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This Nu [Gundam] thread isn't just for shows!
Dark Raven X
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Gunpla are plastic model kits based on the Gundam TV shows and movies! They come in all sorts of grades (complexity) and scales (size)
Sometimes they build 1:1 versions of these things, like this new one in Fukuoka:
...and then they made model kits out of that particular new Nu variant:
It's a vicious cycle of big and small statues, much like war itself. Maybe there's a metaphor in there.
It it's not based on a Gundam, then it's just a plamo, plastic model kit!
The newest upcoming Gundam show is The Witch From Mercury and it looks pretty dang good!
https://youtu.be/mYd_l3E7yOc
Similarly the associated Witch From Mercury kits are looking very nice:
https://youtu.be/rDnoY_r5mqc
Sometimes they build 1:1 versions of these things, like this new one in Fukuoka:
...and then they made model kits out of that particular new Nu variant:
It's a vicious cycle of big and small statues, much like war itself. Maybe there's a metaphor in there.
It it's not based on a Gundam, then it's just a plamo, plastic model kit!
The newest upcoming Gundam show is The Witch From Mercury and it looks pretty dang good!
https://youtu.be/mYd_l3E7yOcSimilarly the associated Witch From Mercury kits are looking very nice:
https://youtu.be/rDnoY_r5mqcOh brilliant
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gundam died for our plastic sins
Ugh god I shouldn't buuuuuut
I tend to stick to RG, MG, and PG in general. But... These sets look badass, they probably won't get more advanced sets for a bit, and helping preorder numbers would help the store with allocation...
*grumbles, looks at backlog*
And, this kit has single handedly reinvigorated my love for Gunpla.
What i'm saying is that the Build series needs to become reality already so i have a proper excuse to get into Gunpala.
Also i'm really hoping Witch from Mercury lives up to the hype it's generating, because everything we've seen so far looks cool as fuck. (And you know, i dont want them to fuck up the first time they've actually given us a female protag)
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I think Bandai is still chugging away at that “scan your gunpla” game deal thing. Some months back they had an event where you could try it, but it seemed limited to RX-78-2 builds (I presume because they only designed with that set up of animations and weapons in mind)
Honestly that’s going to be where such a thing lives or dies: scanning your kit is going to be easy enough, especially if they set it up so you have to go to a store to scan your model (since it would be easier than having to deal with anything involving a home photogrammetry set up), but then you have to get into “how does this model move? What are its abilities? It’s gear?
There’s a reason that Gundam Build Real’s version of things involved having an actual coder on your team, because any sufficently unique Gunpla would have to have all those elements hand crafted in the simulation
Stumbled across this via Twitter, where it was just the part of the modeler pouring all the panel liner on the tank
It worked! It actually cleaned up into a really nice look!
I still just want the fantasty version of Build Divers so i can build some awesome cross between the Vidar and Lupus Rex, and then go to town on people.
Screw reality getting in the way! (Also we totally need to have a Build Divers/Build Fighters where the team's gundams are riffing on Kamen Rider/Super Sentai)
Edit: Like this!
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Via Gabe liking a tweet onto my feed
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I really need to organize and move stuff around.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
... Have you heard I like wings?
Ooooh, it comes with a stand!
Lots and LOTS of bubble wrap.
Though as my collection grew, I started trying my best to just make sure things don't move. This usually involves removing limbs on my Zoids, so they'll sit flat. Be careful of anything soft or fragile, especially in terms of weight on top of the figure.
I also bought a pack of tackle box inserts and used those to hold some of the more delicate accessories like v-fins and effect parts. I used the bins and a post-it so I'd know which bot to put the parts on later.
My next move in 6-8 years is going to be a nightmare, because last time I only had a dozen or so Gunpla. Now I'm over 150 kits (in ~9 years of collecting).
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Specifically, this spiky unit: https://www.usagundamstore.com/products/xh-01-hunting-falcon-1-100-scale-model-kit
Which one?
Edit: now the above there? That's lance heaven.
that is a cool ass Original The Not-Gundam
Posted this over in the general anime thread some days ago since I didn't see a Gundam thread up. I tried the demo and it felt nice. Probably the only odd thing I found is that (at least in the demo), the game has cutscenes that you need to go to an in-game library to view and there's no option to tick on or off to let you watch them as they become available automatically like the rest of the game's cutscenes. You just get a notice that there's a cutscene you can now watch in the library. I get the idea why since some of them are summaries of different Gundam timelines and people playing likely know about them but there's at least a couple that explain somewhat important stuff in relation to the game itself and it baffles me you gotta play them manually to see them.
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Beetleborgs?!
>_>