Hey @Syd & @Ryan! Really digging the MG Phenex, love how shiny it is. Really makes me want to build the HG I bought recently.
Speaking of shiny, I was looking into an Extra Finish Freedom MG and was wondering if it was a similar to the Nu Gundam Titanium you recently built. Or is it just different entirely since it’s not “Titanium”? Any advice…[Read more]
Loved the special @Ryan & @Syd! Very entertaining when you guys do things differently. I am looking forward to seeing how exciting 2014 will be. For sure, I’ll be working on adding more MG kits than just Exia to my collection, I just love how different they are.
Also, thanks to @gunplagamer for allowing us to see the Metal Build Destiny!
Hey @syd and @ryan, happy new year!
Guys I need some help. I need to vent the nasty fumes associated with airbrushing lacquer based paints. I cannot find a spray booth that is designed for lacquer based paints (that isn’t an entire room, designed to spray whole cars). Everything I find specifically states ‘not for use in an explosive…[Read more]
Greetings @Syd & @Ryan! I was wondering, are Extra Finish kits similar to Titanium kits? I was considering getting a Freedom MG that has Extra Finish and was hoping that it would look similar to the Nu Gundam Titanium you guys recently reviewed. Thanks and happy holidays to all of you at HLJ!
hey ryan i had a question about the competition what are the work in progress pictures supposed to have. i posted some that had the arms, legs, waist, torso, head, shoulder armor, do those count as work in progress photos and the box also @ryan
Hi @syd and @ryan Thanks for another AMAZING Episode XD i enjoyed the last part, you guys were so funny! Great episode as always! ๐ By the way, What was the description or what version is that RX-78-2 with the half of the innerframe exposed and with the light up gimmick?
That sucks man!! I had that with Gundam Age and I has to go third party. I’d post a more accessible link but this one was posted by Gundaminfo who seems to have the licence, since they posted Gundam Seed and Destiny in HD, and I wouldn’t want to get Ryan in trouble with Sunrise for posting anything illegal.
Well I still found a way to watch it xD since it’s one of the only sources where new gundam series air first I just tried to find a way to get past the country blocking xD
There are plenty of anime website out there that will have it by now. Good luck and if you still can’t find it in the future let me know, i’m good at finding these things. ๐
Found build fighters pretty quickly ๐ was mostly seed & seed destiny remastered that are quiet hard to find somewhere else with clear English subtitles xD
Oh sorry man, I was actually responding to @ghostquanta to help him out with other series of gundam. Sorry bro, I forgot to mention who i was talking to
Oh okay I see. If you have an apple device, you can download an app called McTube and its just a youtube app but you can change the country to USA and that may allow you to be able to watch it. Im not 100% if it works but it may be worth a shot
Don’t own any apple products but thanks anyway ๐ I’ve found an add-on for firefox that can get me past the blocking for country’s ๐ doesn’t always work but still happy I can at least watch the series there now ๐
From what I can tell from the description; “For those who may be new to plastic modeling. Some panel-lines, decals, a touch of marker here or there and even hand painting is accepted.” In this category we basically just do out of the box builds, panel line, apply decals and can do some touch-ups with hand painting. We sorted out at the start of…[Read more]
I got the description, but I keep seeing people doing this and that to their kits and I thought I should keep adding stuff too, then again I won’t be able to get the same result. I’m just curious that’s all. Thanks for replying.
So based on the description given in the category. I would say that only a small amount of painting with Gundam markers and had painting are allowed. If you do a fill paint job then you should move up to Intermediate. Again this is all up to the judge to see if you kit should be moved up or down a level. So I have just been working on mine and…[Read more]
Does anyone realize that in episode 130, @ryan‘s mike appears to be off and we’re picking up his voice thru @syd‘s mike. During the closeups when Ryan is behind the camera it appears to switch. Sound check, guys! Anyway great episode!
Yup, that is due to switching to one channel when filming the Tamiya model show the previous week. We didn’t realize it until after the wide shots were taken.
@Ryan. I’m just curious how to judge this modeling competition. What I meant is there is no way to judge a diorama and a plane, as goes to a car and a gundam. Although the kitbash/ scratch build skill is almost the same, but technique still pretty different.
I was asked by my friends when I try to invite them to join together with me… and I…[Read more]
I can’t speak for HLJ obviously, and my perspective on judging may be totally different from HLJ’s – but it’s a topic that interests me so I want to share my experiences. (I hope you don’t mind…)
I’ve done enough modeling contest judging to know that I don’t envy the people who do it. (And I still do it, sometimes… I just hate it a bit. ๐ )…[Read more]
While i’ve never done models, I have judged other things and yeah, to be fair you have to judge on something quantifiable. Else it’s next to impossible.
Obviously given the style of this comp I’d bet will boil down to visual & technical merit
Thanks. It’s more an intermediate kind of work, even if it’s my first RG airbrush, I was not sure I was going to airbrush it when i first entered. @Ryan, @syd.. How does moving up works ?
2nd. now I’m Not @Ryan or @Syd, but i do believe thier intention was to prohibit something build and done before to discourage people from just using something they already had built, but to encourage everyone to start at the same rough time…[Read more]
Hopefully I can get one of the official guys to chime in here shortly. I have 4-5 kits i’d like to possibly enter.. of course only one of them will be the final entrant..
RG Zeta
RG Mk II Titans, which im going to turn into AEUG version. AEUG wasnt available
HGUC Marasai
HGUC Messala
HGUC Doven Wolf
I have the Boxes and runners for all of…[Read more]
I think today I will go ahead and start a post for each kit. Hopefully the dryfit and a bit of primer won’t disqualify. but I am going to build them anyhow.
How do you get the attention of a moderator to make sure of these sorts of issues?
if your going the way of rattles. word of advice. go the way of @ryan and rattle can it ON the runner. rattles come out @ such power you’ll risk blowing away parts.
to get rid of gatemarks afterwarks, get a few jars and ‘decant’ your rattles. aka put a straw in the can and pour some into the jar. let sit for 2 hrs to let the arasol gases wear…[Read more]
OH!, btw MIST the paint on, better to light a coat then too heavy. so make sure to do steady even passes from one side to another never stopping/staring on the parts. you’ll get a much nicer finish this way
speaking “technically” a modification Is physical alerteration off default.
for purposes of plamo, any changes from the base mold, either by adding or removing plastic, would count as an modification. (paint and decals not counting)
wiether what your planning would be considered to advanced for this class would depend on @Ryan and @syd take on…[Read more]
Thanks for the reply. To think again, that effect parts thing won’t work because I don’t have any clear yellow with me and it won’t attach to the arm without glue or cement. I would really like some expert advice from them on the removal of the middle beam though.
Hi guys, I actually have a technical production question about what and how you guys film Gunpla TV. What camera are you guys using and how have you set up your audio capture?