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The Official Gundam Thread of Gunpla, Origins, and 35 Years of GUNDAMUUUU!
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gundam kit announcements from Shizuoka Hobby Show
MG The-O!!!! HUGE Kit
bodes well for a potential MG Kshatriya i guess
as well as plenty unicorn HGUC
Geara Zulu Custom
Tripped over Sinanju
Delta Plus
GM Kai
http://ngeekhiong.blogspot.com/2010/05/mg-o-from-shizuoka-hobby-show-2010.html
MG The-O!!!! HUGE Kit
bodes well for a potential MG Kshatriya i guess
as well as plenty unicorn HGUC
Geara Zulu Custom
Tripped over Sinanju
Delta Plus
GM Kai
http://ngeekhiong.blogspot.com/2010/05/mg-o-from-shizuoka-hobby-show-2010.html
Shouta
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Picked up the High grade GX and the MG Wing Gundam last week, gonna wait to do them because I still have a 00 raiser Designer's color to finish and I need to do some research into making these models even better looking by painting and the like.
Anyone have a comprehensive site for techniques to improve the look of kits?
Anyone have a comprehensive site for techniques to improve the look of kits?
are you looking to do the whole deal? airbrush, etc? (i'm an expertShouta said:
or just panel lining/clear coating? for the basic stuff i think i wrote something up here before in this thread.
this is also a decent "quick and dirty" guide
http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/213/Gundam+Modeling+Tutorial.html
Rahxephon91
Banned
I'm not sure if the movies totally retcon ZZ or CCA out of exsistince. Neo Zeon is still around, AEUG is still not in the best shape, Char is missing, and Char still has his plans for mankind regardless of what happens. CCA and ZZ could still happen, but they would just be different.
Regardless, the Zeta movies were terrible. I still had a good time seeing them though. I saw them back to back at the Chicago Film Festival with Tomino actually sitting behind me.
Regardless, the Zeta movies were terrible. I still had a good time seeing them though. I saw them back to back at the Chicago Film Festival with Tomino actually sitting behind me.
Shouta
Member
S. L. said:are you looking to do the whole deal? airbrush, etc? (i'm an expert)
or just panel lining/clear coating? for the basic stuff i think i wrote something up here before in this thread.
this is also a decent "quick and dirty" guide
http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/213/Gundam+Modeling+Tutorial.html
Well, I want to get them as pretty as I can make them. Whether or not I can do everything is another issue but I'll sure try. :lol
CosmicGroinPull
Member
7Th said:
Next time I work on gunpla, I'm putting on a trenchcoat. Maybe it'll make me better...
Mr. Pointy
Member
I actually don't mind the Zeta movies because they're not entirely depressing like the TV series can be. Not in that good Evangelion depressing kind of way, but in that FUCK YOU TOMINO STOP KILLING THESE MOTHERFUCKERS YOU CUNT way.
But yeah, the movies are not canon and Axis Zeon just fucks off to nowhere in the end.
Anyway, a pic on /m/ showed that the top 3 in the Gunpla poll were V2, The O (I'm guessing Bandai had the kit planned for a while) and 00 Raiser.
I'm definitely up for the V2 and maybe the 00 Raiser if they make it stable because fuck buying an action base because of 00 Syndrome.
The O is a possibility, but it's a very monochrome suit. It'd be a good kit to custom paint.
But yeah, the movies are not canon and Axis Zeon just fucks off to nowhere in the end.
Anyway, a pic on /m/ showed that the top 3 in the Gunpla poll were V2, The O (I'm guessing Bandai had the kit planned for a while) and 00 Raiser.
I'm definitely up for the V2 and maybe the 00 Raiser if they make it stable because fuck buying an action base because of 00 Syndrome.
The O is a possibility, but it's a very monochrome suit. It'd be a good kit to custom paint.
Rahxephon91
Banned
They are still there ,but they kind of retreat. Still, I see no reason as to why they wouldn't make a move. The Titans are gone and the AUEG could easily be beaten even they aren't as weak as they were at the end of the TV show.Lafiel said:
I don't like the Zeta moves because they just flat out cut some important things to me, like Char's speech, Jerid's development, and the character known as Four. That and the fact that the pace moves so quick that it seems too fast.
And yeah in that picture is some super Victory Gundam look alike.
BattleMonkey
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Fuck the Zeta movies.... nuff said.
Outside of the fan boy spooging at the new animation, they were awfully edited messes.
Outside of the fan boy spooging at the new animation, they were awfully edited messes.
distantmantra
Member
Rahxephon91 said:
I still can't believe Tomino decided to axe Char's speech.
Mr. Pointy said:
Doesn't everyone who die in the tv series still die in the movies? The only one whose fate ends up different, iirc, is
Kamille
Rahxephon91 said:
That's partly why I prefer the movies to the tv series :lol I like Zeta, but that show had so many fucking annoying characters. The less there is of them, the better.
Major Williams
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I have some stuff detailed on my site for assembling it the right way, and I'm working on finishing up my painting guide soon too. There are a few other blogs that I have to find, but Mine and SL's blog, and Danny Choo's guide should help you get on your feet - though some of Danny Choo's guide is... not the best way of doing it AT ALL (i.e. painting parts while still on the runner).Shouta said:
My blog: http://majorwilliams.blogspot.com/ (I've got a few "Gundam building 101 guides)
SL's blog: http://sl-blag.blogspot.com/ (He's got great details on his kits and good lesson's learned)
Mr. Pointy
Member
Kunio Okawara's work. The guy has been copy-pasting the F91 for 20 years.Vox-Pop said:
In other news, the HG Gundam X is amazing.
BattleMonkey
Member
Lafiel said:
Or perhaps done like the gundam trilogy movies which were almost 3 hours long each.
Turning all of Zeta into three 90 minute movies was very stupid, and didn't work. Also bunch of the new footage they put in served absolutely no purpose and was very random unlike the new footage added to the MGS movies which changed significantly or improved past awful animation. I mean like in one of the first films they add a scene of char walking, for like 30 seconds and then going back to the old animation and such. Lot of weird additions, they chose to reanimate scenes that didn't need it while leaving vital scenes untouched from the original.
distantmantra
Member
farnham said:
You mean Ace Pilot? It's a great game.
donkey show
Member
It's still one of the best Gundam games ever.distantmantra said:
results of that Bandai MG Gundam survey:
1st: V2 Gundam (Configuration technology under development.)
2nd: The O (Summer release, 12,600 Yen (inclusive of tax). Release is to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of "MS Zeta Gundam")
3rd: 00 Raiser (MG realization under study.)
the other places are unknown.
http://ngeekhiong.blogspot.com/2010/05/mg-wishlist-ms-survey-results-rg-1144.html
1st: V2 Gundam (Configuration technology under development.)
2nd: The O (Summer release, 12,600 Yen (inclusive of tax). Release is to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of "MS Zeta Gundam")
3rd: 00 Raiser (MG realization under study.)
the other places are unknown.
http://ngeekhiong.blogspot.com/2010/05/mg-wishlist-ms-survey-results-rg-1144.html
sixteen-bit
Member
I feel you.Hero said:
I mean, I only have 4 gunpla kits, but they're all MG.
I'll probably pick up the RG RX-78 and display it at work or something, because I still really like it.
New trailer for Gundam 00: Awakening of the Trailblazer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43Gx-2zU8D0
Don't know why I'm posting it though, everyone else here hated 00. :lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43Gx-2zU8D0
Don't know why I'm posting it though, everyone else here hated 00. :lol
_dementia said:
Haha yeah, I feel the 1/100 MG is the perfect balance of size, complexity and poseability. I might get that just to see how the RG line is. Is the line that Bandai was working on that utilizes new technology so they're not wasting so much plastic on the runners?
And yeah, Apharmd was pretty much the only guy on GAF who liked 00. He was definitely the sole member of the 00 Defense Force.
distantmantra
Member
Hero said:
00 S2 wasn't incredible, but it also wasn't unwatchable. As much as I love Gundam, I don't expect much from anime.
distantmantra said:
It really was. It was awful. Anything that was done by the end of S1 was undone in S2. Lock-on dying? Twin brother! Hallelujah dead? Nope! Ali Al-Saachez? He's alive and well too! Graham? He didn't die but we'll make him completely and utterly useless in S2.
The only point of S2 was to sell more merchandise to the youth of Japan, which I'm sure it did well. As a Gundam series, it was probably the worst one.
Rahxephon91
Banned
Man Gundam Seed was a decent show. It got pretty good after the Desert Arc. It was full of teen angst ,but it was still a solid show.
Destiny started off ok ,but even the beginning had noticeable problems. Then Kira comes back it it becomes slightly worse and then after episode 39 it is terrible.
I don't like 00 because season 2 destroys pretty much what season 1 did. All interesting plot developments from season 1 are pretty much thrown out or just ruined. New pointless characters. Old characters pretty much never developed and annoying antagonists.
Destiny started off ok ,but even the beginning had noticeable problems. Then Kira comes back it it becomes slightly worse and then after episode 39 it is terrible.
I don't like 00 because season 2 destroys pretty much what season 1 did. All interesting plot developments from season 1 are pretty much thrown out or just ruined. New pointless characters. Old characters pretty much never developed and annoying antagonists.
Rahxephon91
Banned
All Gundam shows are the equivalent of cbs shows in that they are pretty comfortable tv with hardly any shocking story telling dynamics.
00 didn't really do much that was beyond other Gundam shows. And I'm sure Seed's point that it was Gundam for new people. What better way to introduce Gundam story mechanics then to dress up the original in neon color teenage angst? Even with that said, the show isn't an exact copy of the original show and pretty much goes and does its own thing in the 2nd half.
Whatever its obviously a show that not everyone can like. Its pretty annoying and sensational ,but I don't think calling it creatively bankrupt is a valid thing. The show's 2nd half does some pretty good things with its characters that a lot of Gundam shows don't do and it plays with the racism theme that few Gundam shows have touched. It does it very sensational yeah, but it does it. It does do the typical Gundam plot with the giant lazer and crap but whatever all Gundam does that pretty much. Also I felt the characters on the Zaft side are better handled then most Gundam show outside of Zeta.
Destiny also isn't a huge failure at the beginning. Theres a lot of good subplots that are actually interesting. Theres some nice relationship building between Athrun and Shinn. Most of all this goes to hell but it had actual potential.
00 didn't really do much that was beyond other Gundam shows. And I'm sure Seed's point that it was Gundam for new people. What better way to introduce Gundam story mechanics then to dress up the original in neon color teenage angst? Even with that said, the show isn't an exact copy of the original show and pretty much goes and does its own thing in the 2nd half.
Whatever its obviously a show that not everyone can like. Its pretty annoying and sensational ,but I don't think calling it creatively bankrupt is a valid thing. The show's 2nd half does some pretty good things with its characters that a lot of Gundam shows don't do and it plays with the racism theme that few Gundam shows have touched. It does it very sensational yeah, but it does it. It does do the typical Gundam plot with the giant lazer and crap but whatever all Gundam does that pretty much. Also I felt the characters on the Zaft side are better handled then most Gundam show outside of Zeta.
Destiny also isn't a huge failure at the beginning. Theres a lot of good subplots that are actually interesting. Theres some nice relationship building between Athrun and Shinn. Most of all this goes to hell but it had actual potential.
donkey show
Member
The only good things that came out of Destiny was the VS game and the soundtrack. Love SEED Destiny Plus VS.Xater said:
i don't get how you guys can pick 00 (any of the two seasons, but with Season 2 exponentially worse than 1) over any Gundam show except maybe Destiny.
everything in it was so bad, the "political" story setup, ridiculous (ly bad) fights, super generic/boring Mobile Suit designs, girly emo kids.
Wing at least didn't take itself too serious and was stupid fun
everything in it was so bad, the "political" story setup, ridiculous (ly bad) fights, super generic/boring Mobile Suit designs, girly emo kids.
Wing at least didn't take itself too serious and was stupid fun
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