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thwalker13 posted an update in the group
Gundam Forums 8 years agoWell, I would assume that you all are aware that the forum is down again. I have sent GSaM an email regarding the outage. However, as most you know. There is no guarantee when or even if the forum will return.
I will go on record and say that I have not received a reply from GSaM in months. I don’t want to hide anything from you guys, but I…[Read more]
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Well damn it was a good ride while it lasted I hope it does come back up though
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As do I man.
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Well depending on how long it takes/if it starts looking rather bleak, I might look into some sort of free forum host and starting a new Forum, I’d extend admin and Moderatorships to those who had said status on the last site, and kind of just allow us to try and rebuild, but let’s see what happens with this first. Hopefully it works out.
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I’ve dabbled in that thought as well. Though I was looking at the vBulletin site. Pretty expensive.
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Yeah it is. There are a few free forum places, but they’re pretty meh, but it’d be better than nothing. If I had the income at the moment, I’d look into something better, but I don’t at the moment.
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http://www.capturinglostfootsteps.com/gundam/
This isn’t half bad…nice work Grime 90 Deuce
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I just added it this morning before I left to work. I don’t really have any experience with forums and I’ve only been on Gundam Forums for a few weeks, so, I know it’s missing a bunch of the sections and topics, but if you let me know of sections/topics that need to be on there, I’ll add them. I just thought it would be nice to have a back up…[Read more]
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I’m pretty sure that the site will come back online. It’s gone down in the past, yet has always come back up. Here’s a quote I though up of that ought to help ease your minds, “Mankind’s ability to build bridges is unprecedented. Yet, from time to time, nature, fate, or other outside forces seek to destroy said bridges. However, if mankind can…[Read more]
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Not looking good for the forum. Thanks, grime.
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Ok, do we not have access to the forum files period?
If we have access we could atleast move hosts and update the file.
I have experience with forums as well.
What I don’t get is why we haven’t moved the forum in the past after this happening. It seems to be kinda common.
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Basically what the deal is, is this. The forum continues to have these issues because nothing is actually done to FIX them. What happens is when the forum goes down, a person is contracted to fix it. Before, M1ck3y would fix the forum as he was employed by GSaM. That is no longer the case. Therefore another person is hired to “fix” it. What that…[Read more]
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Then lets build it from scratch then.
All we need is hosting, a domain and a forum package.
I’m down, and I can contribute some funds to get us started.
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Free (most likely ad supported, need to research more) but looks pretty good. The premium ($10/mo) has an import feature. So if we could get the database we could import the data.
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Hmmm… clouded, the Forums future is.
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Another forum that I go too is also down. Weird….
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So far, their record seems to be good in that they always get the forum back up one way or another. I think the fact that it’s up already (assuming it doesn’t go down again immediately) is a good sign.
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Kenico and
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Kenico posted an update in the group
Gundam Forums 8 years, 9 months agoOk What the hell is it now?!
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There isn’t anything wrong on my end.
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Thats because it started acting normal a few minutes AFTER i posted that LOL
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Bossguy posted an update in the group
Gundam Forums 8 years, 10 months agoI’m getting database errors again. They’re probably doing maintenance on it.
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I’m getting errors too. Main admin mentioned some work being done this weekend, along with the earlier notice about how things will be rocky while said work is conducted. Hopefully it will be a quickie.
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Yeah, I saw a post about admin/maintenance stuff too. So this isn’t too bad.
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Ah i missed that post
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So going on? I go to the main sight, but when I try to go to a thread it says database errors?
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Ok, heres something new: Though I can access profiles and even send PMS and VMs I cant accesss any threads…whats up with that?
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thwalker13 posted an update in the group
Gundam Forums 8 years, 10 months agoSo is anyone else getting the database errors again? I can’t even login.
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Nothing for me so far. I’m able to log in like normal.
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Yep. I can’t get in. Keeps booting me out.
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Same here.
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I was just looking at posts 20 minutes ago, and now I’m looking at squat. ****. That didn’t last very long this time :\
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It just started acting up for me, in the for sale trade section.
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I tried it again just now and sure enough, it conked out.
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Damnit this shit is pissing me off. If it wasn’t so expensive I’d open my own forum.
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Where is this being hosted?
I mean surely our traffic isn’t that much… migrating this to a different server wouldn’t be too bad right?
Sad that it went down again though
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Haha, maybe we should take up Squee’s offer and see if we can get a sub-forum on GE for us refugees.
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I actually just finished registering there.
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How? I can’t manage to get signed-up…
I don’t get the confirmation email though I signed up on that before Gundam Forums actually…
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Did you play that video? You have to play the video and right down a phrase from in the field below it.
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I did before and even had 2 Accounts registered without being approved by a Admin lol.
Just registered again and hopefully this one goes through 😐
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Yeah, me too. A forum crash so soon? Got to draw the line somewhere.
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Yeah, I’ll sign up there now.
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We’re you approved already?
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No. Well just have to wait and see what happens.
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What’s GE?
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Gundam Eclipse 😀
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Gundam Eclipse.
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Yep its down for me as well… kinda disappointing just started visiting it a couple of weeks ago.
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It’s down for me as well. Can’t say that I’m surprised.
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Forum seems to be back up again.
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Sorry guys, i approved all your accts on GE, we have it set for admin approval so that we avoid spam and bots. Buuuut GF is back up so whatever lol
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Also, Sazabee, your account on GE has been active since January 21st. Any account you’ve tried to register afterwards that share that ip would have been rejected.
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Thanks Squee. And honestly when I saw that all new accounts must be approved by an admin, I thought that it was a great idea.
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Bossguy commented on the post, Gunpla TV – Episode 147 – Macross Plus YF-19 Gerwalk Mode – Damashii Kshatriya Review 8 years, 10 months ago
That Kshatriya is darn beautiful.
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thwalker13 posted an update in the group
Gundam Forums 8 years, 11 months agoPainted a few more parts last night. I got home late and didn’t have much time but I got the gold parts painted and I painted the thrusters with a gloss black base coat. Tonight I’m hoping to get a layer of Future onto the gold parts and possibly the frame parts as well. Might paint the 100% black parts while I’m at it.-
That’s a nice shade of gold. What brand did you use for it? I got a hunch, but I could be wrong.
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Tamiya Gold Leaf.
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I’m liking what I’m seeing so far. You’re using the exact same colors that you used on your base, am I right?
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You would be correct.
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Seems to be a surprisingly good metallic paint, pain to clean out of the airbrush though, or if the mix just a smidge too thick and having to give a quick blast into the exhaust fan.
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ChapelMkII posted an update in the group
Gundam Forums 8 years, 11 months agoLeft my Kampfer and paint supplies at my friends place (whoops), so I snapped this together last night instead. It’s going to become Kirara’s, so I left the booster pack off.-
Giving it the Kirara paint job too?
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Yeah, as soon I find suitable colors for her type of pink, but only after I address the Kampfer and “That other project” 😀
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Kiraran!
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It’s playing “Gunpla the World” in my head right now.
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Then my sinister plan is already working, lol XD
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Dammit, mine too…now. Thanks a lot!
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thwalker13 posted an update in the group
Gundam Forums 8 years, 11 months agoSo I have a few updates.
1: I was able to get the frame parts of the Banshee Norn painted up. I used German Grey for the frame parts, on the 1.0 version I used a Gunmetalish paint. It really made the kit to dark in my opinion. So this time I went with German Grey, it’ll retain the dark scheme of the kit without making it, to dark.
2: I got…[Read more]
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As a huge fan of German Grey, I’m anxious to see those frame parts.
Regarding the forum, it’s good news but only time will tell if the issue is solved completely. I’m hoping there’s no data loss this time.
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I’ve been a fan of German Grey since I painted my MG Kampfer with it. It’s great stuff. And I think it’ll really give the Banshee a good look and feel. Better than my 1.0 version anyways.
And yeah, only time will tell. But hopefully this time it actually works.
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My Norn arrived yesterday. Holy CRAP there’s a ton of runners in there!
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I know right. Did you notice the added bonus part that comes with the Armored Armor DE plate?
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I did not! Explain!
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If you look at the plate with all the Armed Armor DE parts. You’ll notice a long gray piece with a peg on each end. That part, is what the Unit 3 Phenex HG used to mount the twin DEs onto it’s backpack.
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No kidding? That’s convenient. Especially since I’m going to pass on the Phenex; too expensive, and the gold plastic is ugly.
Speaking of gold, I might…MIGHT…paint the Norn’s “crown” with Gundam marker. Should be easy enough; I dig the orange look, but the gold might look a bit better.
Of course, this is all just idle speculation. The Norn…[Read more]
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I’d say that it would be pretty easy to do. Along with the XC parts and the collar.
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No way. Are you telling me you’re going to make a Unicorn Banshee Phenex Norn? That will be one HECK of a suit. I’m really excited to see what you do.
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You’re close. I’m officially calling:
Unicorn Gundam Unit 04 Dremora-
I see the obvious TES reference there. The forum can’t get back online soon enough. We need more order to keep track of projects like this, haha.
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I agree, the forum needs back up.
I’ve contemplated on adding a few areas of very dark red to the Destroy Mode. Just haven’t made up my mind yet.
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Dlinker posted an update in the group
Gundam Forums 8 years, 11 months agoWith the clear coat completed on the Zabanya, it was time to return to the second of my three HG projects I started before the KA. I originally planned on using the Koto…-
I am loving those shades of Blue man. And the rifle looks excellent.
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Haha, actually, I haven’t painted this kit yet. This is the one I’m planning to try digital camo on. A bit more fixes on welds and then I can prime by the weekend.
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That is one sick kit bash for the rifle you’ve got there, D! Even better that it doesn’t look like the rifle’s weighing down the supporting arm any 😀
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How did you make the rifle? Anyway looks good. I want to get that kit when it’s in stock at my online store.
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That looks great. The gun fits the GM suit so well, you could’ve fooled me if you said that it came with the kit originally.
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Certainly fooled me. I thought you had painted it already. But a digital camo sounds like it would look fantastic on that Sniper.
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Thanks, man! The rifle is pretty light, only slightly heavier than the standard rifle. It helps a ton that the GM Sniper II’s arms have solid joints. The only thing that may sag is the ball-joint for the trigger hand, but some primer and paint can fix that easily.
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I cut out the handle/stock from standard rifle (since it’s the key for having it usable without issue with the kit), fused it to the Gelgoog rifle you can build with the 1/144 System Weapon 002 set with the handle/trigger sawed off, then sawed off the front barrel portion of the Gelgoog rifle and fused in the barrel from a System Weapon 001 Zaku…[Read more]
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Thank you, good sir. I honestly think this rifle is one of my rare strokes of genius so I’m really proud of it and how it came out. Hopefully the transitioning area I made with Apoxie Sculpt between the handle and receiver comes out good when I prime.
The tiny trigger area was a b*tch, though. Had to fix the area three times before settling on…[Read more]
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I guess that’s the magic of a bright photo, haha. That and this place doesn’t allow for anything higher-res without external links. I’m going attempt the digital camo on a spoon first and make sure I got the methods down. I’m switch to all lacquer paints on this so any screw-ups will take more time to fix.
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Oh wow. That is pretty genius!
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ChapelMkII posted an update in the group
Gundam Forums 8 years, 11 months agoSo my Birthday was on Friday and the whole weekend became one long celebratory affair. The highlight though was Saturday morning, when my roommates took me to the local anime store (Wiz knows which one :P) and told me to go crazy until I hit the my allotted spending amount. So my backlog has grown (again) XD-
Looks like that will keep you busy for a while, and belated Happy Birthday wishes.
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Happy Birthday! You have a good Gunpla but an even better set of friends 😛
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Happy birthday man!
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happy beer day chapel! or born day if you don’t like beer lol. those are some good friends you got.
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Happy birthday. Got yourself a mighty fine haul too.
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Beer is a vital mainstay and called “Talent Juice” in the circles I mingle with XD And yes, they rule. I think one though is riding the euphoric high of her recent promotion and that’s why this wound up happening. Not that I’m complaining, lol XD
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Many happy returns. And fine Gunpla choices!
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Yeah, although most of them are familiar territory for me. I already helped build an HG Sengoku for a friend, I actually still own my MSiA Sazabi, and the Spiegel is only unique in a cosmetic sense, since all the Fighting Action MG’s share the same internal skeleton. The only one that’s really “new” is the Geara Zulu, which I look forward to…[Read more]
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Happy late birthday. Great kits. It’s nice to see something from G Gundam. You usually don’t see those kits around these days.
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Yeah, BanDai was really kind to the G-Gundam fans early by giving us 4 of the most important kits in MG form, but it would be great if they’d give the other Shuffle alliance members some needed HG love on the 1/144 scale, or at the very least make a 1/100 Rising Gundam since it already shares many of the parts with the MG Shining >.>
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thwalker13 posted an update in the group
Gundam Forums 8 years, 11 months agoSo over the weekend I was able to finish up de-nubbing the framework parts to the Banshee Norn. So it’s finally time to start painting. So far I have all the frame parts, all the Armed Armor DE parts, the entire backpack + Armed Armor XC, the entire waist section, parts of the chest and feet, and the entire head.
So I can’t wait to start…[Read more]
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Sounds like a lot of parts to be painted. You’re still set on finishing the head first?
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The head will most likely be completed 1st. But we’ll just have to wait and see what get’s done 1st.
It would also seem that I might be doing a favor for a friend of mine while I paint the Norn. We’ll see tomorrow as a few friends and I are making a trip to HobbyTown.
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niiice! oh yeah what do you have in store for the color scheme?
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Standard colors. Just adding some of my own personal touches here and there.
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I bought the HGUC Norn Destroy Mode because of you. Should be arriving any day now…and I’ve got the head base to build, too. Dunno if I’m going to paint them, as they do look kinda cool by default, even if they’re not 100% “screen accurate” that way.
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