PaulExcellent
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Like, how annoying does he get?
Are we taking Shinji annoying?
The scene on episode 7 where the
douche guy gets punched in the face
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The Official Gundam Thread of Gunpla, Origins, and 35 Years of GUNDAMUUUU!
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Are we taking Shinji annoying?
Rad is the appropriate word for that entire series.
Domon gets slapped around a few times (mainly nagged out of bad behavior though) by Schwartz. So does Kira. The Wing boys also get nagged and slapped around...but they don't really change that much from it.
Amuro Sei slaps his own damn face.
I don't think it ever happens in AGE, though, where it was needed desperately.
Nah, Heero changes quite a bit. From the first 30 seconds and his personality there to the end is completely different.
I like to think that Heero changes because of all the bullet wounds. The idea that he changes because of Relena is even more painful then how they completely dropped the ball with his character.
Megalosaro
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Never nearly as annoying. More along the lines of "I'm so tired why are you making me fight" ad nauseam, or being somewhat arrogant. He reels it in about halfway through the show though, and becomes a strong team player. His character development is done very well throughout the show. I love how he never becomes truly "perfect". He's always going to be introverted, and somewhat paranoid and quirky, but he's a guy you definitely feel for and admire. Easily my favorite anime protagonist.
Haha it's so damn stupid.
Though I will always appreciate the fact that Heero in Leo was going toe to toe with him and doesn't even bother really fighting back in Zero.
PaulExcellent
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Gotcha. Well, that's good to hear, though I wouldn't drop the series even if he turned into a bigger annoyance. It's just too dang good.
Also, made my decision on what MG I'll be getting~ It's rather obvious, since I'm liking the series so much. lol That RX-78-2 3.0 will be mine! >.>
I never really liked the Mark III or II. III looks too complex and messy while two had a terrible color scheme and an ugly head. Tallgese I however is a dream <3
I suggest visiting Gundam Eclipse, they should help you a lot. Visit the gundam construction sub-forum for details on building and painting models.
he's so good bright keeps a picture of him in his office on the ra cailum
every GBF unit's gimmick can be stopped by being punched
I maintain that it was a structural mistake by the creators of Wing to make the main Gundams focused around ranged weapons. The main Gundam is always going to be involved in lots of close-range battles because swordfights are more dramatic. A lot of the Wing and Wing Zero's climactic battles didn't even involve its primary weapon, just a beam saber that, like you point out, isn't really anything special.
Say what you will about 00, but the creative team behind that series made a really good decision by making the main Gundam heavily melee-focused right from the start.
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Aren't they all ranged focused besides Exia?
Besides Exia the main mobile suits gimmicks are sniper rifle, giant beam cannons and turning into a plane.
Vs. Wing which had Deathscythe, Sandrock, Shenlong and Epyon, who all had melee gimmicks
00 kind of just benefits from a larger animation budget and modern animation techniques more than anything over Wing
It also benefits from coming after it so it can steal its ideas :x
One thing that doesn't change is how dumb Gundam Wing is overall. Though it's less bad if you just ignore Endless Waltz
iirc, the Methuss gets blown in half in one of ZZ's early episodes, and then Fa floats it back to the colony to help Kamille. So it's gone before the Gundam Team name becomes a thing.
and anyway, the Methuss sucks. Did it ever go a single battle without getting blown in half?
nintendoman58
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Gundam 00 S2 - 10
So basically A-LAWS and Ribbons' plan is the same plan that
had near the end of Code Geass R2.
So basically A-LAWS and Ribbons' plan is the same plan that
Schinzel
I don't think so, but the Methuss has an excellent safety record. It gets totaled every episode, but there is never a scratch on the pilot. It is always fixed by the next episode too. It probably helps that, despite the ugly appearance, it has an actually sensical transformation method, unlike every other mobile suit in Zeta Gundam. Too bad it is only equipped with terrible weapons.
On the other hand, the Barzam is the absolute worst mobile suit to ever appear in a Gundam series. All they ever did in Zeta Gundam was get shot down, often in large numbers. They never even fire a shot in retaliation. The highest level one ever achieves is drawing a beam saber before being shot down. They even get mowed down as collateral damage from more important mobile suits missing attacks. They are cursed.
I like to put them into categories of: Melee, long range, area, and heavy artillery.
They should've put the Star Build up against a Turn A custom. Since the Turn A is one of the only Gundams to ever survive gettin' Shiny Fingers'd.
Hey man, Bananabot may get blown up regularly, but at least it isn't a Nemo. Why anyone would want to get into a Nemo or a Hi-Zak is beyond me. Those things are death traps.
Lostconfused
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Do you want to pilot a cool giant robot or not? Because that's the only one you are getting.
I want to pilot one, sure, but for more than four seconds before I'm blown into tiny bits and pieces.
nintendoman58
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Even if piloting a giant robot was perfectly safe and harmless, I still wouldn't want to pilot one.
Why?
I was always under the impression that actually piloting a giant robot would only be sickening and frustrating.
I mean think about it. All you're doing is sitting in a cockpit looking at the viewpoint from the robot's head. So it would only be like playing an FPS game with Oculus Rift while riding those spinny things they put astronauts-in-training on. It's sickening to even think about.
And controlling the freakin' thing. Do you ever pause and look at all those levers and knobs that are inside Gundams and all those other things? There's probably 20-step instructions on how to get the thing to walk properly!
Megas had the controller as well.
It is.
Panel lining is so great when you finally get it down (I haven't after over two years, I'm just sad I know) but the detail it brings in a kit is just so hard to argue with.
MG's are really bad about this. Like if you look up a MG Wing Proto Zero or Gundam X they really just ugly with out the lining. The legs on the Zero or so white it's almost blinding and it really needs that ink to break it up.
PaulExcellent
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Get a white eraser.
Depending on paint and what not, of course.
Er, yes. And Exia is the main Gundam. What's the problem?
Did you clearcoat it first? You should hit it with a Lacquer or acrylic gloss clearcoat before you start panel lining (do NOT use enamel clear coat). Makes it way easier to wipe enamels off.
Second thought - maybe your wash isn't thinned enough?
Allonym
There should be more tampons in gaming
FUCK YES!!! FINALLY someone who understands that Heero could've easily ended him but was only trying to talk sense into his comrade. Man Wufei was going for so many kill shots while Heero was just trying to disarm/disable him. Wufei was just an idiot and although I adore Wing and EZ you wonder why no one was charged with capital punishment and why Wufei was so easily forgiven. They could've been a little more realistic as far as consequences go.
I don't know, I think the majority of people realize what's going on in the fight between Wing Gundam Zero Vs Altron.
The fact is that Heero was keeping up with Altron in a Leo, Heero is stated factually as being either the best pilot in this universe or tied with Zechs as number 1. Also the major factor that Wing Zero does NOT engage the Zero System until it's already below the ocean.
At no point does Heero even slash for Altron's body, more so Zero is shown to be the most powerful physically of the Gundam's aside from Epyon and it shows Altron even pusing the beam saber away from it's shoulder. Altron and Wufei simply are not equipped to handle the speed or strength when it comes to down just the Gundam's, nor is he a pilot on the level of Heero.
Makes sense to me. They built it knowing that Quatro was a fucking pussy!
No lies there. Also gets the worst space upgrade and the worst EW upgrade. Going crazy is pretty much his only shining moment.
It was a pretty cool moment when Felinni was gonna self-destruct in BF, though. Nice shout out to how often that stuff happened in Wing.
He didn't even fall, though. 3/10.
RSLAEV
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Damn Zeta Gundam has a lot of slapping the shit out of people. And hey yeah thanks for just having Zaku piloted by the federation without any explanation whatsoever. Yeah that's not going to be the slightest bit confusing.
And there's a Suit called the Rick Dias
RICK DIAS
Why after dozens of mobile suit designs do they decide to give one a person name?
Space doesn't work like this! What are you doing? Why is your flag flapping in the vaccum of space?
*edit* OK, I just got to the kidnapping. I'm not going to complain anymore because This show is just fucking looney tunes and I'd be a dummy for expecting it to make any sense.
And there's a Suit called the Rick Dias
RICK DIAS
Why after dozens of mobile suit designs do they decide to give one a person name?
Space doesn't work like this! What are you doing? Why is your flag flapping in the vaccum of space?
*edit* OK, I just got to the kidnapping. I'm not going to complain anymore because This show is just fucking looney tunes and I'd be a dummy for expecting it to make any sense.
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