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  1. Hikuro
    nothing to show right now but frustration lol. I tried using liquid mask for the canopy and it ended in failure, complete and utter failure. But I also couldn't get the right paints I wanted so I'm on hold until they show up.....bummer.
  2. Hikuro
    I can just barely see it if I squint really hard.
  3. Hikuro
    Sitting in the post office for pickup are my Keith and arad kits. Which btw, what's arad's canopy color? Is it red, yellow or orange? I see multiples of it based on different promos.
  4. Hikuro
    Well if she didn't wanna get recognized on her way on set that would of done it!
  5. Hikuro
    Maybe the container box it's shipped in is of that size but judging that Neca even commented roughly 15 pounds shows a contradiction that needs to be addressed by BBTS. There's no way in hell something of that size is of that weight unless it was entirely done of solid laser cut metal.
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    There's a local modeling competition in less than 3 weeks. Suddenly felt the need to enter into the scifi portion of the competition. Last year a friend of mine entered with a very basic HG gunpla kit he did in candy colors. I think I can top that! My idea is to use this wave 1/100 VF-1A I got from a convention a couple years ago and turn it into some kind of a low-viz scheme with some kind of a Macross First twist like Hikaru's VF-1J, not so crazy though. But I also thought I saw someone did a custom job on their take of the brownie but I can't find it anywhere. I'd like too if possible try to even replicate that. I may even go as far as to customize my own decals since I'm a bit of a graphic designer and we got excellent printers so long as I'm not doing white. Any suggestions you guys got to help make this kit stand out would be appreciative as I'd like to take home my first trophy. Couple things I'm curious over are seamline removal since there's 4 locations I'd like to fix in the nosecone and fuselage and than the underbelly at the knees up to the thighs. Also how to properly paint the canopy if there are good easy to follow tutorials. Some of the ones I found on youtube seem to have some really bad dislikes for some reason.
  7. Hikuro
    atleast they would of been to shape and not squared or rectangular. Fascinates me that they contour cut most of their stickers to fit but they can't do similar or atleast decrease the bleed amount even lower to make them less conspicuous. I did note a few things to myself on improvement towards me like inner details under the wing assembly and the crotch and knees. I don't understand why Bandai gives you stickers for some of the inner detailings but they can't give you everything for the others. But the thing is still so sticker ridden I guess it doesn't matter. I mean I'd have to paint them. And speaking of paint, I can't translate the paint codes but I'm rather curious, anyone know what works best for the vulcan gunpods on the forearms? My Medium blue was close but it wasn't metallic at all. Looks almost like you need some sort of a blue metal shine to make it work right. In the end, I DID order Arad and Keiths kits from HLJ this morning. That'll keep me busy.
  8. Hikuro
    I was just thinking earlier, it's been since the original run of the VF-4 came out that I had last bought a Yamato/Arcadia item......I remember way way back in 2005 when I got my first 1/48 VF-1 and I was so excited cause the size was just awesome and the detail was so nice back then. I think I kept buying them whenever I could but back then I think the 1/48's were like 150 bucks. Now what? We can't even get a 1/60 for less than 200? Kind of a bummer....I still got at least Hikaru's VF-1J, Max and Kakizaki TV variants. I believe even Hikaru's VF-1A. Rest went away and I remember their shoulder hinges disintegrating. I rather miss these things but god they're just so out of my price range it's not even funny.
  9. Hikuro
    Well certainly not a small undertaking I"m sure. I'm always nervous when I mask stuff but I chose to keep the painting details to a bare minimum. I actually painted the rims of the canopy though I can't say I was very happy with my result, though it did turn out decent. Also painted the insides of that laser beam thingy on the weapons container, the bits of the head turret and of course the pilot figure. All in all I was fairly happy with the results but really when you break it down the damn thing is just to sticker ridden. But when I think about it, I should of used the water slides for the markings, that was dumb of me not to think of that either.
  10. Hikuro
    think that's a much better recast than what I got 6 years ago.
  11. Hikuro
    something kind of bugs me with the stickers......I can kind of understand why there are so many with the option to totally customize your color schemes or paint your details rather than applying these colored markings. But WHY dear god WHY would they not put on the markings with their stickers? I mean here you go you're gonna put on those big ass blue ones for the front of the wings, or the long white ones to the body but then you find out you need to put on some additional markings on top of those! It just feels so wrong to have a sticker on top of another sticker which that now said sticker LOOKS like a sticker.
  12. Hikuro
    well crap I wanna get a Draken now......the transformation looks intimidating cause it's so compact together tightly in place. But this is one of those where I REALLY enjoy the overall look and creative design of the Battroid form. First time in a loooooong time.
  13. Hikuro
    Then maybe should of called it justice league: the dark arts or justice league vs the dark or justice league: Constantine in this crap. Or superman versus constantine
  14. Hikuro
    Seems like another misleading title with the hopes of shutting up the Constantine fans.
  15. Hikuro
    built an A-Wing recently. It was a fun build!
  16. Hikuro
    just started work on mine. Panel lines are VERY shallow.
  17. Hikuro
    Even when they have the molded inserts for weaponary they still tend to be a bit problematic it's almost tradition imo. I recently quit my local gunpla club due to some drama related issues so it's left me surprisingly with a lot more free time to build again. I kind of want to start working on a custom Nu Gundam ver Ka I got laying around and one of the things I want to do is add small magnets to the funnels while attached to the MS. Anyone ever come across anything ever detailing that kind of procedure?
  18. Hikuro
    I'm now hearing things that Leto has yet to see the film (what about the premiere stuff? Isn't it in the contracts to go see your movie?!) and from what's said is he is very disappointed on how the said film he NEVER saw portrayed him after so long of him filming just for a few minutes of screen time.
  19. Hikuro
    I got in my p bandai powered GMs (yep bought more than one.....) and when I opened up the box and looked inside I saw blackish gray Gundam Mark II parts......I mean like a ton of Mark II parts! Backpack, shield, head, I think legs and arm parts for the armor plating, beam rifle, bazooka, etc etc etc. WTF gives on that? It's just so random!
  20. Hikuro
    Didn't like leto's joker. Not sure who's to blame.
  21. Hikuro
    I think that just shows you how broken RT is....they'll score a movie like Sausage party 100% fresh but give Suicide Squad 31%. That's just cruel.
  22. Hikuro
    was hearing that the developer who did the recent GB game filed for bankruptcy. Sucks to be them!
  23. Hikuro
    Seeing how I have a dozen free movie vouchers I'm sitting on I may as well go and show some kind of support for DC. Well with someone else's money atleast.
  24. Hikuro
    and that right there was like half of an episode.
  25. Hikuro
    I kind of agree with ya, like the head and the feet. Hasbros is more Pax, while Takara's is a optimus head on top of another larger optimus head but so was the old g1 toy. For me, Takara's feels less like a retool of Magnus and more of an individual on it's own toy....you can see that in the cab for certain. And the color separation is nicer whereas Hasbros feels more cheap. But yeah, price wise it's gonna be double from Hasbros I totally get that. Can really understand on that being also a huge decision making point.
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