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TaurusOxford posted:That pose IS a glaring flaw. Oh I'm totally down for posing critique and advice. I was thinking of his sword as more of a saber. Any posing protips will be appreciated and utilized, especially for stuff that uses a stand. I find posing this stuff on a stand to be WAY harder to make it look right than if it's on a flat surface. The flat surface forces you to have a balanced pose, for example, and gives you more freedom in one way because you don't have to worry about the base arm. However, I do not watch anime (Genshiken and Build Fighters are the only ones I can stand right now), and if I did I wouldn't watch space opera anime, so I have no idea what a good giant robot pose in space looks like. And posing is my favorite part of the miniatures hobby! Go figure. I'll get it right. At least I know how to take a picture in focus, I got that going for me. Now when you say the parts are almost popping out of their joints, I don't know how to fix that. Maybe I should put a tiny tiny O-ring around ball & socket joints? Or dip them in a thin layer of something to add friction?
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Just don't pose them with joints at the upper limits of their mobility.
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Oct 16, 2014 14:33
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Makes sense. Also my dick blick order came in finally so that strike rouge MG's days are numbered before it is more like a strike desert with purple accents! Woop! And I can confirm that pro spray paint does not obscure detail. I tried it on a runner's description tab and the writing is totally legible even after paint saturation.
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Best way to get good at posing is to study pro and high-end builders, and to some extent Bandai's promo shots & box art and copy what they do. My own poses were kind of meh until I made an effort to suss out exactly what the hobby magazines were doing with their models to make them look so weighty, imposing and cool. Balance, visual flow, and attention to detail make all the difference. Poses should be dynamic but still believable, emphasizing a model's best aspects while de-emphasizing its worst. And again, there's nothing wrong with seeing a pose you like and trying to copy it exactly. edit: not the greatest photo, but this pose was straight ripped off from a Hobby Japan promo sheet and I was happy enough with it to leave it that way for a couple of years: 
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Oct 16, 2014 16:11
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Just put them in a pose from the show/manga. Its not rocket science, you're the one most likely going to look at it the most so make it look good for you. Apparently the pose matters for jack poo poo, since someone from this thread got first place at that meet for doing ->one!<- jazz hand with his Nu gundam. Also maybe it is Crossbone Gundam piloted by Guybrush Threepwood! I always thought pirates did used alot of fencing techniques also. Tenzarin fucked around with this message at 16:25 on Oct 16, 2014 |
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Oct 16, 2014 16:20
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Side question for lurking stupid idea: other than taking Nobell or Nobell Berserker hair, resin casting it, and futzing, are there any other ways to give a Gundam mecha hair of some sort?
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Oct 16, 2014 16:59
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You'd probably be better off getting a figurine and transplanting the hair.Tenzarin posted:Just put them in a pose from the show/manga. Its not rocket science, you're the one most likely going to look at it the most so make it look good for you. Getting a sense for posing actually is pretty tough.  I'd normally agree with not really caring about what people on the internet think, but no sense wasting perfectly good camera setups.
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MJP posted:Side question for lurking stupid idea: other than taking Nobell or Nobell Berserker hair, resin casting it, and futzing, are there any other ways to give a Gundam mecha hair of some sort? I'm torn between morbid curiosity and really not wanting to know. Doll wigs are definitely a thing though, a perfunctory Google search will turn up any number of suppliers. If you want something more like the Nobell, epoxy putty is the way to go.
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Oct 16, 2014 17:19
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The Gundam Nadleeh has weird hair cables that never made any sense but if you'd like hair you could use the head assembly from one of those. Edit: please be a bikini beach babe Gundam
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The Muffinlord posted:The Gundam Nadleeh has weird hair cables that never made any sense but if you'd like hair you could use the head assembly from one of those. iirc, weren't they meant to be antennae that helped coordinate the other Gundams or something?
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Oct 16, 2014 17:33
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They were gundam dreadlocks!
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Neddy Seagoon posted:iirc, weren't they meant to be antennae that helped coordinate the other Gundams or something? Maybe if you're running your Gundams off an amateur radio transceiver, sure. But who loving knows for sure, since they used the trial system precisely once and it would have been easier to just build a Gundam with a huge EMP device in their chest.
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it wouldn't be worth buying a Nadleeh just for those parts but insulated wire would do for a similar effect.
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I choose to believe the question is being asked because the poster is homebrewing a Genesic GaoGaiGar.
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BlitzBlast posted:but no sense wasting perfectly good camera setups. The funny thing about you caring about my camera is that that was a very low-effort shot. When I have something really worth showing off, I'll pull out my lightbox 
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Poison Mushroom posted:I choose to believe the question is being asked because the poster is homebrewing a Genesic GaoGaiGar. I like the color schemes of some of the Idolm@ster stage outfits, and hence I'd really like a Ganaha Gundam. :-(
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For that sort of thing I would definitely set a wire armature for the ponytails and then sculpt epoxy putty over that.
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Is there a decent HG Tallgeese? I want to get one and kitbash it, because I'm a lunatic.
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Poison Mushroom posted:Is there a decent HG Tallgeese? I want to get one and kitbash it, because I'm a lunatic. Nope. You want a Tallgeese worth owning, it's MG or nothing.
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TaurusOxford posted:Nope. You want a Tallgeese worth owning, it's MG or nothing.
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I'm annoyed an appearance in Build Fighters isn't a promise of an HG, would have liked a Tallgease or Turn- X, among others.
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Poison Mushroom posted:And which one is the one worth owning? The newer MG from the verEW line or either of the two coming soon I'd imagine.
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Poison Mushroom posted:And which one is the one worth owning? Well, the Tallgeese I is the only one regularly available. The TGII and III are webshop exclusives, so you have to go through Gentei Kits or something and pay the premium for them. If you just want a Tallgeese, get the Tallgeese I MG. Suzaku fucked around with this message at 19:01 on Oct 16, 2014 |
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Suzaku posted:The TGII and III are webshop exclusives, so you have to go through Gentei Kits or something and pay the premium for them. There's also the option of Dragon Momoko's version of those kits, which is honestly a better option in my opinion cause gently caress that online premium price.
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Related question: Did they ever make an Alt Eisen or Alt Eisen Reise worth getting? Model kit or just decent posable figure.
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signalnoise posted:The funny thing about you caring about my camera is that that was a very low-effort shot. When I have something really worth showing off, I'll pull out my lightbox Terrible photo after terrible photo on /m/ and /toy/ have traumatized me. hmmmm yes this unfocused photo of a room with a kit in it deserves maximum resolution Poison Mushroom posted:Related question: Did they ever make an Alt Eisen or Alt Eisen Reise worth getting? Model kit or just decent posable figure. Yeah, Koto has a line of SRW model kits. They're okay.
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Poison Mushroom posted:Related question: Did they ever make an Alt Eisen or Alt Eisen Reise worth getting? Model kit or just decent posable figure. Kotobukiya made 1/144 kits of both of those, and on the figure side Super Robot Chogokin has you covered for Alteisen.
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TaurusOxford posted:Kotobukiya made 1/144 kits of both of those, and on the figure side Super Robot Chogokin has you covered for Alteisen. BlitzBlast posted:Yeah, Koto has a line of SRW model kits. They're okay.
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Poison Mushroom posted:Oof. How long have theen been out of production? I'm looking at almost $100, after shipping, and if it's just an HG-quality, I'd really rather just get a couple other kits I like (like the fore-mentioned MG Tallgeese). The regular Alt is only $40 including shipping on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Super-Robot-Taisen-Original-Generations/dp/B00112WO3C/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1413483129&sr=8-6&keywords=alteisen
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Poison Mushroom posted:Oof. How long have theen been out of production? I'm looking at almost $100, after shipping, and if it's just an HG-quality, I'd really rather just get a couple other kits I like (like the fore-mentioned MG Tallgeese). You're probably better off getting MG Tallgeese unless you're a huge Alteisen fan.
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TaurusOxford posted:You're probably better off getting MG Tallgeese unless you're a huge Alteisen fan. I like the Alteisen and all, but wow that Huckebein looks great. Also since I've noticed people talking about poor articulation on some of the Unicorn MG's, I have to ask since I haven't started it yet. I picked up the animation color Sinanju recently, how bad a time am I looking at for posing it? The few I've seen made seemed to actually have fairly decent options for posing. Samba De Amigo fucked around with this message at 19:22 on Oct 16, 2014 |
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Son Ryo posted:The regular Alt is only $40 including shipping on Amazon. Hooray for impulse buys on payday? 
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Samba De Amigo posted:Also since I've noticed people talking about poor articulation on some of the Unicorn MG's, I have to ask since I haven't started it yet. I picked up the animation color Sinanju recently, how bad a time am I looking at for posing it? The few I've seen made seemed to actually have fairly decent options for posing. MG Sinanju is much better than MG Unicorn. Have fun with those decals though. Also when people bitch about the Unicorn MGs, they are literally only bitching about the MG Unicorn Gundam and its spawn. Everything else is great, if not awesome.
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BlitzBlast posted:MG Sinanju is much better than MG Unicorn. Have fun with those decals though. Ah okay. I kinda figured as much since it seemed to be specifically towards Banshee, Banshee Norn, and Unicorn. Yea the decals honestly are one of the reasons I'm afraid to start. I'm not the best at applying fine details and I haven't applied that decals many before. Seems a bit daunting.
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Samba De Amigo posted:Ah okay. I kinda figured as much since it seemed to be specifically towards Banshee, Banshee Norn, and Unicorn. Well, nothing says you HAVE to use all the decals. The scary part about the current Unicorn articulation is that it's still better than original Unicorn ver.Ka. So as bad as it is, it used to be worse....
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signalnoise posted:Now when you say the parts are almost popping out of their joints, I don't know how to fix that. Maybe I should put a tiny tiny O-ring around ball & socket joints? Or dip them in a thin layer of something to add friction? The figure's left arm is bent way too far back for a Guybrush Threepwood style pirate fencing duel thing. You want to keep the top of the shoulder armour as on top/towards the back as possible generally. Just using the bicep swivel and tilting the arm back a little gives you the pose you want (I think). Sorta like this? Not using a stand and having a lighting and cable disaster so I couldn't get the legs exactly how I wanted. What you've got in terms of that shoulder is someone pulling their elbow back 90 degrees from neutral which doesn't happen. Fencing poses are also hard when you can't point the sword forward enough to be pokey. Another general rule is hips and shoulders go in opposite directions, when you lunge forward with your right arm, for example, your right shoulder will go forwards, but you'll be pushing with your right foot so your right hip will be going backwards and your left foot will be the front most foot. Obviously this is not true for fencing due to the whole smallest target possible sideways stance, but it's a thing to keep in mind for brawly poses. Pretty much anything goes with guns in space though. Poison Mushroom posted:Oof. How long have theen been out of production? I'm looking at almost $100, after shipping, and if it's just an HG-quality, I'd really rather just get a couple other kits I like (like the fore-mentioned MG Tallgeese). The SRW 1/144 are anywhere from large HG to large MG size. The Alteisen is based on the Gespenst and that's a little shorter than the RX78-2 2.0 I think. The 1/144 Cybuster is huge with HG Gundams coming up to its waist pretty much. They even do a DyGenGuar 1/144 that's super huge with MGs coming up to the thighs. In terms of kits they're between an HG and an MG, no inner frame but way better colour separation and some parts are even pre-painted. Dalong has pictures with comparisons to Bandai stuff under the Kotobukiya section.
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signalnoise posted:Now when you say the parts are almost popping out of their joints, I don't know how to fix that. Maybe I should put a tiny tiny O-ring around ball & socket joints? Or dip them in a thin layer of something to add friction? In this case the standard HG shoulder blocks are really bad-looking and you should avoid poses that draw attention to them. The shoulder armor is also hanging off at odd angles and the ball joints look like they could be pushed into the sockets a little farther.
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 IT'S DONE! I've got the F91 and the Gouf Mr. Ral Custom left, which should I build next? Pyronic fucked around with this message at 22:59 on Oct 16, 2014 |
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Anyone know what the quality of the old Abigor model is like? I noticed it was pretty cheap now, and I have a
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