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I’m using an Action Base 5 for the first time with an HG Victory, V Dash, and V2 display all on one base. It owns so much compared to Action Base 2.
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Guy Goodbody posted:
Gundams with tails are awesome.
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Mar 24, 2018 18:03
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Here's a good comparison of the undisplayable kits
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Mar 24, 2018 18:12
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Guy Goodbody posted:
You certainly wouldn't be buying it for the swords
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Mar 24, 2018 22:31
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Sharing a couple of recent favorites that turned out better than I'd expected them to. Assault Suits Valken/Cybernator - Jake Type Valken Considering the bulk, it's got some nice posability, assuming you filled the feet with BBs. Reminded me that I also have an Assault Suit Leynos renewal version I really want to get to.      I wanted a Krote with a ridiculous, huge, multi loadout ammo type feed system, so I added on some pieces from two Kotobukiya MSG kits and two Tomytecs. The Tomytec M134 mini gun 1:12 kits have lots of great little bits, including flexible ammo chutes and nicely detailed feed mechanisms. I think they blend nicely with the Machinen Krieger base kit. Also felt like the kit overall needed more welded seams, so I built some up by masking off very narrow strips to fill with Tamiya putty, sanded back down until there was just enough left to score and match up with the other welds.  Pak. Krote TW47 - Black Slipper      
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Mar 24, 2018 22:36
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Those look extremely good!
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Mar 24, 2018 22:46
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That Krote is really loving good. Goddamn.
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Mar 24, 2018 22:47
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Puddin posted:That Krote is really loving good. Goddamn.
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Mar 24, 2018 22:52
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That's really great work
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Mar 24, 2018 22:53
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That Valken suit looks like a great kit, and the work on both of those is fantastic.
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Mar 24, 2018 23:04
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Kao_Pai posted:Sharing a couple of recent favorites that turned out better than I'd expected them to. Very nice! What's your weathering technique on the first one, sponge?
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Mar 25, 2018 00:44
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 Box art for 3 of the suits form Full Metal Panic Invisible Victory. Haven't seen the show, but these look incredibly like my kinda robots.
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Mar 25, 2018 03:34
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I hope bandai will make a laevatein as well once it shows up. I have the Kotobukiya one but it's not great.
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Mar 25, 2018 03:37
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drat, I should get into Full Metal Panic.
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Mar 25, 2018 03:40
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Droyer posted:I hope bandai will make a laevatein as well once it shows up. I have the Kotobukiya one but it's not great. I hope they make kits of the good robots from that show, like the Scepter or the Savage,
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Mar 25, 2018 03:40
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Taintrunner posted:drat, I should get into Full Metal Panic. It’s good
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Mar 25, 2018 03:46
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Guy Goodbody posted:I hope they make kits of the good robots from that show, like the Scepter or the Savage, The scepter doesn't even show up until the sequel series written by someone else, there's no chance they're gonna make a kit of it in conjunction with the new anime.
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Mar 25, 2018 03:47
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Guy Goodbody posted:I hope they make kits of the good robots from that show, like the Scepter or the Savage, They posted the boxart for three of the good robots right there
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Mar 25, 2018 03:47
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ACES CURE PLANES posted:They posted the boxart for three of the good robots right there yeah, I just think the laevatein is boring
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Mar 25, 2018 03:50
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At 1/60, what size will these kids be? Hg size?
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Mar 25, 2018 03:53
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If I didn't know better I would mistake those for IBO kits.
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Mar 25, 2018 03:59
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That Gobbo posted:If I didn't know better I would mistake those for IBO kits. The giveaway is that they actually have waists  It would be nice to get the scepter/savage, they're pretty neat robbits.
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Mar 25, 2018 04:00
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Booyah- posted:Very nice! What's your weathering technique on the first one, sponge? Just a wet brush with Vallejo chipping medium. I'd never used it before, but i like it better than hairspray. Apply the top layer to the chipping medium, then after it dries just kind of poke away with a water wet brush.
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Mar 25, 2018 04:06
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DKD posted:At 1/60, what size will these kids be? Hg size? Pretty much yeah, FMP robots are tiny except for the one super huge one. M9 Gernsback is ~8.5m.
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Mar 25, 2018 04:15
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No man, I can't keep buying Arbalests. Stop.
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Mar 25, 2018 04:17
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C'mon bandai, you can afford to make some 1/40 scale or something with MG equivalent engineering, can't you? Or at least of the Arbalest and Laevatein?
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Mar 25, 2018 04:20
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Also on the non-Gundam models track: http://schizophonic9.com/re4/hg_bracer.html - Bracer Phoenix. It looks ok, though it's definitely the most boring of the suits. Also, 51 stickers.
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Mar 25, 2018 04:25
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EVGA Longoria posted:Also on the non-Gundam models track: The Jaeger designs for Uprising are all pretty loving generic compared to Pacific Rim's. I'd much rather have kits of those designs.
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Mar 25, 2018 04:28
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EVGA Longoria posted:Also on the non-Gundam models track: Oh man those thick nubs right on the fuckin dome, just kill me already
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Mar 25, 2018 04:29
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ACES CURE PLANES posted:C'mon bandai, you can afford to make some 1/40 scale or something with MG equivalent engineering, can't you? They might, but it makes sense to test the waters first. It's been a while since FMP had a show, and they don't make that many MGs a year recently anyway. Think I'll probably pick up one or two of those. Combine those with the new Leos, and it seems like we're in grunt territory. Not a bad place to be.
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Mar 25, 2018 04:40
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chiasaur11 posted:They might, but it makes sense to test the waters first. It's been a while since FMP had a show, and they don't make that many MGs a year recently anyway. None of those are actually grunts.
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Mar 25, 2018 04:58
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Neddy Seagoon posted:The Jaeger designs for Uprising are all pretty loving generic compared to Pacific Rim's. I'd much rather have kits of those designs. I like Saber Athena, but yeah, they are super generic.
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Mar 25, 2018 05:08
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Droyer posted:None of those are actually grunts. Ah, really? My mistake. Limited FMP experience made me kinda assume some of those were, at least in a Jegan sense, from the pictures. Still. Neat designs.
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chiasaur11 posted:Ah, really? The Arbalest is a one-off super-prototype but M9s are sort of low-production-run, high spec grunts. Kind of like the ECOAS specific stuff in Unicorn. They're manufactured exclusively for the use of (and by, IIRC) a private merc group that's central to the plot of the story. Those two particular M9s are specialized for the use of their pilots, although the one with the sniper rifle is more-or-less standard issue aside its armament if I remember correctly. I think the US Army uses a lower spec/older version of the same design too?
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Mar 25, 2018 05:31
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Zebulon posted:The Arbalest is a one-off super-prototype but M9s are sort of low-production-run, high spec grunts. Kind of like the ECOAS specific stuff in Unicorn. They're manufactured exclusively for the use of (and by, IIRC) a private merc group that's central to the plot of the story. Those two particular M9s are specialized for the use of their pilots, although the one with the sniper rifle is more-or-less standard issue aside its armament if I remember correctly. I think the US Army uses a lower spec/older version of the same design too? I think Kurz's M9 has a unique head too, and in fairness later in the novels (which we'll presumably see in the upcoming anime) the US starts using M9s making them proper grunts.
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Mar 25, 2018 05:34
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Droyer posted:I think Kurz's M9 has a unique head too, and in fairness later in the novels (which we'll presumably see in the upcoming anime) the US starts using M9s making them proper grunts. It'd make sense if it has better optics, but I could swear in the anime at least that it has the same head the unnamed pilot versions you see every so often have. Not familiar with the novels themselves to know if that's different.
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Mar 25, 2018 05:39
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So my backlog was dwindling away... and I bought 4 more kits to fill the space: -1/100 Mobile Sumo -1/144 HGUC Nu Gundam -1/100 MG Alex Metallic Finish version (I spent more than I want to admit on this...) -1/100 HRM Wing Zero Custom (actually saved about $25 on this)  Add to that the fact that we just bought a SECOND Detolf, and my wallet is in so much pain. Shinde fucked around with this message at 06:10 on Mar 25, 2018 |
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Mar 25, 2018 06:07
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The past week I've bought and put together a HG Wing Zero and a MG Tallgeese. Then I bought a MG Epyon and Strike Gundam today. Someone help.
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Mar 25, 2018 07:54
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Did more random parts of the dainsleif. It's built around this center accelerator core (with placeholder kebab skewer currently loaded), all the parts just slide over it so there's no glue needed.
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It's looking really good, kudos.
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