Listen to this person on the knives.
They will cause issues at first as your learn there feel and you will likely cut in the plastic every now and then if your not careful but it will make your kits look ten times better when you clean those nubs
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The Official Gundam Thread of Gunpla, Origins, and 35 Years of GUNDAMUUUU!
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They will cause issues at first as your learn there feel and you will likely cut in the plastic every now and then if your not careful but it will make your kits look ten times better when you clean those nubs
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Beargguy III doesn't have much panels to line... right?
EvilKatarn
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Poor you.
Preorder Scalebound.[/platinumdefenseforce]
Yeah, there aren't many details you have to fill. Just the groves and holes in the chest near the neck and stomach, paws, and feet. Here's some places I think you can ink.
You should also line the circles under little Bearguy's feet, forgot to circle those.
distantmantra
Member
What do you guys use the hobby knives for? To cut the little plastic feathers that get stuck after taking them from the runners and what not? You know aside from adding your own personal lines and so forth.
I usually just sand mine down ;p Then again I paint as well so cant really notice it haha.
But time for some sad news guys. I asked for the PG Unicorn as xmas gift... apparently I got an Xbox One instead. There's nothing I even want on it.
ugh
First world problems.
vas_a_morir
Banned
Hell no. Gotta have ya mask and exhaust current.
Anyway, I thought I went light, basically going for bare-minimum 100% coverage. Looking at another model I tested going heavier with the clearcoat on... Yeah, minimum is the way to go. It makes the colors look more vivid, where I feel the heavier coat made other kit seem a bit dingy. Still looks good, but yeah. Less is more, you know? I'm only wanting to subtract properties from the plastic, rather than trying to add something.
Valkerionseven
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Ohhhh yeah! I forgot all about that. Love me some plat games, but who knows when that is coming out or what its even about haha.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Rewatching G Gundam and just got to the Neo Mexico episode and dear God the shot of Mexico's Space Colony just being a sombrero with some cactus on it killed me.
Like how big are those cacti? Kilometers high?
Like how big are those cacti? Kilometers high?
JadedWriter
Member
Could've been a donkey shaped pinata...I'm not sure which is worse. That colony probably just exports churro's.Rewatching G Gundam and just got to the Neo Mexico episode and dear God the shot of Mexico's Space Colony just being a sombrero with some cactus on it killed me.
Like how big are those cacti? Kilometers high?
Ohmygoditsjrod
Banned
Did you guys see the open winner from the GBWC? It's good work, but shit doesn't look like it belongs in any Gundam universe.
Rewatching G Gundam and just got to the Neo Mexico episode and dear God the shot of Mexico's Space Colony just being a sombrero with some cactus on it killed me.
Like how big are those cacti? Kilometers high?
Space cacti are no joke.
Oh Bumblebee, what have the Bad Moons done to you?
Ohmygoditsjrod
Banned
Holy shit I'm dying here. Looted O.
Looks like a yellow Tachikoma.
JadedWriter
Member
Scrapped because they couldn't figure out where to put the big ass wheel.
Well, it's yellow, has exhausts all over, looks like a terrible mess, it fits the bill. Could use moar dakka though.
Exact same thing that came to mind.
The leg frame on this fucking MG God. Screws, lining up pistons that aren't held in by anything. That 2003 model.
Some of these lining channels are sooo shallow too. So hard to wipe away the excess without wiping away the actual line too.
Looks cool though. Getting the hang of it more.
Some of these lining channels are sooo shallow too. So hard to wipe away the excess without wiping away the actual line too.
Looks cool though. Getting the hang of it more.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
So uh... I thought I was gonna buy a typical hoppy knife... apparently there's two of them, a modelling knife and a crafting knife. I bought the modelling knife - did I get the right one? I'm a beginner.
speaking of which I had a hard time choosing between Beargguy III and Beargguy F. I eventually picked III but I might get F later on.
I guess a gelpen should be enough then?Yeah, there aren't many details you have to fill. Just the groves and holes in the chest near the neck and stomach, paws, and feet. Here's some places I think you can ink.
You should also line the circles under little Bearguy's feet, forgot to circle those.
speaking of which I had a hard time choosing between Beargguy III and Beargguy F. I eventually picked III but I might get F later on.
distantmantra
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My GAF Secret Santa rocks.
Whoops, thought that you bought the F. Still, what I posted applied to the original.
A gelpen would be terrible, don't use it! You want a small and thin marker/felt-tip technical pen. These work great on plastic and can easily squeeze inside the groves. It should be no thicker than .3 MM.
JadedWriter
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distantmantra
Member
Thought my daughter might like purple/pink Qubeley. Nope. It's nightmare fuel to a 3 year old.
vas_a_morir
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As weird as it sounds, I switched to using mechanical pencil and I much prefer the look. (Once you clearcoat, it's there forever) I never went in for the really bold lines most people seem to go for.
JadedWriter
Member
Maybe she was a Puru clone in a previous life?
I think it depends on the Gundam too. For the God I'm going with black lining all over because I think it gives it more of an outlandish, hard edged look. Fits well with the suit. When I get the Goose I'll be doing it in grey, maybe with some weathering, to make it look a bit more realistic.
distantmantra
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Staring at a Qubeley head on, I can see why they scare a little kid.
Megalosaro
Banned
What is the youngest age you would give a child gunpla? I have two cousins age 8 and 6 that I want to give kits to.
distantmantra
Member
To build on their own? I'd say 8 should be fine. You could help the 6 year old build one, that would be fun.
Attention span and level of patience is a big factor, too.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Okay, any thin marker pen should be cheap, I'll get those.
Did I get the right knife btw?
Megalosaro
Banned
Anyone reading Gundam the Origin still? Volume 8 came out last week!
I'm only about half way through. It's pretty freaking good. Now that the story is back at 0079, I'm loving the fact that Sleggar joins the crew before Odessa.
I'm only about half way through. It's pretty freaking good. Now that the story is back at 0079, I'm loving the fact that Sleggar joins the crew before Odessa.
RoryDropkick
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Just picked up Sengoku Astray from my local hobby shop. Found out they are participating in the Gundam.info New Year Campaign. I didn't win 
Also found out the guys there are getting first dibs at the PG Unicorn and all of the Build Fighters Try models
Also found out the guys there are getting first dibs at the PG Unicorn and all of the Build Fighters Try models Yeah, that knife should work well.
Still plugging away at the PG Unicorn. Have the body, waist, legs and an arm built so far. Still need to get the LEDs repaired for the one leg, but installing them after shouldn't be an issue. I'll probably do a full build review when I'm done, but let me say this build is difficult. It's not hard in a frustrating way, it's just highly exacting and technical. With the LEDs it's almost nightmare level complexity. Even with a ton of GunPla experience, this guy sort of scares me. The worst of the wiring is done, so it's all downhill from here, but it's certainly been an experience. Would not recommend this guy to anyone who's not build their fair share of kits. It was probably a poor choice of a first PG for me as well. It looks stunning as it's getting completed, but I've probably almost had a heart attack 20 times while building him.
MG Turn X is also almost done. He's quickly become one of my favorite MGs purely from a build perspective. So different and fun. Everyone should buy that kit because it's great.
MG Turn X is also almost done. He's quickly become one of my favorite MGs purely from a build perspective. So different and fun. Everyone should buy that kit because it's great.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
goddamnit I went to the mall and forgot to buy a marker, i guess I'll try tomorrow
Ooo they're selling 7-11 Beargguy... which is really just a green Beargguy. wut
Ooo they're selling 7-11 Beargguy... which is really just a green Beargguy. wut
Wait what... I thought both of the 7-11 Beargguy kits were a shade of pink... I have both in the pile somewhere. The 7-11 Ball was green I know.
Finished up the lower body and head today, had built the arms previously. Had to take apart and rebuild the other leg because I had put the screws in too tight and it was messing with the way all the other pieces lined up. Also a couple of those frame pieces were a bit misshapen, leading to me having to carve them a bit with my hobby knife to get them to fit smoothly.
Lining has been a bit frustrating because the kit doesn't actually provide good channels to line where it's shown on the box. I know the images on the box are professionally done and all but my previous MG experience has always been that if there's lining on the box there's going to at least be a channel for you to take advantage of. Not so on this one, the lines going down to inside and outside of the legs are particularly frustrating. The model on the box shows that there are thick black lines there but the "channel' is actually just a seam line between the four different pieces of armor that make up the legs. So the lining you can do there isn't even noticeable, the pieces also shift around because they fit into their slots pretty loosely. I've had pieces of the leg armor just fall off multiple times while trying to line/clean up the thing. The head is a lining nightmare too with all of the suuuuuuuuuuuper shallow lines in there. I have it looks okay right now but I'll have to clean it up more.
Other cool thing that happened: went to take a sticker off of the sheet and the thing came off without any of the sticky stuff on it! So I just have a useless scrap of paper. I might just have to get my acrylics out to paint the part since the sticker was just a thick black one. I scribbled it in with black lining marker for now. Other thing was the stickers for the camera lenses seemed to be slightly too big so I just painted that with a metallic green Gundam Marker I had around.
I still think the kit looks good but this hasn't been the most fun build. Unfortunate because the God is one of my favorite suits. In better news though, those Xuron cutters are boss and I'm liking the curved blades on my knife! They make it a bit easier to carve the nubs out(though I'm still not very good at it).
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Ah nevermind, it is the green highlights of the box that confused me.
JadedWriter
Member
That's interesting. It always seemed like one of the more non threatening slightly feminine looking mobile suit designs. Maybe I'm just too used to Aila's...then again I'm not 3.
And I just finished looking at the Qubeley Papilion...yeah that can be an evil looking mobile suit.
Megalosaro
Banned
Just finished Volume 8 of The Origin.
Hate to say it, but this is the definitive version of the One Year War story. So perfect. A little disappointed with the Gyan's outting though
Hate to say it, but this is the definitive version of the One Year War story. So perfect. A little disappointed with the Gyan's outting though
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
How does one know if it's a panel to be lined anyway?
Also black generally works with all colors yes?
Also black generally works with all colors yes?
It might help to look at press shots of a model kit if you're worried, but generally anything inside a piece of plastic that can be lines should be lined.
And yeah black works with almost every color of plastic, except for black. If you have a black part you'll have to use a gray/silver color to panel line it which probably means you'll need to do a wash.
SliceSabre
Banned
Hello gundamgaf!
I'm an recent inductee into gundam models and man I'm not sure what I was expecting when I started this journey.
I knew enough that SD Gundams were a good place, with some help from animegaf as well, to start for a beginner so purchased the SD Winning Gundam off amazon last week. Welp seems my Secret Santa was able to read my mind and got me first model kit instead!
So I'm thinking cool awesome this will be fun!
Then I opened it up:
This shit is fucking scary. I don't have the tools for this simply because I was not expecting to get something like this for Christmas. So now I'm off to study the instructions and try to figure out what I need so I can get some kind of tool kit off amazon.
Wish me luck!
I'm an recent inductee into gundam models and man I'm not sure what I was expecting when I started this journey.
I knew enough that SD Gundams were a good place, with some help from animegaf as well, to start for a beginner so purchased the SD Winning Gundam off amazon last week. Welp seems my Secret Santa was able to read my mind and got me first model kit instead!
So I'm thinking cool awesome this will be fun!
Then I opened it up:
This shit is fucking scary. I don't have the tools for this simply because I was not expecting to get something like this for Christmas. So now I'm off to study the instructions and try to figure out what I need so I can get some kind of tool kit off amazon.
Wish me luck!
Megalosaro
Banned
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vas_a_morir
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