BattleMonkey
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Do you primer your gundam kits or just spray them? Seems like alot of tutorials and vids online people just airbrush or spray can their raw model kits. Stuff like mold release is not an issue on gundam kits?
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Paltheos
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That's not all. I actually don't know all that much about mold release, but I can tell you priming serves two, important functions for me:
1) It makes clear any errors made in cleaning up the part (i.e. completely finishing nub removal)
2) It fills or corrects scratches made by sandpaper, mini holes sometimes left during nub removal, and other imperfections on the part.
oh man the Zaku HG I got is one of my FAVORITE ones I made. I'm def getting more of them.
I love how it looks
I built that a couple of months ago. So good. I love how all of the weapons fit into the shield. I have no idea how that arm stays attached in fiction.
I really need to build more MGs. I completed the RX-78-2 3.0 as my first MG and also build the Ball Ver Ka, but I've mainly built HGs. I got the Freedom 2.0 for Christmas so that's exciting. I'm also trying to decide which MG Zaku I want to build. Trying to decide if I should do Char's Zaku or a standard green Zaku. Char's would be a good complement to my RX-78, but I love the green of the standard Zaku. Should I go with the 2.0 MG Zaku II or is there a more recent/better version of the kit?
Valdfellgar
Banned
So I got 7 new MG models for Christmas, a few are arriving late and one is the White Ogre. Does anyone know a good way to do it's crusty, dirt and black marked detailing?
I thought about painting but seems too advanced, if anything I'd order those gundam markers to try line drawing.
I need to watch that series
no wonder the box said that duh. But it's been a pretty damn good pick out of the ones I ordered, now to work on the ones I bought at barnes and noble.
My Gundam Barbartos 6th form
and the BIGGEST gunpla I've bought a few weeks ago. Gundam Gusion/ Gundam gusion rebake. Looks like a fucking awesome two pack.
Oh yeah the shield is def amazing, plus I love the gattling, which reminds me I need to get the 1/100 MG XXXG-01H Gundam Heavy Arms except now I realized it's Master Grade and I'm not ready for it according to some gunpla beginners thread.
Fuuuuuuck now I need to get more things like the custom gouf or 'Zaku' like mechs.
I need to watch that series
no wonder the box said that duh. But it's been a pretty damn good pick out of the ones I ordered, now to work on the ones I bought at barnes and noble.
My Gundam Barbartos 6th form
and the BIGGEST gunpla I've bought a few weeks ago. Gundam Gusion/ Gundam gusion rebake. Looks like a fucking awesome two pack.
Oh yeah the shield is def amazing, plus I love the gattling, which reminds me I need to get the 1/100 MG XXXG-01H Gundam Heavy Arms except now I realized it's Master Grade and I'm not ready for it according to some gunpla beginners thread.
Fuuuuuuck now I need to get more things like the custom gouf or 'Zaku' like mechs.
This is most of the gouf customs both mg and HG done over at gunpla reddit
very very popular kit.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Gunpla/search?q=gouf+custom&restrict_sr=on&sort=relevance&t=all
sample pic from one of the posters
the mg heavy arms just a has couple of thin pieces like the head and body that can break if you are not careful but that is true for most kits. Also the machine gun has a lot of pieces that I personally think require a good sanding before final completion.
very very popular kit.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Gunpla/search?q=gouf+custom&restrict_sr=on&sort=relevance&t=all
sample pic from one of the posters
the mg heavy arms just a has couple of thin pieces like the head and body that can break if you are not careful but that is true for most kits. Also the machine gun has a lot of pieces that I personally think require a good sanding before final completion.
most of my kits have come from B&N. I swear my store gets everything outside of Kai and R/E stuff.
Megalosaro
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JadedWriter
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Lost it at "Gouf Troop."
Valkerionseven
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Too add to this, priming also helps make your custom color or repainted colors pop more with less visible errors that may need cleaning up... sort of. I just did my first painting without primer and it was a bit annoying in spots. Painting parts that were white, no problem. Things that were Yellow, and Red though would have been one or two fewer coats if I just used a base primer.
You can just air or can spray fine as well. Air brush can make smaller details and what not can, can cover a wide area and requires less set up and investment. All depends how you want to go about it.
Just finished the MG Heavy Arms myself (posted a page or two back)
its super easy to make, go for it. Nothing about it was really confusing as long as you stick to the manual. Also the Gatling gun is fewer parts than it looks... but more than you might think if that makes sense haha, which is mostly the whole kit that way. I'd stay away from a transforming suit for a first MG though, mine was a bit of a headache.
If you did a 1/100 a MG like Heavy Arms should be fine.
Thank you so much! I will indeed try it then. Can't wait
Un-Gundam related but this just came in today! Super psychoed about it. A Macross hasegawa I ordered recently.
Not sure hows the quality of these but it looks awesome and I love macross mechs too. Any other good Valkyrie models that can be recommended?
Valkerionseven
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Interested to know more about the Macross kits as well, wanted to get maybe one of the Delta ones but after seeing how many stickers there were in the White Knight kit, I slowly walked away lol.
Also this place is up the street from me... my god.
They have kits I've never seen. Literally wall to wall, like 25cm isle space to walk through so many gunpla and model kits. Can't tell but its two isles of stuff. One wrong move and the whole thing would come crashing down killing anyone inside lol. Part of me wants to make my RX-78 ASAP to buy a more obscure or rare kit from here, but if I do I will just keep spending all the money in this place. Dusty as hell but damn, so many rare finds. Even have stuff just sitting outside in a big box there is so much overflow.
Gonna rummage for that MG Altron one day... or buy the Sinanju Stien... or MG God... so many options.
JadedWriter
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Get one of the Roy Fokker VF-1S's and Max and Miria customs. Macross Frontier has some good sets too, but yeah talk to David about the specifics.Thank you so much! I will indeed try it then. Can't wait
Un-Gundam related but this just came in today! Super psychoed about it. A Macross hasegawa I ordered recently.
Not sure hows the quality of these but it looks awesome and I love macross mechs too. Any other good Valkyrie models that can be recommended?
Oh man kind of reminds me of the one at Frank n son's collectible show. Which by the way if I go to sometime soon I would now love to check out more of the store with tons of gunpla in there problem is it's tiny narrow and full of open models that could fall over at any second and it gets packed. Another thing I haven't a clue how much he charges, none the less he had awesome BIG models, revoltech, stuff like that.
Nice, thanks!
davidwhangchoi
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thanks all for the compliments but i'm more of a macross toy/figure guy and for kits: gunpla excites me more than macross.
just of the top of my head, hasegawa makes some damn nice Macross fighter sculpt kits IMO, i haven't really researched the opinions on Hasagawa's interpretation of the vf-1 battroid. but they are known for being one of the best or the best for Macross fighter mode sculpts. Take a look at this section for the most currently discussed Macross kits: they are very good about wanting models to be accurate so it's a good source to see what models kits are nice or issues ppl have. if you dig around your kit will be in there somewhere.
http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?/forum/3-model-kits/
For Macross: there's a big invisible divide between the kit members and toy collecting members. only a few of them interact but it's so separate (kinda like offtopic GAF and the gaming side of GAF) it's a different situation than Gundam where gunpla. is at the forefront and figure collecting is not as big as kits.
just some info in the recent trend for toys vs. kits:
back in the 80's-90's there was only a few macross toys: example: the chunky monkey vf-1 valk toy, the same one that Takara/Hasbro took and made it into JetFire for transformers. nice to handle but looked bulky. (reasons explained below)
for accuracy close to the lineart of the anime: fans turned model scale kits as that was the closest fans could get of an anime accurate valk. the issue with the anime was the "anime magic" going into the transformations and proportions of each mode changed drastically. which made making a macross toy that had a show accurate fighter while having a show accurate battroid form with perfect transformation impossible. to make a transforming toy without swapping parts, compromises had to be made in the proportions of either fighter or battroid forms or to both,
the advantage of kits at the time. companies would specialize in just "one mode." without having to worry about another mode, a sculpt can be produced with the most accurate version of the fighter mode or kits were made with the most accurate form of battroid and gerwalk.
a big change came in 2001 when yamato offered very detailed toys of the vf-1 which led to a big renewed interest in vf-1 though it was an anime from 1984. but still had to swap parts to compensate for the anime magic happening. similar to the 80s kits offered.
vf-1 version 2 came out in 2008 with engineers finally solved a 32 year puzzle of anime magic and developed perfect transformation vf-1 while making all 3 modes close to the lineart as possible. this toy rivals garage kits for accuracy in lineart and with amazing engineering
which is why a lot of fans migrated their interest from the models to these toys.
now with bandai joining the toy fray recently, who's Chunky monkey vf-1 was overtaken by yamato's design as the standard for vf-1 macross toys, have recently released a set of frontier and Macross delta toys which are now considered the best sculpted and engineered macross toys for the current series.
For Gundam: Bandai (with the exception of the Metal Build line which are highly engineered) puts alot of investment into gunpla but for Macross, Bandai puts their best engineers into the toy division. (DX Chogokin line)
Because Bandai is putting their best engineers into the sculpts of macross toys,
Bandai's "variable" kits released for Macross Delta, Frontier and the VF-1 are not as nice or accurate as the Bandai DX toys but more of an after thought... very strange world...
there's still a following of model kits that specialize in single mode as these Hasagawa kits bc they still can make the best "one mode" sculpt. as variable mode toys/model kits will still have to make minimal compromises to dimensions such as length of nose fuselage intakes wingspan (to keep proportion for battroid balanced) no matter how good the engineering is.
just of the top of my head, hasegawa makes some damn nice Macross fighter sculpt kits IMO, i haven't really researched the opinions on Hasagawa's interpretation of the vf-1 battroid. but they are known for being one of the best or the best for Macross fighter mode sculpts. Take a look at this section for the most currently discussed Macross kits: they are very good about wanting models to be accurate so it's a good source to see what models kits are nice or issues ppl have. if you dig around your kit will be in there somewhere.
http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?/forum/3-model-kits/
For Macross: there's a big invisible divide between the kit members and toy collecting members. only a few of them interact but it's so separate (kinda like offtopic GAF and the gaming side of GAF) it's a different situation than Gundam where gunpla. is at the forefront and figure collecting is not as big as kits.
just some info in the recent trend for toys vs. kits:
back in the 80's-90's there was only a few macross toys: example: the chunky monkey vf-1 valk toy, the same one that Takara/Hasbro took and made it into JetFire for transformers. nice to handle but looked bulky. (reasons explained below)
for accuracy close to the lineart of the anime: fans turned model scale kits as that was the closest fans could get of an anime accurate valk. the issue with the anime was the "anime magic" going into the transformations and proportions of each mode changed drastically. which made making a macross toy that had a show accurate fighter while having a show accurate battroid form with perfect transformation impossible. to make a transforming toy without swapping parts, compromises had to be made in the proportions of either fighter or battroid forms or to both,
the advantage of kits at the time. companies would specialize in just "one mode." without having to worry about another mode, a sculpt can be produced with the most accurate version of the fighter mode or kits were made with the most accurate form of battroid and gerwalk.
a big change came in 2001 when yamato offered very detailed toys of the vf-1 which led to a big renewed interest in vf-1 though it was an anime from 1984. but still had to swap parts to compensate for the anime magic happening. similar to the 80s kits offered.
vf-1 version 2 came out in 2008 with engineers finally solved a 32 year puzzle of anime magic and developed perfect transformation vf-1 while making all 3 modes close to the lineart as possible. this toy rivals garage kits for accuracy in lineart and with amazing engineering
which is why a lot of fans migrated their interest from the models to these toys.
now with bandai joining the toy fray recently, who's Chunky monkey vf-1 was overtaken by yamato's design as the standard for vf-1 macross toys, have recently released a set of frontier and Macross delta toys which are now considered the best sculpted and engineered macross toys for the current series.
For Gundam: Bandai (with the exception of the Metal Build line which are highly engineered) puts alot of investment into gunpla but for Macross, Bandai puts their best engineers into the toy division. (DX Chogokin line)
Because Bandai is putting their best engineers into the sculpts of macross toys,
Bandai's "variable" kits released for Macross Delta, Frontier and the VF-1 are not as nice or accurate as the Bandai DX toys but more of an after thought... very strange world...
there's still a following of model kits that specialize in single mode as these Hasagawa kits bc they still can make the best "one mode" sculpt. as variable mode toys/model kits will still have to make minimal compromises to dimensions such as length of nose fuselage intakes wingspan (to keep proportion for battroid balanced) no matter how good the engineering is.
No, the movie within the movie was cool.
If that was the actual movie, I think it would have been a more logical continuation of 00 than the actual plot was.
Yep, that part is dope.
JadedWriter
Member
It's fucking dog shit.
Valkerionseven
Member
As probably seemingly the biggest Gundam 00 fan here... that movie was a pile.
Also thanks for the Macross info david.
Also thanks for the Macross info david.
Aren't hasegawa kits a pain, though?
G Gundam is one of the most out there series, created in response to Victory's poor showing. It's more of a super robot anime with a Gundam paint but is a lot of fun.
While I'm not a big fan of it, Wing helped introduce the series to the west and is pretty popular. It follows less tropes from standard Gundam shows, but not the extent of G and it doesn't stray too far from the real robot realm.
Turn A is a fan favorite, and gets points for being the last Gundam show to be animated using traditional cel animation before switching fully to digital with Seed. Looks amazing overall and has a nice story.
Speaking of Seed, it's another fan favorite that played a big role in rejuvenating the franchise. One of the more "anime" series.
Valkerionseven
Member
If you want less serious I say go for G, but after build fighters the ridiculous nature of it might be lost on you. It's great after a serious one lol.
Did you watch X? I'm half way through it and its not bad so far.
Dedication Through Light
Member
gAge and Seed Seed Destiny for your next gundam, both are up there with Wing for the best gundams.
Turn a, if you dont mind a rural early 1900s time setting feel to gundam.
JadedWriter
Member
Have you watched Zeta and Victory?
What the bloody hell?
Did they punch you in the face before or after Allelujah got chased by an evil possessed truck for 10 minutes?
Forget it Kayos, it's DTL.
finished the macross tonight that took me a while. Yikes it's sensitive, I'm scared to touch or pose it. Not sure what to use to keep it steady.
For other kits that might be somewhat loose not tight fitting do you use liquid cement to some pieces? I saw a video on models that recommended so I bought some thin liquid cement, haven't used any yet. And damn poster above wasn't joking there's a 150 stickers with the macross kit.
Gonna take a break and try my hand at a enterprise model.
For other kits that might be somewhat loose not tight fitting do you use liquid cement to some pieces? I saw a video on models that recommended so I bought some thin liquid cement, haven't used any yet. And damn poster above wasn't joking there's a 150 stickers with the macross kit.
Gonna take a break and try my hand at a enterprise model.
JadedWriter
Member
One should never take what DTL says seriously.
We went for pancakes after that and just forgot about it, because my friends are not vindictive assholes who get mad over anime!
But yeah, it was pretty bad.
JadedWriter
Member
The best part of that day had to be the pancakes...
At least it wasn't as bad as spending 4 days watching School Days
I'd say Zeta or maybe one of the shorter series like 08th MS Team, War in the Pocket, or Stardust Memory.
Dedication Through Light
Member
I just want more people to watch gAge 2nd gen, its so underrated.
Megalosaro
Banned
It was pretty bad
JadedWriter
Member
GAge should be locked in a vault and the vault hurled into the sun...and this is coming from a Victory Gundam fan...
Yes, they were pretty good.
I believe it.
Paltheos
Member
Wait, is that a thing that happened? I honestly don't remember. All I know is that if something bad ended up happening to him he had it coming. Dude blew up a hospital full of orphans believing it was the best course of action. Karma can have him.
45 bucks or less and you are going to have one popular kit bandai. this is going to be modded so much.
I just pre-ordered one of these from Hobbylink Japan. It looks like such a cool kit. I've never customized a Gundam kit, but I feel like this is dying for a matte finish, maybe gunmetal or even a light black but with red panel lines.
The GM Sniper II is one of the coolest looking decedents of the GM. Only thing that comes to mind that I like more is the Jesta, which is pretty much super GM on steroids.
I haven't looked at the price yet but I can see myself building two. one just to repaint black, while keeping the green visor.
The Sum of Zero
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Can't wait for this thing.
Valkerionseven
Member
Nice to see I'm not the only one who's head is swimming with ideas for the soon to drop MG Sniper.
If I were more experienced and ambitious I would love to do a digital urban camo on it to really sell the city combat vibe the cover gives. Personally not a big fan of the base color shades of blue. Though, which of the preview images are the final ones? I saw one set where the colors were a bit dark, and another where they were fairly bright.
I got the painting bug now lol. Who knows what this one will look like.
If I were more experienced and ambitious I would love to do a digital urban camo on it to really sell the city combat vibe the cover gives. Personally not a big fan of the base color shades of blue. Though, which of the preview images are the final ones? I saw one set where the colors were a bit dark, and another where they were fairly bright.
I got the painting bug now lol. Who knows what this one will look like.
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