Gundam Discussion - Twilight Axis

[Cleverness]

So finally started watching Build Fighters and am caught up with it after finishing school stuff. I love everything about it. Ramba Ral as a constant narrator type figure is making me happy.

[Insanecyclone]

Ordered The Origin Vol 2-4, RG MK2 [Titans ver], and this marker set from amazon. Did I do good? Read the MK2 is great for beginners into the RG line and I guess MGs?

Was going to get the RG RX78-2 instead, mostly because I need at least one rendition of it, but I decided to pass on it for now.

[Edelweiss]

Ordered The Origin Vol 2-4, RG MK2 [Titans ver], and this marker set from amazon. Did I do good? Read the MK2 is great for beginners into the RG line and I guess MGs?

Was going to get the RG RX78-2 instead, mostly because I need at least one rendition of it, but I decided to pass on it for now.

Any "modern" MG is a great introduction, with variables of price and stuff factored in. lol

If there was "the" MG to get for a first MG, i'd honestly have to suggest the venerable Zaku 2.0 frankly. There's no seam welding to do, etc.; it looks great with very little effort too.

The Origin is always a good choice. And if you really want an RX-78-2, just get the 3.0 or OYW (either one); they're really the definite best iterations.

[Mrbeansman]

Picked up one of these for my RG Strike Freedom. There obviously in high demand cause they were out of stock every where I looked.

[Insanecyclone]

You need ultra thin markers for panel lining right? Just realized these I got are chisel and 1 fine tip markers. Although these are good for going on parts after thinning them out?

Kind of a noob in terms of paints n shits

[Edelweiss]

Well, generally speaking you want the finest tips possible for lining with any medium (this includes brushes). It'd be really impractical to thin the paint markers, since they're lacquer and you'll need lacquer retarder in a metal paint dish... and by that point you might as well just be brushing given all the shit you'd have to do.

[Insanecyclone]

It's a god damn sword scissor



Also about RGs too. Do these types of weapon packs work with them?

[Edelweiss]

Also about RGs too. Do these types of weapon packs work with them?

In-scale, so it depends on the hands beind pegs/slotted weapons probably.

[Edelweiss]

MG X-3 ships tomorrow.

Get on making those 1/100 Bataras, Bandai (or B-Club, i'd pay them to rape my wallet for one at this point).

[Insanecyclone]

Age kits are 2good. I suppose it's because they wanted to bring in the younger audience but these HG Genoace's man.

I want more gunpla like these.

[Edelweiss]

The Federation kits (including the Bisidian ones) are widely regarded as being of almost universal superb quality, and I agree.

It probably helps that they were designed outright in a way that lent itself to translating well to kits; a quality that you can see didn't work out so well for their Vagan counterparts (which is a shame, since I really like Junya Ishigaki's designs). If there is an upside to the Vagan mixed bag it's that they've likely learned how to do organic or irregular-form designs better. That's terribly important for Jupiter Empire and Zanscare kits, and probably whatever they might do for G-Reko.

Also, X-3 shipped. Desire intensifying.

[Ker]

Gundam Build Fighters Ep13

Oh man. Oh man! This is pretty sweet. Baseball has never been this good.

[Insanecyclone]

Man they are shipping the ReijixAilia so hard just to be set up for when they battle. gunbgud

[Serra]

I'm starting to get concerned that all of Sei and Reiji's matches (up until the bracket) are going to be interfered with.

Also, how is Cziommer still in this tournament -- I really don't get the rules/setup >.>;

[Edelweiss]

Beginning in February, you'll apparently be able to order broken part replacements directly from Bandai, from almost anywhere in the world.

Probably going to be some restrictions of course, but still. The website is supposed to be made public in the final week of January.

Also this replacement service will extend to online exclusive kits (though this will also include a lengthy wait until enough part orders accrue or a certain length of time passes, which will probably be in magnitudes of several months). In this case, the X-3's V-antenna, the X-2's customized shot lancer, and the Unicorn Marasai's Sea Serpent and Feyadeen Rifle are such examples. It's not really clear when (not really a priority) they're going to extend the part replacement to old kits (like the 80s and early 90s stuff).

[Ker]

OP2

^

[Insanecyclone]

[Serra]

Spoiler: show

I know it's to set up that they have to win the last match, but I can't wrap my mind around how Sei and Reiji went from tied with 11 others for first, to down to 17th place. And there were only 7 people who could have gained points to catch up, not pass them... I can understand if they were still in the bottom half of the 16 qualifying spots, and therefore their spot wasn't secured, but to be out of it just doesn't make sense to me.

[Edelweiss]

The Zanspine (V-MSV and game-only) color scheme for the Kagatie guy's V2 and the partially obscured Hardygun (Silhouette F91) were probably the most unexpected cameos.

[Insanecyclone]

That blonde female Heero though.