cant wait for MG Fenice Rinascita!

for the people that lives outside the market of p-bandai, p-bandai price is never reasonable. It is just part of the hobby that we need to accept.

I tried vallejo for hand brush painting some test parts (it works great by the way). But tbh, I rather spray paint for big parts and do hand brush for detailing. Handbrushing just consume lots of PATIENCE.

articulation is limited for MG/Inner frame as well when you put on the armor. The reason can be varied but I rather like that RE/100 exist since those niche machine that can never be produced as MG will at least get a 1/100 model with MG-enough details/proportion.

yeah, Kit is assemble and paint(optional) it yourself

while a figure, is already built and much more playable since everything is really fixed together. But it prone to get loose joint overtime if you overplay

Depending on the line of the figure, some has more details, more articulation, bigger or smaller which all can be a factor on the price. A higher end figure or a collectible usually has diecast content as well (on the joints or full inner frame)

pencil/lead is shiny, this will be fixed if you will seal it with matte or satin finish. The good thing about it is that if you mess up, it will be easily removed if you wanted to.

This post has been edited by chyll2: May 15 2015, 06:31 PM

I am from PH and I've been buying from mandarake for more than a year now. Previously they will only say OK whenever i say, to declare this to that. But lately, they will warn you that they wont be responsible to any negative aspect of under-value an item but they will still do it. Whenever you order or check out, just provide in the comment how much or what words will be used to describe the item.


Please take note that under-valuation of item also affects the insurance claims if ever the package gets lost. It is the risk I take for paying lower taxes. (my tip to all of my friends buying from JP, make the price low but realistic)

the problem is masking the circular edge, if you can micro mask the gold parts in sinanju, i think reverse wash is more do-able

afaik, all of the Main gundam in Seed are based on the same frame except Aegis and as mf_yamato mentioned, even though it should be easy for bandai, it took them years to release all 5 of them

I think I am in the minority here. I actually like the design, especially the weapon.

you will say no to Free GOLD?

I really like how bandai they do chrome except that it is still attached to a runner which means, there is still a nub no matter how careful you are on cutting it from the runners. Anyway, RG = auto buy

for bare plastic, I've been using Oil paints (from any art shop) and rectified turpentine (oil paints can be thinned with linseed oil as well). It works like enamel wash but much easier. After 8hrs, (i usually do panel line before I sleep) I can do clean up with q-tips but no thinner is needed to do the clean up since the oil paint is still have not dried. (my problem with enamel that once it has dried, it can easily stain plastic)

p-bandai release

MG Fenice renascita in wings tv color.

http://p-bandai.jp/hobby/item-1000098218/



This post has been edited by chyll2: Jul 22 2015, 05:15 PM

for someone who painting the gold, they would rather have puke gold. To be honest, bandai cant win on this

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http://mxgs.blogspot.com/2010/04/two-tone-...need-bosny.html

https://playevolution.wordpress.com/2012/01...ng-zero-custom/
https://hamstercorp.wordpress.com/2012/06/1...mashii-banshee/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B9cct0cx4k

I dont think it being transparent plastic or solid white really matter. If you are working with solid white plastic, just paint it red or green or pink then do a gradient paint for white.

for white unicorn, would it be cheaper to just paint a regular zeta and buy decals?

RG vent problem, imo, is just out of proportion. It is never really a problem at 1/144. The reason it looks big is because it is shot very close (that imo, most of the time, will never viewed that close)

This is the same with the stickers used in RG, in photo shoot, the stickers looks really ugly but once viewed normally (like in your hands), it looks good enough.

As for the PG Astray and Strike, the inner frame was actually designed for Strike and was retrofitted (recycled) for Astray, that is why overall proportion of the PG astray was more bulky.

@theEvilMan
that is not even the MG, that is the 1/100 model before the MG at which, goes to show how badly planned the PG astray is.

This post has been edited by chyll2: Aug 1 2015, 01:41 AM