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nope, Toy-wave is just a bunch of extortionist.
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Question about Bandai decals: generally speaking, how well do the dry transfer decals on gunpla hold up. can they survive general handling, and will they ever start flaking off just because they're old? I'm thinking about clear-coating my Sinanju to protect all the little markings, although I'm not sure how worth it that's going to be. also what's a good clear coat to go over dry transfer decals? I'm looking for a mate to satin finish that will be fairly hard and not mess up the decals underneath. I've got Testors Dullcote and Future with Tamiya Flat base (I've yet to actually use it though.) will either of these work, or do I need to go out and get something else?
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No, they don't spend their days plotting nefarious schemes to oppress the true Robotech believers while maniacally stroking their goatees. These just came out at the end of January, So they're only 4 months late. http://www.hlj.com/product/KYD010179 of course that's 4 months after everyone figured out these are crap and nobody want's one.
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It's from the Fuzors. If you haven't seen it, don't watch it. Fuzor's was terrible, it made me almost stop liking Zoids all together. It's also why we didn't get Zoids Genesis in the US, which sucks because Genesis was good and that makes Fuzors suck even more.
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The Cheapo Tips n Tricks Guide to the VF-25
anime52k8 replied to Chronocidal's topic in The Workshop!
how exactly are you supposed to buff it, just rub it with a piece of cloth or something? (seriously I never use the buffing type because it always comes out looking like ass and the non-buffing looks just fine.) -
now this would be something worth watching.
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OH GOD WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT!?!? AHHHH!!!!
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See eugimon, he's had none of the problems you've brought up, clearly that means there's nothing wrong with ANYDX made EVER. Obviously his opinions and anecdotal experiences are the only valid ones in this thread.
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Nostalgia is for the weak. Embrace the future, buy a toy that isn't an ugly brick.
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but to be fair, The O is a hell of a lot more robot than an MS that costs 1/3 to 1/5 the price in MG form. the Sazabi is 2/3 the list price of The O and the Sazabi is smaller and 10 years older. 12600 yen is a lot of money but not an unreasonable price tag. I'm definitely getting this once it's out, and in the mean time I'll need to pick up a Zeta 2.0 and Hyaku shiki... but now I'm sad because I accidentally killed my MG Qubeley. Now that I think about it the lack of love for the Qubeley is disheartening, it didn't even get a f'ing clear parts reissue. damnit Bandai, Hyaku Shiki 2.0 and Qubeley 2.0; make it happen
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really? please make that argument then, because I can't see how that would be the case.
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my point is that saying John's kits are better while still being cheaper (which is as far as I can tell what Valkyrie addict is trying to say in the first part of this post >here<) isn't a valid criticism of Yamato's regult because they're too completely different situations.
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that's exactly my point. John does amazing work, but his stuff is smaller, made from less expensive materials and isn't engineered to be bot a model AND a toy. And clearly the people at Yamato are fans of Macross, why else would they devote such a large part of their business to making toys for it? But they're still a company, they have to be able to turn a profit form their products while paying for all the overhead a business of this nature has. John on the other hand is just one guy in his gurage making really nice models, he's not running a business and can get away with charging just enough to recoup the cost of making his kit's in the first place.
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black under metallic paints make them pop more, a white or light gray base tends to make metallic paints look washed out and lifeless. I'm not sure about who has good gold paint off hand, sorry. As for masking the parts you want to keep black, that's what I did on mine and it was a pain in the ass to properly mask some of the tight corners. when it was all done I felt like the extra coat of paint would have been worth it to make the masking job easier.
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paint. I applied about 3 of the foil stickers before deciding they looked like crap and busted out the gundam markers. I used liquid mask to cover the black parts, applied all the gold with a gundam marker then dipped each part in future to clear coat them. the gold turned out OK, but it's a little uneven in spots. If I were to do it again, I would take some flat black spray paint and spray all the parts, then spray them entirely gold, mask the parts I want to keep gold, spray another coat of black and then clear coat everything. gold spray paint over a black base would look more even and it would have been easier to mask the raised bits over the recessed.
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finally done.
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Even if John's Regult has more detail, it's still going to cost less because A) it's smaller, B) it's made of cheaper materials and C) because John is a fan who makes these things because he likes doing it and not a large company that has to pay for R&D/Marketing/manufacturing/etc. while still managing to turn a profit.
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Yeah, F*CK YOU YAMATO!!!! How dare you try to be profitable as a manufacturer of luxury goods during a time of severe global economic depression. After all the years of supporting you by whining on the internet about how much your products suck, This is the thanks we get? BULLSHIT. $400 for big, detailed, and articulated automotive grade resin kit is ridiculous. This thing should at least come pre-painted and assembled and made of 24k gold, and even then theirs no way it should go for more than 50 bucks. [/massive sarcasm and hyperbole]
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While there is some visual similarity between certain Zeon suits and Soviet rockets (i.e. excessive rocket motor fetish), in terms of Design and engineering mentality, Zeon is much more akin to Nazi Germany (which make sense, considering how hard they try to hammer home the "Zeon = Space Nazi's" message in ever other aspect of their depiction). Russian engineering philosophy tends to be quick and crude but it get's the job done. Zeon Mobile Suits on the other hand tended to be really over-engineered, where they've got the most armor, weapons, speed, etc. but end up being either one off prototypes or not deployed in large enough numbers to make a difference; much like German weapons in WWII. Also much like the Germans, Zeon ended up shooting themselves in the foot by wasting all their resources trying to develop all these one-off magic bullet Mobile armors instead of making a good enough robot and fielding as many of those as possible. Comparing Zeon suits to Federation suit's it's very much like comparing German tigers to American Sherman tanks in WWII. The top of the line Zeon suits like the Gelgoog totally outclassed the GM's in very single way but it didn't really matter because the federation could keep throwing cheap, disposable GM's at them until they overwhelmed the Zeon. the Federation were working under the mindset of "we can build it cheap, we can build it fast, and it's good enough to get the job done." while Zeon when the direction of "If we build the Best robot possible, it will be so bad ass that it will always win." As for the Nightingale specifically, I think the design actually makes a fair amount of sense as far as Giant robots go and fit's in well with the zeon tradition of mecha design. The Nightingale is specifically designed for space combat, so it doesn't need to use it's arms and legs very much and it doesn't have to worry about weight since it's not under gravity. instead they give it has huge numbers of thrusters and verniers so that it can move and maneuver very fast while blowing stuff up with it's huge arsenal of weapons. :EDIT: but I think what's REALLY important is that I finally had time to apply all my the decals and finish my Sinanju kit. God I hate doing dry transfers, especially this many of them. Seriously, I think hell is having to sit at a table and endlessly apply dry transfer decals to model a model kit for all eternity, just applying and applying and never making any progress. I'm gonna take pictures later once the suns up.
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G Gundam IS the best gundam. I hope Snail00 is right about Bandai planing to make everything on the list eventually, I want a Nobel Gundam.
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Iron Man 2 (Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow!)
anime52k8 replied to EXO's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
It wasn't radiation poisoning though, it was heavy metal poisoning. the Palladium that fueled the reactor was leaching into his bloodstream. actually that did bug me while I was watching the movie. where the hell is all the ammo he's using coming from? -
yep, you are. The RG looks cool and all, but what I want in a RX-78-2 kit is a model that actually looks like the RX-78-2 IN THE CARTOON. personally I wished the MG 2.0 looked more like the cartoon version. the hinge on the chest hatch and the shape of the skirt armor are both wrong and it bugs me to death. totally killed any intrest I had in building an MG 2.0 until I've got the time to do mod and fully paint one.
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but you still have a show that's fundamentally good. if they went and replaced all the crappy mid 90's CG with modern stuff like they did for star trek, it would make it an even better show. you could put Weta with avatar's budget to work redoing shadow chronicles and you'd still have a horrible abortion, just one that looks kind of pretty.
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random observation, this person has excellent taste in avatar's
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