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One of my best friends got me a HG Wing Zero kit and I decided- it's a present, I'm gonna do something fancy with it. Started with just wanting to give it feathery wings like the EW design, but it ended up being more than that in a few ways. So since it was feeling close enough to some kind of Build Fighters style variant MS, I named it the Archangel Wing Zero closeup on the damaged head and to further push the Build Fighters vibe I went ahead and gave it a super form kinda thing, Edensguard Mode Really enjoying adding some chipping/wear/damage to kits, definitely gonna keep doing that in the future.
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# ? Apr 4, 2021 00:16 |
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Halman posted:If I wanted to build a VF-1Valkyrie is there a particular kit/brand I should be looking for in order to have the least hassle? And it looks like a lot of them expect you to paint them? I built the Bandai VF-1 from a few (10 or so?) years ago. While it could be a good kit if you pose it once and then never touch it again, it's not so good as a super fragile plastic hand grenade transformable mecha. I ended up getting a fixed-mode Hasegawa kit and a used Arcadia transformable figure. Edit- Here's Dalong's build & photos of the kit: http://www.dalong.net/reviews/etc/mv03/mv03_p.htm It's an incredibly fiddly kit. Queadlunn fucked around with this message at 00:30 on Apr 4, 2021 |
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Queadlunn posted:I built the Bandai VF-1 from a few (10 or so?) years ago. While it could be a good kit if you pose it once and then never touch it again, it's not so good as a super fragile plastic hand grenade transformable mecha. I ended up getting a fixed-mode Hasegawa kit and a used Arcadia transformable figure. Apparently, the Roy Fokker version was improved to be less of a nightmare, but it was still pretty fiddly. Dalong's review says that the Roy version is worth getting for hardcore Macross fans as long as they know what they're getting into and don't expect Bandai's usual. Meanwhile, the first release was referred to as "Bandai's worst kit".
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# ? Apr 4, 2021 01:03 |
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It's not gunpla or even a Gundam, but I bought a Lego Eva
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# ? Apr 4, 2021 04:22 |
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Endymion FRS MK1 posted:It's not gunpla or even a Gundam, but I bought a Lego Eva
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# ? Apr 4, 2021 04:34 |
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That looks way better than I would have expected something described as a 'Lego Eva' to look
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# ? Apr 4, 2021 04:44 |
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I'm working through my Barbatos Lupus Rex (man some of the stuff on the joints seems kinda.. loose? dunno, maybe need to check if I put them together right) but pretty excited to get through my current backlog. Also, I kinda really... want to build a Liger Zero for some reason. Are the armor parts kinda interchangeable between the Panzer/Yaeger/Schneider modes for the current Zero kit out, or are people expected to buy three separate Liger Zeroes? Endymion FRS MK1 posted:It's not gunpla or even a Gundam, but I bought a Lego Eva lol this thing is huge too where did you even get this MechaX fucked around with this message at 05:33 on Apr 4, 2021 |
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MechaX posted:I'm working through my Barbatos Lupus Rex (man some of the stuff on the joints seems kinda.. loose? dunno, maybe need to check if I put them together right) but pretty excited to get through my current backlog. Assuming it's still the same Kotobukiya kit, the Liger Zero is indeed interchangeable. You can actually get separate armor pack kits for the different modes as well as standalone Liger Zero [MODE] kits. For what it's worth, I've got the Iron Blood Finish Barbatos Lupus Rex and the joints have been pretty solid on that.
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# ? Apr 4, 2021 05:38 |
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chiasaur11 posted:Apparently, the Roy Fokker version was improved to be less of a nightmare, but it was still pretty fiddly. I'm pretty bad at making kits, but that kit was impossible for me, It was so goddamn fiddly that I couldn't even get it to stay in one place for a second, much less pose it. It lives in a box now, It needs to atone for it's crimes
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# ? Apr 4, 2021 05:40 |
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MechaX posted:lol this thing is huge too https://www.yourwobb.com/products/18k-k124-eva-01-test-type-evangelion-1
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# ? Apr 4, 2021 05:49 |
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This is way cheaper than I expected.
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# ? Apr 4, 2021 08:54 |
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Rabbi Tupac posted:This is way cheaper than I expected. It's one of the Chinese knockoff sites so you'll get a PDF of instructions and 30 bags of pieces that aren't sorted in any discernible fashion. I've bought from them before; the bricks fit together just fine and aren't slimy, but be prepared to spend a few hours spreading out and sorting parts before you get started.
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# ? Apr 4, 2021 08:57 |
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Sea Lily posted:One of my best friends got me a HG Wing Zero kit and I decided- it's a present, I'm gonna do something fancy with it. NGL, that looks pretty awesome! Where’s that sword from?
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# ? Apr 4, 2021 10:08 |
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Sure I'll work over the Easter weekend, what could go wrong? Oh.
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# ? Apr 4, 2021 11:15 |
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Sykic posted:Sure I'll work over the Easter weekend, what could go wrong? Yeah, I definitely see your problem there. Two Chars and no Amuros? You're going to have a really unbalanced MS collection.
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# ? Apr 4, 2021 11:22 |
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Midjack posted:It's one of the Chinese knockoff sites so you'll get a PDF of instructions and 30 bags of pieces that aren't sorted in any discernible fashion. I've bought from them before; the bricks fit together just fine and aren't slimy, but be prepared to spend a few hours spreading out and sorting parts before you get started. That was 100% not my experience, the instructions were a nice big book and the bags were numbered based on what step they were for. It was super easy to build and quality was great
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# ? Apr 4, 2021 15:06 |
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Sykic posted:Sure I'll work over the Easter weekend, what could go wrong? This is a really great set of kits, apart from where you encouraged them to make more Unicorns.
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# ? Apr 4, 2021 15:44 |
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Tarquinn posted:NGL, that looks pretty awesome! Thanks! And the sword is a koto MSG accessory kit thing, the big floating shield in the last pic is from the same lil set, I think it's called the Knight Master Sword
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# ? Apr 4, 2021 16:32 |
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Sea Lily posted:Thanks! And the sword is a koto MSG accessory kit thing, the big floating shield in the last pic is from the same lil set, I think it's called the Knight Master Sword https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10712655 https://www.hlj.com/heavy-weapon-unit-25-knight-master-sword-kbymh-25 Yep. Koto makes a lot of nice stuff that's still somewhat lacking on Bandai's end despite their Build accessories/option packs line. It's worth looking into though the caveat is that they're more suited to Frame Arms scale which is somewhere between 1/144 and 1/100. In terms of how compatible they are, they use 3mm pegs usually but Bandai stuff outside of 30mm usually is only a little bit replete with holes for this sort of thing. Hand-wise, it can come down to set by set what works, what's too big for smol Gunpla hand, what's too small for big Gunpla hand.
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# ? Apr 5, 2021 01:05 |
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Bandai do some hands in various sizes and at least one of them will work for any given Koto weapon unit thing. I think my Jegan has like 4 sets of hands. Made moderoid Gaiking in a single sitting tonight. Easy build, nothing too complex and the plastic quality seemed fine enough to me. I like the shoulder and hip polycaps that slide in and out for extra range of movement and keeping the hips in the underpants. Gonna be building the other two boys and then combining for Gaiking the Great.
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# ? Apr 5, 2021 05:15 |
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https://www.bandaispirits.co.jp/hobbycenter/recycleproject.html This is a great idea and I'm amazed this wasn't a thing earlier.
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# ? Apr 5, 2021 07:12 |
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Puddin posted:https://www.bandaispirits.co.jp/hobbycenter/recycleproject.html Ecopla has been around for a while though it was never very widely sold.
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# ? Apr 5, 2021 07:18 |
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Midjack posted:It's one of the Chinese knockoff sites so you'll get a PDF of instructions and 30 bags of pieces that aren't sorted in any discernible fashion. I've bought from them before; the bricks fit together just fine and aren't slimy, but be prepared to spend a few hours spreading out and sorting parts before you get started. Lol if you don't tear open all the bags and dump everything into a huge pile because that's what you used to do in the 80s with lego, and then 3/4s of your build time is sifting angrily through the pile muttering about how you just saw that 1x1 tile not five minutes ago where the gently caress is-oh duh there it is
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# ? Apr 5, 2021 19:34 |
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Phy posted:Lol if you don't tear open all the bags and dump everything into a huge pile because that's what you used to do in the 80s with lego, and then 3/4s of your build time is sifting angrily through the pile muttering about how you just saw that 1x1 tile not five minutes ago where the gently caress is-oh duh there it is
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# ? Apr 5, 2021 20:19 |
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Have they really not made an MG Vidar or Flauros or Gusion Rebake yet?
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# ? Apr 5, 2021 22:08 |
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sassassin posted:Have they really not made an MG Vidar or Flauros or Gusion Rebake yet? They really have not. There are HG 1/100 scale Vidar and Gusion kits though.
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# ? Apr 5, 2021 22:12 |
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So far Core Gundam II G3 seems much more solid than Core Gundam II in the Uraven kit. I assume there was just a weird box of poly caps somewhere?
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# ? Apr 5, 2021 22:17 |
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sassassin posted:Have they really not made an MG Vidar or Flauros or Gusion Rebake yet? Not yet. Bandai only makes a handful of new MGs a year lately, and Barbatos only got an MG in late 2019, with a P-Bandai expansion kit released in 2020. They're also a lower priority because they already have a line of 1/100 IBO kits. (A line which didn't seem to do amazing, since they cut it down from 9 kits to four in the second season). Considering it took about a decade to get MGs of the non-Exia Gundams from 00, there's no guarantee that IBO will get kits of the Kimaris, Guision, Bael, or Flauros any time soon. That said, I think that Barbatos is probably already one of the best selling Master Grades of all time given its wide US retail release, so I'd bet Bandai is at least looking at the numbers for making more IBO Master Grades.
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# ? Apr 5, 2021 22:27 |
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UK prices are nuts compared to when I last looked, which seems to be nearly three years ago. Time sure flies.
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# ? Apr 5, 2021 22:50 |
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Wow wow the MG Stormbringer FA is cool.
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# ? Apr 6, 2021 03:05 |
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de-stressed after work today by building a cute lil HG kit, the Momokapool. enjoyed it a lot, fun and unique build and the kit includes just enough 'unused' parts to extend the arms by another full joint segment each so I went ahead and gave him those extra long wiggly arms https://twitter.com/SleepySeaLily/status/1379237058351300608 definitely recommend it if you wanna do a build that isn't just the usual gundam/zaku stock biped style stuff
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Sea Lily posted:de-stressed after work today by building a cute lil HG kit, the Momokapool. enjoyed it a lot, fun and unique build and the kit includes just enough 'unused' parts to extend the arms by another full joint segment each so I went ahead and gave him those extra long wiggly arms Still annoyed there's no regular Kapool/Capule HGUC.
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Phy posted:Lol if you don't tear open all the bags and dump everything into a huge pile because that's what you used to do in the 80s with lego, and then 3/4s of your build time is sifting angrily through the pile muttering about how you just saw that 1x1 tile not five minutes ago where the gently caress is-oh duh there it is Hi, I'm in this post and I don't like it. Though sub out 80s for 90s. I think I still have a couple of the giant Technic kits at my parents' place.
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# ? Apr 6, 2021 05:18 |
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3 more kits for the wardrobe
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# ? Apr 6, 2021 07:36 |
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Sea Lily posted:the kit includes just enough 'unused' parts to extend the arms by another full joint segment each so I went ahead and gave him those extra long wiggly arms this was a fun little surprise when I was building the kit, and I'm honestly a bit puzzled that Bandai never released an Option Kit that was just a bunch of extra arm segments. It would have been a good seller I think, and Japanese twitter would have done the marketing all on its own!
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# ? Apr 6, 2021 18:44 |
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If I ever end up finding another Momokapool for cheap I might get it just to make the arms twice as longOnmi posted:
haven't built the other two but Leo is a fun, quick lil build to knock out sometime. good picks though. i want to get the hyaku-shiki with the gold coating
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# ? Apr 6, 2021 23:52 |
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grassy gnoll posted:This is a really great set of kits, apart from where you encouraged them to make more Unicorns. Could have been worse, I could have bought the Perfectibility too. Sea Lily posted:i want to get the hyaku-shiki with the gold coating There's a whole bunch of coated kits I want but I have absolutely no idea how to clean them without destroying it. It seems like none of the kits that get a coat are ever designed for it and markers don't come close to matching the mirror shine.
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# ? Apr 7, 2021 13:38 |
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So it turns out Gundam Build Real is only part of Bandai's push to make live action dramas about people building model kits. There's also Girl Gun Lady. It's about high school girls who build kits of guns and ladies, but then the guns and ladies become real and make the girls fight to the death. Here are the guns And the ladies The first episode is up on Youtube but no English subs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtgxNNJHM28
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# ? Apr 7, 2021 14:20 |
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Are those ladies kits or figures? Because drat, if those aren't painted they may be the first kit I buy that isn't a robit
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# ? Apr 7, 2021 14:29 |
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I ran across that the other day, but got the impression that it was more a toku show trying to cash in on the battle royale game genre craze more than anything, since bandai is typically the go to for merch and prop toys. I basically found no one talking about it english side, though. Not even the toku thread.
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