probably going to get the new Kotobukiya-made 1/100 Tsugumori because I'm a sucker for Tsutomu Nihei's stuff and a giant robot is just gravy  .
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Neddy Seagoon posted:I'm happy with HG kits, just because the MG's take up more room. That said, I'm probably going to get the new Kotobukiya-made 1/100 Tsugumori because I'm a sucker for Tsutomu Nihei's stuff and a giant robot is just gravy It's just such a massive trade-off to me. HG kits are less poseable, but take up less room and if I gently caress up on one I'm not out 35-?? bucks. I have actually considered getting multiple HG Titus's just because they're 13 dollars and I can test out how different paints will look on them. On the other hand MG's are just so much cooler! Feedback question: Painting up this Strike MG in a purple/tan scheme. Of course this doesn't have all the panels colored but that takes too long and this is just my planning phase.  Going with that tan color for all the previously pink areas, purples instead of reds and magentas. I plan to candy coat the purples to make them pop. Any ideas for specific areas to draw attention with color, other than like making the eyes green? I was planning to paint the vents some color and have the back of the vents weathered metallic to make them look worn on the inside but I can't think of what color to make the vents other than I guess just keeping the stock dark grey. Original for comparison 
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Oct 12, 2014 14:01
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You can never go wrong with purple/black/silver.
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Ka0 posted:You can never go wrong with purple/black/silver. Never. 
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Oct 12, 2014 15:11
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1/144 are just a nightmare for me to paint. Ive been working on my Doven Wolf for almost a month (Weekends) and it's just so much more intricate to mask everything so small compared to MG. MG took me a weekend, this HG is fuccccccccccck. I'm really new to air brushing, so I hope I can just get this down better.
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Philthy posted:1/144 are just a nightmare for me to paint. Ive been working on my Doven Wolf for almost a month (Weekends) and it's just so much more intricate to mask everything so small compared to MG. MG took me a weekend, this HG is fuccccccccccck. I'm really new to air brushing, so I hope I can just get this down better. Are you airbrushing a constructed model?
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Oct 12, 2014 20:39
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When are they going to hurry up an announce more G-Reco kits? I desperately want a Hecate.
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signalnoise posted:Are you airbrushing a constructed model? No, I build it, then break it down into sections, then break those down even further into individual pieces if need be. Paint, then build them back up, and top coat sections, pin wash, weather, decal, then assemble complete and play war.
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oh and I forgot to mention, when I was getting out my old models, I found my old tools:  So I should probably get a new hobby knife.
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Oct 12, 2014 22:47
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Philthy posted:No, I build it, then break it down into sections, then break those down even further into individual pieces if need be. Paint, then build them back up, and top coat sections, pin wash, weather, decal, then assemble complete and play war. This sounds sarcastic but I know it to be true
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Philthy posted:1/144 are just a nightmare for me to paint. Ive been working on my Doven Wolf for almost a month (Weekends) and it's just so much more intricate to mask everything so small compared to MG. MG took me a weekend, this HG is fuccccccccccck. I'm really new to air brushing, so I hope I can just get this down better. After building around 10 HGs, this is what I was thinking was going to be an issue. I was planning to learn painting on a HG but I think it will be way more trouble than that it should be. I wouldn't remind rebuilding a MG, HGs just tend to eat up space.
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Oct 13, 2014 03:11
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Well I can confirm that MG Norn can not hold its big shield up without falling over. Guess I'll try futuring the hell out of the joints, I'd really like to actually be able to pose with the thing.
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Oct 13, 2014 05:00
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Here I go again with the old-as-balls kits. 1/60 "Prodution" Type Gelgoog.  Apparently, the original 1/60 kit came with a light bulb (not an LED) and battery compartment/components to light the mono-eye. This was a re-release; it still has the battery compartment and components, but no light bulb. I might try to substitute it with an LED though.
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Oct 13, 2014 05:20
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That's pimp as poo poo. I love gelgoogs. It always makes me laugh that it's an advanced OYW mobile suit but it has the shittiest hatch imaginable.
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Stupid nub cleaning question. I tried filing down the nub but when the nub was flush, it ended up scratching the hell out of the plastic and I'd have to progressive sand it clean anyway. I'm using a set of hobby files I got at Lowe's. I'm guessing I'm operating with too low of a grit. Is there a finer grit/better quality file that you guys/girls recommend? For what it's worth, I generally don't paint and just go the topcoat route. Edit: I would love to get some suggestions on tools/tips to cut nubs cleanly enough to skip all the sanding to clean 'em up - no objection with sinking $30 into the Tamiya sprue cutters. I already tried these and while they are very clean, they aren't super clean and put a lot of stress on my pointer finger: http://umm-usa.com/onlinestore/product_info.php?products_id=3749 MJP fucked around with this message at 16:49 on Oct 13, 2014 |
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