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Should I even ask what the price is? I wouldn't be able to get it soon, but it's certianly something to keep in the back of my mind...

Wonder if they'll make any of the clunkier original PSX Armored Core designs?

What is the Hazel design from? I'd really like an MG of it bc/ it's big bulkiness is pretty awesome.

I too, was under a similar impression. Aside fom the ones who can't take a joke and actually argued against him, this thread was obviosuly meant to be fun and lighthearted.... and look how far it has fallen.

Funny how the just still find a way to speak...

Ah yes, I see that the HGUC stuff looks cheesy as usual... but what's that GM? I don't recognize it but I think I'd like to get to know it

Please please please please tell me how you made that Guntank? I like your work alot...even if teh shading sin't very subtle it's still nice. Have you done any Max style work? I'm still trying to get a full understanding of how it works....

Not to get too off topic, but I've been wanting to use this for a while now...I stole iot from whoever made it first on here.... I don't remeber why I have it, but I'm sure there's a good reason and story behind it....

I now actually understand what part of BP8 breaks.... I actually did not know before bc/ I've never done it myself, but now I know. Thanks for the pic, sorry about your loss tho.

I whipped up this collage of testshots of some varied effects and am looking for some comments. My real goal is to make all of my stuff look like the mechs from Cody's Coop, the msot amazing weathered mecha I've seen....

Awesome. I think I like that scheme with the dark grey-blue torso alot... That's about what I was shooting for... somethng less bright blue and more military. I might end up doing the GM in standard GM colors, but for my 78Gs I might steal your scheme.

I'm kinda thinkin just green ink will do the trick.... I will have to see tho. I'm also still trying to figure out the scheme for my RX-78-G Team... white with dark and light bluey-grey bits sounds cool...maybe with the yellow still there. I'm just trying to figure out what paint to use for the white... I've got a can of medium grey primer, but it seems too dark at first glance... only thing that might be sueful is the fact that with only one coat it doesnt actually stick to the plastic but rather settles on teh panels and not on the edges, which may well lend itself well to pre-done shades and highlights... decisions decisions.

Yeah, the GM I got is from Amazon... as are the 2 RX-78-Gs... much nicer kits from what I can tell. ANyone got any recommendations on how to make my GMs clear visor green tinted like on the box and in the anime?

I've got a fever, and the only perscription is more Admin/A1/Southern Cross. Seriosuly, I wasn't even aware of any recent offenses by A1 until I read this thread, and a few transgressions aside, from talking to A1 on and off MW, I think he would do a good job and act appropriate and responsible if given the position. MM and Azrael are both also perfect candidates, and with two of not all three of them working as admins, I think we could certainly see an improvement in MW health in a pretty short period of time...

Yes, you have been given a sign.... find the YF-19 ball jointed hip thread and set to work. Here's the link to the guy who did it first I think, good pics but Japanese text: http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~hekky/toy/YF-19.htm Go now and get to work. Get ball joints off of Hobbylink Japan. Otherwise, jsut disassemble the leg and glue that bad boy on... from teh sue of the joint tho, I might suggest pinning it by drilling a rod thru the peg into the bar piece and epoxying it in place to make it stronger.

Oh man.... I just got my GM in the mail and opened it.... all I can say is 'oops...' This kit really isn't on par with any of the other MG releases.... real simple kit to get me started I guess, but I'll obviosuly need one of the 8th MS Team GM Snipers and a GM Ver. Ka to have decent looking ones.... I obvisouly didn't realize at all how radically different the 8th MS Team stuff is.... oops. Has anyone else built this kit? I'm trying to figure out if there's a way to make the knees and elbows more posable.... And I thought I read somewhere that the core block joint is really loose... has anyone else noticed this problem or found a way to correct it?

Hmm..might have to grab that one too.... dam, there are just too many cool kits to buy. Is there any reason behind the paler colors?

Yeah, I'll only be using it as the 01FB though... I like that one alot better. And as for the sheilds, I guess the protecting the gun arm idea works, but then you're prioritizing your weapon over your pilot. Guess it just goes to show how wacky the Zeon really are. Are there any differences in the OYW Master Grades then the normal Master Grades of the same designs besides the faded colors? I kinda want to find a OYW Rick Dom for all the weapons and the less garish pruple scheme, but not the seafoam green Zaku II....

Alright, sounds like I'll wait and get a PG GP-01FB But as for the Zaku armor, I understand why you would have a big slab like that, but my question is why on earth is it on the right arm. When fighting with a gun or sword, your left side will be facing the enemy most of the time if you're right handed, so what good does that extra armor on the right side where it would almost never come into play?

Has anyone built the PG GP-01FB? I really like the design and want either the PG or MG.... And does anyone know why Zakus have the big armor plate on their right arm? Normally you would have the large armor plate on your left arm so you could hold your gun right handed and advance with most of your body protected by the big slab o' armor.... even if you were fighting in close, your left side would be towards the enemy the most. Unless you ewre left-handed, I cannot think of any time you would ever want your extra armor to be on your right side, because this would never be towards the enemy and thus would never ever be of any use....

Gah! Attack of the ginormous bootlegs!

Ugh, why does it have such an unreasonably wonky transformation??

Yeah, Amazon has none of the Zeek stuff.... I woulda grabbed a half a down Zaku IIs myself.... As for using brushes on these models... why not? I realize that the size thing might be an issue, but I'm no stranger to brush work... I can't see any reason why it wouldn't come out okay without an airbrush....

Hmmm.... I'm gonna do a custom scheme I think (lighter blue and maybe not the red....) but I'm not sure about painting on the sprue... because then you still have to fix the spots where they were attatched. I don't really have to worry about overspray because I'm doing it all with a brush anyways.... don't own an airbrush. I will probably end up doing the armor on the sprue come to think of it because I bought a can of light grey primer for my scheme.... duh.

My two RX-78Gs came, and my GM shipped.... I cracked one of the G boxes before putting them away for X-mas and man are they amazing kits. Looks like a big load of fun.... I'm trying to figure out my work process tho... I think I'll do the two Gs first and then the GM which I'm going to have to actualy paint all the armor... I'm trying to figure out how to do the kits tho... I think if I build the skeleton and then drybrush it with dark silver and give it some washes it will look good without clogging up the joints, and then assemble all the armor and do battle damage and weathering and color scheme after assembly... how do you guys who paint them go around doing it? I can't decide if I'm going to have tp paint the white armor on the Gs either... it seems pretty opaque, but once the skeleton it might seem less so....