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The Official Gundam Thread of Gunpla, Origins, and 35 Years of GUNDAMUUUU!
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strangedopamine
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ColossalLazy
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AdmiralSnackbar
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So while building the 08th team Gouf custom I discovered that the Gouf's gun fingers are actually a separate hand that attaches above the normal hand. Everything I believed about Gundam is a lie.
PaulExcellent
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Finally sat down and finished this dude's gun and shield, so I considered him done.
...until I took the picture and noticed a bunch of little issues.
...until I took the picture and noticed a bunch of little issues.
PaulExcellent
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That's all kinds of amazing. Wow, indeed.
Tomorrow, I'm going on a date with the girlfriend to SLC, aaaaand apparently one of the Barnes and Noble's in the area has some Gunpla.
If there is a God Gundam, I'll come home with a kit tomorrow. As in, going to a store and buying one.
I can't even.
EvilKatarn
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Has anyone tried using the green 00 LED on the RX-78 3.0?
The one that's actually supposed to go into the 3.0 is of course a bandai web store exclusive while the 00 ones are available on HLJ.
The one that's actually supposed to go into the 3.0 is of course a bandai web store exclusive while the 00 ones are available on HLJ.
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Retro_
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I think they mostly have wing mgs and build fighter hgs. That's all that's listed on their website
My local b&n has them too.
They all have the same housing mold and should fit. You can also get large packs of probably knock-off ones from eBay for dirt cheap and those work just as well, if not better than the officially ones. Had a lot of trouble with flickering on my official 00 ones and never had trouble with the ones I got from eBay.
http://www.gundam-the-origin.net/
Major update on the official site. They're going to start promoting this with the end of Unicorn. The final Unicorn chapter will have a 90sec trailer attached to the screenings. Lol. Sunrise isn't wasting any time.
The staff listing is.... erm.... interesting.
Chief Director: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (Origin manga author)
Director: Takashi Imanishi (Sunrise CG producer)
Character Design: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Tsukasa Kotobuki
Script: Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Unit Directors: Kiyoshi Egami (directed some Yamato 2199 episodes), Ichiro Itano (only seems to direct CG stuff these days)
Chief Animation Director: Hiroyuki Nishimura (Little Battles Experience)
Chief Mechanical Animation Director: Takuya Suzuki (Valvrave)
Music: Takayuki Hattori (Slayers, Code:Breaker)
Yeah, I think all the mecha action are likely to be full CG for this one. If you're expecting 2D mecha animation and stuff like Unicorn, abandon all hope now.
Major update on the official site. They're going to start promoting this with the end of Unicorn. The final Unicorn chapter will have a 90sec trailer attached to the screenings. Lol. Sunrise isn't wasting any time.
The staff listing is.... erm.... interesting.
Chief Director: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (Origin manga author)
Director: Takashi Imanishi (Sunrise CG producer)
Character Design: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Tsukasa Kotobuki
Script: Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Unit Directors: Kiyoshi Egami (directed some Yamato 2199 episodes), Ichiro Itano (only seems to direct CG stuff these days)
Chief Animation Director: Hiroyuki Nishimura (Little Battles Experience)
Chief Mechanical Animation Director: Takuya Suzuki (Valvrave)
Music: Takayuki Hattori (Slayers, Code:Breaker)
Yeah, I think all the mecha action are likely to be full CG for this one. If you're expecting 2D mecha animation and stuff like Unicorn, abandon all hope now.
http://www.gundam.info/topic/10800
Lots of pics for The Origin there.
2D:
CG:
The CG stuff looks really wacky. Thick lines, lots of details, really strange shading. Need to see it in motion... but... the screens are kinda yikes.
Lots of pics for The Origin there.
2D:
CG:
The CG stuff looks really wacky. Thick lines, lots of details, really strange shading. Need to see it in motion... but... the screens are kinda yikes.
EvilKatarn
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I dunno. Looks cool. I liked the CG in Yamato a lot and didn't dislike what I saw in Valvrave either.
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Retro_
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Yeah valvrave really changed my opinion on CG
not ready for CG people but I think I can handle CG Robots
not ready for CG people but I think I can handle CG Robots
distantmantra
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The CG mechs in Macross Frontier were ok with me, so I can live with this in mah Gundam.
Oh yeah... 'dat Char face.
Oh yeah... 'dat Char face.
EvilKatarn
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Nothing will be as bad as the Berserk movies anyway.
Keep in mind that the director also directed Evolve 3 (God Gundam) and 4 (Dendrobium), and the MS Igloo OVAs recently. He's been directing stuff at Sunrise for a long time now, even way back during Stardust Memories, Cockpit, Votoms, etc. He's pretty experienced and a solid pick to work with Yas imo. The CG probably just comes with the territory since he's Sunrise's in-house CG producer these days, so he's definitely going to bring his team on board for the project.
Megalosaro
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I wonder how much of the manga they are having in episode 1. That looks like parts of volume 5 and 7
The current theatrical project for Gundam the Origin is 4 episodes covering the Char and Sayla story arc specifically. That's all they're doing for now. What they'll probably do for the anime though, is include various action beats from the older Char and Sayla during OYW as a sort of framing narrative I guess, with the majority of the story being the flashback of how they went from children to the people they are in 0079.
That CG is kinda odd looking. Normally, I'd be totally put off by it, but something how strange it looks gives me some weird hope that it'll end up looking better by release -- even though that train of thought makes no sense and is probably just self-delusion on my part!
Oh well, still a year away from the first episode, plenty of time for polish (or not).
Oh well, still a year away from the first episode, plenty of time for polish (or not).
EvilKatarn
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The first trailer even had CG mechs so it didn't exactly come as a surprise to me.
http://youtu.be/mzMo9sV_T-c?t=24s
Give it some polish and it'll be as great as Yamato!
http://youtu.be/mzMo9sV_T-c?t=24s
Give it some polish and it'll be as great as Yamato!
Not to be outdone by Donkey, I got my Damashii Sinanju Animation Edit ver. in today.
Like the other unicorn damashiis, looks fantastic. However this one is quite a bit floppier and harder to handle thanks to the massive backpack thrusters and propellant tanks. Also - if you try to mount the zook on the rifle (like at the end of Ep 5) he cannot hold it up. You'll have to get another stand JUST to hold the bazooka portion to pull that pose off. A bit disappointing considering he cost a good bit more than either the NTD Unicorn or Banshee.
Paint app was rather good, including chrome paint for the interior of the backpack thrusters. was not expecting that.
one thing I found that helps with the stability of this guy when you have him posed on a stand is to jam a bit of tissue paper into the cavity of the back that results in tilting the torso forward. The looseness of the torso flex/tilt is the main reason why its so darn floppy, and if you tilt the torso forward it will expose a gap in the sinanju's back. stuff something in here, and it will prevent the torso from flopping back into a neutral position.
Like the other unicorn damashiis, looks fantastic. However this one is quite a bit floppier and harder to handle thanks to the massive backpack thrusters and propellant tanks. Also - if you try to mount the zook on the rifle (like at the end of Ep 5) he cannot hold it up. You'll have to get another stand JUST to hold the bazooka portion to pull that pose off. A bit disappointing considering he cost a good bit more than either the NTD Unicorn or Banshee.
Paint app was rather good, including chrome paint for the interior of the backpack thrusters. was not expecting that.
one thing I found that helps with the stability of this guy when you have him posed on a stand is to jam a bit of tissue paper into the cavity of the back that results in tilting the torso forward. The looseness of the torso flex/tilt is the main reason why its so darn floppy, and if you tilt the torso forward it will expose a gap in the sinanju's back. stuff something in here, and it will prevent the torso from flopping back into a neutral position.
Like, in a few hours actually if not already
AdmiralSnackbar
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I have a feeling this will get some use...
Forgot to post pictures of my Astray with my first attempt at panel lining.
I think using a pen is good enough for me. I just have a habit of drawing really dark, which I guess comes off in the panel lines, but they look good. I think colouring the twin boosters on the legs black and the vents/thrusters on the top fins black really helps the look otherwise it looks a bit vanilla.
I think using a pen is good enough for me. I just have a habit of drawing really dark, which I guess comes off in the panel lines, but they look good. I think colouring the twin boosters on the legs black and the vents/thrusters on the top fins black really helps the look otherwise it looks a bit vanilla.
AdmiralSnackbar
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sixteen-bit
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dat ass
PaulExcellent
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Buying a Gunpla at an actual store felt totally cool, especially with the 10% off that came with it.
So dang excited to build it.
So dang excited to build it.
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Retro_
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You found God?
It's supposed to be out on PSN now but seems to be late as usual.
PaulExcellent
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Nope, but I prayed to him for that Barnes and Noble's to have some in stock.
Rather disappointing to see the boxes where they were, hidden behind a Yu-Gi-Oh box and some MetalModel things. :/
Like, come on. These are really cool things, and there's a ton of space on the shelf. Just organize it!
I ended up tidying up the model section. lol
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Retro_
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Yeah :\
They were buried under board games at my store
but they had MG Heavy Arms. I want to grab that one once I get a few HGs under my belt
gunpla is sacrifice
PaulExcellent
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That one is like, $55+, right?
I saw two MG Heavy Arms, one MG and one HG of Nieellls Nielsen, two RG Strike Gundams, one MG and one RG Deathscythe, and two HG Wing Felliiiiini.
I was so tempted by that Red Astray. >.>
AdmiralSnackbar
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So is this like a limited engagement on PSN? The store doesn't have Gundam anything anywhere.
donkey show
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Awww yiss, Unicorn Episode 7 is up on UK PSN.
I built God. He stands atop my shelf, cradling a famous scientist/sailor scout in his powerful, mechanical arms.
donkey show
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You just spoiled what was in Laplace's Box.
But yes, Episode 7 was awesome all the way through.
We know whats really in the box. Mineba-chan idol magazines!
well, the "theatre" in this case was the Dome-G so it'd probably lose a lot being converted down to normal people screens.
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