Gunpla Building Community

cross-posted from: https://ani.social/post/11726434

cross-posted from: https://ani.social/post/11640395

For the most part, this P-Bandai kit is just a straight recolor of the MG 2.0 Zaku II, just with head vulcans and some extra weapons. You've got the fancy looking heat hawk, but also the S runner from the original 1995 MG Char's Zaku II for the sturmfaust grenade launchers (which I attached to the hips) and the 175mm cannon (not shown).

Incidentally, unlike, say, the Tallgeese 2, which had unique figures of Treize and Colonel Une, this kit does not actually come with any Garma figures. The S runner does, however, come with a pair of Char figures. So even in Gunpla, Garma gets screwed over by Char. I suppose that this, too, can only be blamed on the misfortune of his birth.

Took some posing inspiration from the statue of the man fighting four babies in Vigeland Park. The SD-EX kits are:

• Gundam Unicorn
• Gundam Barbatos Rex
• Gundam Exia
• Gundam 00

I've just got a new bookcase that's suitable for display of Gunpla, so I thought now's a good time to share my collection.

It's very amateurish work, with heavy usage of stickers. What little painting is done using Gundam markers.

Why are there only SDBB Gunpla, you ask.

I don't have the dexterity to handle HG and RG.

If I've got any MG (including MGSD) or PG, it would be wasted on me. Plus, I have neither the time nor patience to build it carefully.

SDEX is way too shoddy for me.

SDCS looks good actually. I'll be moving on from SDBB to SDCS; just need find the time to build them😭 (I've got Calibarn, Mighty SF and Barbie Rex lined up.)

My favourite: the kitbash of 00 series Gunpla. It's still incomplete; it's missing 00 Raiser parts.

This might be a little out of place but i don’t think Lemmy has any other plamo communities. Either way, here is my guts berserker armor. This is a fantastic kit. Simple and extremely easy assembly. Flexibility is a solid 9/10(I would’ve like a little wider if a stance tbh) but the ab-crunch, leg, and arms are fantastic. I highly recommend this kit, even if you’re not a berserk fan

Had some color left and had to change the battery anyway.

What do you guys think of this beast

A couple of things to be aware of about this kit.

1. The eyes are a couple of tiny clear green parts that slot into a black frame to show the silver camera greebles underneath. The manual says to snap the frame in place first, don't do that. It's easier to put the clear parts into the frame first, then do the frame.
2. Unlike with the ver Ka there's no action base adapter for neo bird mode, and only the one hole on the backpack that according to the manual is explicitly designed for one of the action base 7 adapters (but will also fit the action base 4/5 main arms). So you pretty much have to hang it from the stand and hope you've got it positioned so that it doesn't slide off.

Still, those issues notwithstanding I otherwise enjoyed the build. Definitely deserves the MG label.

This was done a while back, maybe a year or so. It was my first full paint job. Used Mr. Color rattle cans and went for a more military color scheme. I didn’t order enough paint so while waiting for deliveries I kinda kit bashed the OG Astaroth and the rinascimento. Made a few mistakes but learned from it.

This was back last year. I took a EG RX-78-2 and used hobby mio lacquer paints through my new iwata airbrush. Overall pretty happy. Used knight gold and mecha “black” plus red on the eyes. Only complaint was the black was purple. Idk who at hobby mio decided THIS was “mecha black”

I just finished building this guy the other day. For an older kit it wasn’t that bad. Added some detail painting to make him pop(or cause I refuse to use stickers)

Holy smokes folks, tons of great kits. Give it a look and remember if you want something, get it because it might just sell out. I wasn't trying to buy any more kits to add to my backlog but here I go spending money again.

Got myself this to test the tools I had at hand and get to grips with the assembly of one of these things.

Got an RG Nu Gundam in the wing waiting to benefit from all the stuff I learned making this little guy.

Gotta say, I’m in a weird place with this model. One one hand I’m blown away by the complexity of the parts and the logic of it all. On the other hand, the lack of an internal frame means a lot of stuff is hanging off one tiny peg and things drop off this dude at the slightest provocation.

backlog intensifies

First build of the new year is the P-Bandai HGAC Altron. This is, of course, TV Altron which is the superior Altron. I'm normally all for ver Ka redesigns, but Katoki made a mistake here replacing the original folding shoulder mechanism for the accordian arms.

Also, part of the reason I ordered this kit was because I was curious how they gave it the ability to t-pose, because I have a MG Shenlong that I slapped the old 1/100 HG Altron shoulders onto and wanted to see if I could give it some better articulation there. Turns out the socket for the shoulder inside the torso swings up, instead of forward like with most kits. So that would have required completely re-engineering the MG torso inner frame, which, uh, is way beyond my skill set. Sad.