SUPER ROBOT/Tokusatsu/Figure General!

[ChexGuy331]

I didn't want my models to look lazy, but I didn't to paint them either.

The end result is half-lazy.

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[Camera]

..lol
Yeah, this is a dangerous hobby.  You won't know where the forget your money has gone when you get into it.

I've never had the patience to fully assemble any of those kits where they give you a slab of parts and you have to punch them out.

[ChexGuy331]

punching them out usually breaks them.

[Camera]

Well not literally, but rather just tediously twisting them off their pegs.

[Tokthree]

Gundam kits eliminate the one problem I always had with my airfix model kits.
Glue/polymer cement

[ChexGuy331]

I thought I wouldn't have the patience either, but imo the build is the most fun part.

@glue some models have seamlines that are usually fixed with cement and/or putty. I tried just plain sanding on top of them and it only hides them a little.

[Lalam24]

Well not literally, but rather just tediously twisting them off their pegs.

You shouldn't be twisting them off of their pegs, either.  You should be using snippers then cutting away the excess.  Pixeldan did that stuff with some of his Kotobukiya kits, and they looked like trash.  Please don't follow in the footsteps of morons.

[Tokthree]

I twisted the first part of my Cherudim off the frame and after tediously filing away at the excess with one of the little files you have on nailclippers for about ten minutes I vowed to never again do it

[Camera]

You shouldn't be twisting them off of their pegs, either.  You should be using snippers then cutting away the excess.  Pixeldan did that stuff with some of his Kotobukiya kits, and they looked like trash.  Please don't follow in the footsteps of morons.

Cut then sand the nubs right?

[Lalam24]

Cut then sand the nubs right?

That depends, unless you have incredibly fine-grade sandpaper, and it doesn't show gaps/etc in the plastic, then go ahead and sand.  I don't sand them down unless I plan on painting over them a tad.  Use a hobby knife.  I use the basic testorz one -- I don't like Exactos, at all.  Not as sharp, much more thick, etc.

[ChexGuy331]

I use that OLFA knife I linked to last page. The shorter blade is easier to use imo.

[Tokthree]

Just finished After War, good series overall and I especially liked how they tied up most if not all romantic ends, it's  surprisingly rare to see them do that as opposed to leaving them completely open at the end, regardless of the genre.
Pity it was only 39 episodes, though, the plot had so much more to give

[ChexGuy331]

newtype dolphins arc sucked

but the frost brothers are so evil

you CAN'T hate them but you hate them so much

[Tokthree]

The newtype dolphins were silly, but it wouldn't be the first time that newtypes and dolphins have been connected somehow in a gundam series.
My one problem with After War was that it lacked a Char/Zechs, a Gundam series just isn't complete without one

[Lalam24]

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