by West Kalmar » Thu Feb 11, 2016 3:16 pm
by Reploid Productions » Thu Feb 11, 2016 4:00 pm
[violet] wrote:Maybe we could power our new search engine from the sexual tension between you two.
by Strike Freedom gundam » Thu Feb 11, 2016 4:02 pm
by West Kalmar » Thu Feb 11, 2016 5:10 pm
by Reploid Productions » Thu Feb 11, 2016 5:20 pm
West Kalmar wrote:Wow, you guys have built a lot of Gunpla, more than me, that's for sure.
[violet] wrote:Maybe we could power our new search engine from the sexual tension between you two.
by West Kalmar » Thu Feb 11, 2016 5:27 pm
Reploid Productions wrote:West Kalmar wrote:Wow, you guys have built a lot of Gunpla, more than me, that's for sure.
In fairness, I'm going to hazard the guess that I've also got a head start on you by several years.
Am I the only one in here anal enough to go through and ink in aaaaall the panel lines on my kits? My 1:60 Wing Zero had sooo many bloody lines to ink in, omg.
by Reploid Productions » Thu Feb 11, 2016 5:37 pm
West Kalmar wrote:Reploid Productions wrote:In fairness, I'm going to hazard the guess that I've also got a head start on you by several years.
Am I the only one in here anal enough to go through and ink in aaaaall the panel lines on my kits? My 1:60 Wing Zero had sooo many bloody lines to ink in, omg.
Is it just me, or are the lines on your Wing Zero a bit more darker? Because I use the marker and when I rub it, it comes off as a greyish shade.
[violet] wrote:Maybe we could power our new search engine from the sexual tension between you two.
by West Kalmar » Fri Feb 12, 2016 2:21 pm
by Reploid Productions » Sat Feb 13, 2016 3:39 am
West Kalmar wrote:Im thinking of getting an Astray kit, what do you guys think?
[violet] wrote:Maybe we could power our new search engine from the sexual tension between you two.
by Reploid Productions » Sat Feb 13, 2016 3:55 am
Hanchu wrote:DOUBLE X GUNDAM
[violet] wrote:Maybe we could power our new search engine from the sexual tension between you two.
by West Kalmar » Sat Feb 13, 2016 8:23 am
by Jetan » Sun Feb 14, 2016 5:23 am
by West Kalmar » Sun Feb 14, 2016 8:09 am
by Silverstom » Sun Feb 14, 2016 8:23 am
by Jetan » Sun Feb 14, 2016 8:43 am
West Kalmar wrote:Jetan, you don't have to use glue for Gunpla, it snaps together. You can use glue to bond it together, to make it more stable, however.
by Reploid Productions » Sun Feb 14, 2016 9:48 pm
[violet] wrote:Maybe we could power our new search engine from the sexual tension between you two.
by Jetan » Mon Feb 15, 2016 4:57 pm
Reploid Productions wrote:Jetan wrote:Interesting. How well do they stay together without it?
Pretty well. I've never found glue to be necessary on any of the kits I've built, though I've sometimes used it just to be extra sure certain parts aren't going to work loose. The High Grade kits are pretty solid for beginners; reasonably nice detail and articulation, but not something that's going to take hours to build (unless, like me, you get anal-retentive about painting and inking all the panel lines. ) Master Grade kits are generally more complex, but with additional details and articulation; they take longer to build, but offer greater range of detail. Sometimes those will have assemblies that use screws to hold particularly important bits in place. Perfect Grade is where you can really sink a lot of time, as those are at a larger scale (1:60 compared to MG's 1:100 or HG's 1:100 or 1:144) which will often have tons of small parts, screw assemblies, and electronics on the kits that have lights in them. The directions are all in Japanese, however they're fully illustrated every step of the way and the language issue really isn't much of an issue. (Only time I ran into some trouble with language was the Perfect Grade Zeta, which has several different varieties of screws for different parts, and the illustrations alone weren't clear enough; fortunately I was able to use the magic of the internet to decipher enough to know what steps called for the small black screws versus the short silver ones or the long silver ones!)
Just curious, what kit is it that you've got?
by Reploid Productions » Mon Feb 15, 2016 5:25 pm
Jetan wrote:Reploid Productions wrote:Pretty well. I've never found glue to be necessary on any of the kits I've built, though I've sometimes used it just to be extra sure certain parts aren't going to work loose. The High Grade kits are pretty solid for beginners; reasonably nice detail and articulation, but not something that's going to take hours to build (unless, like me, you get anal-retentive about painting and inking all the panel lines. ) Master Grade kits are generally more complex, but with additional details and articulation; they take longer to build, but offer greater range of detail. Sometimes those will have assemblies that use screws to hold particularly important bits in place. Perfect Grade is where you can really sink a lot of time, as those are at a larger scale (1:60 compared to MG's 1:100 or HG's 1:100 or 1:144) which will often have tons of small parts, screw assemblies, and electronics on the kits that have lights in them. The directions are all in Japanese, however they're fully illustrated every step of the way and the language issue really isn't much of an issue. (Only time I ran into some trouble with language was the Perfect Grade Zeta, which has several different varieties of screws for different parts, and the illustrations alone weren't clear enough; fortunately I was able to use the magic of the internet to decipher enough to know what steps called for the small black screws versus the short silver ones or the long silver ones!)
Just curious, what kit is it that you've got?
HG 1:144 M1 Astray from SEED.
[violet] wrote:Maybe we could power our new search engine from the sexual tension between you two.
by Jetan » Mon Feb 15, 2016 5:43 pm
by Reploid Productions » Mon Feb 15, 2016 7:48 pm
Jetan wrote:Reploid Productions wrote:Oh yeah, you shouldn't need any glue for that. Maybe some paints to do detailing if you want, but definitely no glue needed.
Cool. Still feels weird to me though. As for paints, I have quite many (the new GW paints suck balls compared to the older/middle paints by the way). I think I might even have some old revell paints left over from the model planes and tin soldiers, altough I haven't even touched those after starting to use acrylic paints.
[violet] wrote:Maybe we could power our new search engine from the sexual tension between you two.
by Jetan » Tue Feb 16, 2016 2:05 am
Reploid Productions wrote:Jetan wrote:Cool. Still feels weird to me though. As for paints, I have quite many (the new GW paints suck balls compared to the older/middle paints by the way). I think I might even have some old revell paints left over from the model planes and tin soldiers, altough I haven't even touched those after starting to use acrylic paints.
I've been using Tamiya acrylics for years myself. Started out with Testors enamel only because that's what the local crafting store had, then I found a local hobby place that had Tamiya and I never looked back. That 1:60 Wing Zero I posted earlier in the thread was done with the Tamiya spraypaints; all metal flake and pearl white. Works great for that "shiny new mech" look, though I'd like to start experimenting with weathering techniques and battle damage. Bit leery about trying it and fucking up a kit that cost a lot of money though, but I think I've got a spare HG 1:100 Wing Zero buried somewhere in my build stack I wanted to experiment on.
by Zakuvia » Tue Feb 16, 2016 3:21 am
by Jetan » Tue Feb 16, 2016 5:07 am
Zakuvia wrote:I think my name should tell you which models I tend to collect. By the way, Reploid, you're now my officially favorite NS mod. If I ever do something that requires banning, I will only allow myself to be banned by you. (that's how it works, right?)
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