try ask in fb, usually they just stock up everything new... premium or standard...

I just used Sharpie markers, to get the slightly pearl effect

Silver sharpie > hairdryer > Red sharpie > wash the edges with zippo

the expo is on this weekend?

I think i saw one at my place.
Other than sharpie, i think you can get a white paint marker from hardware shop.

reverse wash works like followed:

put stronger type paint like lacquer in gold color as a base
put weaker type paint like enamel in black color as top coat
use zippo or enamel thinner to wipe off the weaker enamel black that is reachable (for you case is the protruded gold marking) to wash off enamel black leaving the stronger lacquer gold color and the unreachable black remained.

so if you intend to improvise the reverse wash to other material or method main thing require is
1) a strong and another weaker type of paint that can be wash away without damaging the strong paint
2) a desired protruded surface that you can wash off with else you will ended up alternate weather effect

thats why need to know sharpie ink base and whether zippo is strong enough else need to try other thinners...

im speechless on whoever the guy that make this...

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which ever the scale, the printing of the model kit boxes are stunning! you can see the details as if there were the real thing, really want to know the printer model!

My first ever gundam lol, an EXIA RG.

Starting off with RG instead of HG 

submission 10th nov, 10am - 8pm
prize presentation 14th nov 5pm
dismantle 15 nov 9pm

19th Oct is the dateline to submit the form though, u didnt get the msg is it because u submit the form late?

what base? Mechanical chain base just get from any hobby shop. Custom base is all made up of random stuff u find everywhere around u, foam, wood, sand, dirt, cardboard, etc.

Gbwc and expo runs at the same time.

As for list of event i duno, gotta check it on the day itself. Its usually model kit building tutorial,  photographs session with unicorn / banshee cosplay, kawaguchi autograph (only when he is here for the evaluation day, usually sun),  and some other ad hoc stuff. It runs for the whole week but its activity is mostly repeat everyday.

but im eyeing Red Astray...

In case someone wants to see the Reborn 100 joint connectors, here's a pick.

Nearly all except the neck, wrist and shield attachment point.

well at least it got the momentum up for a season which i think already commendable unlike g recon that gets you always thinking throughout the whole season...(get the children baffled and adults abandon it coz no time...) but i do agree on the movie flower blossom part a bit too far fetch...
yeah seriously battling aliens that copycats everything you have and still win the battle? c'mon! also some of us do like full armored mecha bricks but not literally bricks! japs gundam acceptance survey went seriously wrong on that part...
seriously you might ended up dropby and see, get your smartphone and dataplan ready to crosscheck their price and i believe you will end up empty handed...
if you watch the evolve clip you will like it even better, seriously i have one on my shelf pending to build and having hard time on customization concept construction, the build design and color scheme is really the best so far, any changes makes it imperfect from my point of view and i have research online on the other customization still not one that tops the ori.

so just go ahead and get satisfied...
bet you will have no luck wishing for that one if you wanted water slides oob, bandai has always sell water decals separately... better luck on gettin stickers like the other kits do...

Hmm... may be bandai should make a water decal version for all kits and have them p bandai. Then open orders once or twice a year.

ohh... so thats the plot they going after...

giving water decals and said this is premium shit...

believe me pretty much most decals can print yourself, even other specialized decals like gold decals and white decal i buy from china for a few rm only instead of rm20 above from bandai

not that i dont support ori but when you try to do shitty things people will smell your shit...

Mind sharing what is wrong with the 3rd party RG astray decal?

gundam expo now running? there's a kit that i really fancy...

as for the new gundam series, the blood orphan something, anime daisuki has it streaming, but i find the story really sloooooooooooooooow and needlessly violent/cruel.

based on the current pace really felt like the iron blooded model kits promotional videos than a real anime series

i do like how the story unveil but just the pace is too slow...
let not hope that it turn out like gundam age, by the way i do like the pirate concept...

if you use ship way and wait 3 weeks to 5 weeks then should be around or rm20 extra. if you bundle with other kits the price tend to further go down from there...

my advise is hold your desire and wait for cheaper option on mandarake, there your can get fairly new kits for 200 to 500 yen cheaper and mg box will cost you around 1600 yen delivery.

so at the mean time look for other interested kits to share shipping cost also a smarter option.

got my hyakushiki and rg red frame by pre order basically sometime equal or rm50 more expensive than you hold your desire...

theres a price to pay you if touch the sizzling hot items...