Original Saku

A bit of back story real quick.

So a few years ago (early 2015 I believe) I re watched the original Mobile Suit Gundam for the first time in many many years, I enjoyed reliving the classic gundam so much that I intended to re watch all of the Universal Century series in order of production all the way up to Unicorn... but shortly after downloading all of the series needed I got extremely sidetracked with stuff (literally I don't remember what ) . Well some time passed and eventually my anime HDD with my archived collection shit the bed and I lost my entire collection last year... welp fast forward to now and I've finally hunted down my collection again and now I'm happily re watching Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam !

Also IBO season two is fucking awesome. I'm really enjoying this series.

And this is why I fucking love Yoko Taro XD he's the man.

So I wasn't supposed to buy any games this month, because I'm saving my moniez for the Nintendo switch launch here in a few weeks.... but I just couldn't resist and a week after release I finally caved in and bought Nioh. I had to do it, I just couldn't stop worrying about spoilers and hearing other peoples impressions. I'm so glad I caved because it's so good, like seriously good... man team ninja did a solid on this one

the next problem is I really want to get For Honor as well.... but I'm gonna resist. I hope.

5 hours ago, YuyoDrift said:

Also, who's pre-ordered that Legend of Zelda BOTW game yet?

I can't wait to play that as well. Hopefully I can get my hands on a Nintendo Switch at launch.

I've literally forgotten about everything else coming out this year. haha.

I'm just gonna go ahead and say that if you didn't preorder a Switch, you will not be getting one launch week (hell probably not even launch month xD), unless either you have friends in high places or pay out the ass for it. Everywhere sold out of it and has been sold out since the first day or two that the preorders were open. As far as I know from talking to various retailers, nobody is gonna be getting more preorders, and it's very likely that no one will have more shipments of the console in until a few weeks after launch at the earliest and even then those shipments will probably be sold out instantly because of the demand.

on another note I was able to get a preorder somehow at my local gamestop... Walked in the day after it was announced and dated and asked for a preorder and I apparently got the last one XD mind you this was not even 24hours after the preorders went live. so I guess I got extremely lucky because I have so many friends and acquaintances that are trying to get one but missed the small preorder window

here's a different look at the kit with it's 200mm guns attached. also doing a really cool pose reaching for that sword mace

I'm resisting putting this thing on a action base so hard right now.... man this is a fun kit to pose XD

Here's the straight build of the 1/100 Full Mechanics Barbatos Lupus, the only thing that's been modified is the v-fin where I cut off the safety nubs and sharpened the points a little. Other than that really simple modification and a little sanding for clean nub removal, it is totally untouched.

I thought about going ahead and panel lining this beast, since it has hella panel lines... but I do plan to fully paint this kit in the near future (the next few months), so I will keep it as is for now to save me the trouble.

next kit is going to be the HGUC 1/144 Gyan Revive, I'm so excited to do some Zeon mobile suits

NSFW!

4 hours ago, patientZERO said:

Supergluing or cementing side-skirts would hinder its pose-ability. So I'm just careful. 

Oh yes of course, but what you can do is if they are loose fitting, just take a little cement or glue and put it on the connector piece(s)  and then let it dry on, then snap the side skirts back on and voila the connection should in practice be a lot more snug and secure. Paint will also have this same effect in some cases, especially on loose joints. DO NOT use this method of cement/glue on your joints tho, it will not work the same and will probably either wreck your joints or make them look like crud. the only thing you can do for overly loose joints is paint them , and even then it's not guaranteed that it will make a difference.

Which joints on the lupus are giving you trouble? I ask out of curiosity since I'm still building mine right now

5 hours ago, patientZERO said:

The Barb is my favorite main MS! The 1/100 Lupus was a fun build, even though the joints were a bit weak and the side-skirts don't want to stay on.

superglue and/or Tamiya plastic cement is your friend!

@CAT5actually there's another kit that was just announced that I'm really considering picking up...

http://gundamguy.blogspot.com/2017/02/p-bandai-hguc-1144-jegan-ecoas-conroy_2.html

It's the HGUC 1/144 Jegan [ECOAS] Conroy Use. Basically  it's a Jagan P-Bandai kit based off of Conroy's Jagan from the Unicorn OVA.

18 minutes ago, CAT5 said:

^ Barbatos coming along nicely! If we're speaking strictly anime, that's one of my favorite Gundam designs of late! Vidar is also pretty sick.

 

Are there any kits you're eying atm @Original Saku?

Actually yeah I have the new MG GM Sniper II that just came out coming in the mail as soon as my site gets their preorders in.

Also I'm eyeing the MG Providence gundam that's due out in march

yeah I usually use Imgur to upload pictures I want to post

57 minutes ago, nostalgia said:

Haha, yeah! NieR Automata gameplay reminds me a lot of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance which is one of my favorite modern games (I'm more in to retro games and stuff. lol).

well MGR is also developed by Platinum games, so that makes sense

@nostalgia that NieR Automata desktop is hawt

here's what I'm currently rocking on Win10

awesome news, really like what I've heard from them so far

here's my OOB build of Julieta's Mobile Reginlaze. I'm really liking how this kit looks plus the accessories are pretty cool, Can't wait to get it on a action base This is the kit I actually am planning on custom painting with a custom color color scheme and everything, it will be my first time fully painting a kit. Stay tuned for that in the near future.

Full Gallery is HERE

6 hours ago, Flame-X said:

 

 LOL! "Only" $399. Bruh, with my income, I can't afford that.  

yeah I feel yah, I'm just saying compared to what these things have been going for, that's relatively cheap. The market price is dropping as new tech is being introduced and the older tech is in turn becoming more affordable. Start saving up man, that's what I did... in fact now that I see that they have dropped to $399 i might actually get another one for a dual setup but yeah you can get 1440p (or even 1080p) 144hz monitors for less than that, but it won't have stuff like gsync and the other bells and whistles. imo there's no point in getting a high refresh rate panel unless it comes with gsync or freesync, otherwise the framerate is just sickening at times.

Oh btw I'm mainly upgrading MOBO and CPU because I'm still stuck on the AM3+ platform with my FX9370.... which is starting to lag behind severely in cpu heavy modern games, but what do you expect from a 6 year old architecture XD If I had a Haswell chip as beastly as the 4770k I would also be content to run it into the ground, since the gains from it to skylake or kabylake are very negligible, at least gaming wise gains that is.

1 hour ago, Flame-X said:

I'm still using my old Z97 board with i7 4770k Haswell cpu, and I find no reason to upgrade to the later gen parts. I'm gonna run this thing to the ground until it dies. The difference in cpus of my Haswell and Kabylake is very minimal. My PC hardly had any hiccups in terms of performance.  I recently formatted my PC and reinstalled Win7 which made the performance even better! I have more than enough on my rig to satisfy my needs. 

 

If there's anything I need to upgrade, that would be my monitors. Having a 144hz monitor will make a substantial difference but man they're pricey AF.

oh wait I lied the last thing I upgraded was my monitor in October, duh xD

I definitely recommend upgrading to 1440p 144Hz, it's so great and just a overall game changer (quite literally lol) also Gsync is a must imo. They're not that expensive anymore, the monitor I got is only $399 on Amazon right now (It was actually $150 more when I bought it), and you get 144Hz 1440p and Gsync, granted it's a TN panel and not IPS, it's still an amazing LCD for that price with a ton of features.

https://www.amazon.com/Dell-S2417DG-YNY1D-24-Inch-LED-Lit/dp/B01IOO4SGK

4 hours ago, Flame-X said:

Long story short: My GTX 780ti died on me couple weeks ago. Sent it in to EVGA since I still had 50 days left for warranty and got the GTX 980ti as a replacement.

 

that's awesome, EVGA is great at stuff like that, their customer service is god tier.

I haven't really done anything to my rig since summer when I upgraded my GPU to the1070. I'm planning on upgrading my cpu & mobo soon though, just waiting on RYZEN to drop so I can decide whether I wanna go AM4+ or Z270.... I'm leaning towards AM4+ though, Kabylake was overall very disappointing and not much of a leap past Skylake.

I got over VK around 2010 or so, but recently I've been discovering bands that have interested me... such as Dezert, Grieva, Kuroyuri to Kage, KEEL, IX -nine-,  and most recently DECAYS. now I'm sorta enjoying the scene again

It just happens man, being too over saturated in one scene or genre will burn you out, try to mix other kinds of music into your listening tendencies.

51 minutes ago, patientZERO said:

The HG Fenice was one of my favorite builds when it came out. I'm a sucker for asymmetrical designs. Unfortunately, I've moved back on campus, so I had to leave my HUGE back catalogue at home, but I brought my MG RX-78-2 3.0 with me as well as the HG Barbatos 6th form. It's the only HG Barb I haven't built yet. I haven't started building them yet because my best friend bought me a pair of these beauties so I'm waiting for them to show up (or rather for the mail room at my campus to open since they're closed on weekends) and then I'll crack into the 3.0.

 

I'm glad there's a thread for Gunpla, here!

I have a pair of the GP nippers and I can already tell you it's a great set of clippers, the cuts are so smooth and leave almost no stress marks when done right. people were not kidding when they called these nippers "the poor man's godhands". That's an awesome friend you have there I also have a 6th form Barbatos to build, maybe after the reginlaze I'll start on it. I'm looking forward to seeing that 3.0 when you finally get started on it!

Yeah it's nice to have a small little place within this community for our little hobby, I mean I could always post on the subreddit (which I do), but then I wouldn't be able to spread the gunpla love here on MH. I'm all into getting people interested in the hobby.

update on my HGBF Wing Gundam Fenice

Imgur Gallery Here!

pretty much just waiting on my custom water slide decals to get here in the post and then a final matte topcoat and I'll be done with this one

as a bonus here's what I've been building in my downtime while waiting on supplies for the fenice.

Are we doing the usual session Sunday? I'm off of work for once, so I'll be able to make it this time