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Aaron said:
I've got two fairly new kits hanging around, still in their boxes. I even bought a fancy little cutter thing to snip the plastic. I just know I'll make an absolute mess of them, so I just gaze at the boxes from time to time.
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It's the gaze that counts 🤣 😃 😄

While I'm not a collector of figurines or gunpla and the like, I must admit there are some that really do look impressive - the amount of detail! 😱

I actually do have patience; I just lack the dexterity - I'm really cack-handed and I've got a touch like an elephant! 🤣
 
Neil.T said:
Some of the treatments of the kits you see in that magazine Hobby Japan are really impressive. 😯
The builders have their own unique interpretations. 👍
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Indeed - I've even seen some that have airbrushed rust damage and everything! 😱
 
~AyaMachi~ said:
I actually do have patience; I just lack the dexterity - I'm really cack-handed and I've got a touch like an elephant! 🤣
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I'm the same - especially with stickers! I have to get myself into some kinda sage mode state before I can even attempt to do them, otherwise I'll put them on at a wonky angle and the whole thing will be RUINED! 😖
 
Neil.T said:
Yeah, exactly! 😀
And then they file down edges of parts to change the shape, too. Like, making the "horns" sharper. 😯
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A guy I used to work with was an amazing model builder. He used to customise loads of the kits he built. He built a few kits for me but the best he did was a vinyl kit of Judge Death.

This was the original kit, note the legs...
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I had a graphic novel with Judge Death shown like this....

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So he built me this....

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Not that much of the original kit remained. The base was custom built by him too.
 
Aaron said:
I have to get myself into some kinda sage mode state before I can even attempt to do them
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Maybe this is why Zen is such a big thing in Japan. It's so they can build Gunpla without wanting to rip out their hair! 😅 😆

Neil.T said:
Yeah, exactly! 😀
And then they file down edges of parts to change the shape, too. Like, making the "horns" sharper. 😯
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I don't know if you know (you probably do because you're a knowledgable Scottish man), but the Gundam designs are apparently based on Samurai armour 😃

I mean, it might have been obvious to seasoned fans, but it was something I actually had to read for me to realise that. Twin buster rifles and gatling gauntlets kind of get in the way! 😅

I might just as well ask in this post, but did you get a chance to look at those links I posted in DMs of those figurines of Heero Yuy and Releena Peacecraft @Neil.T ? That's over a couple of hundred pounds per figure right there! :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
 
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~AyaMachi~ said:
I don't know if you know (you probably do because you're a knowledgable Scottish man), but the Gundam designs are apparently based on Samurai armour 😃
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It seems so obvious now you've told me! I really should've realised that, because the crescent on the helmet of the Gurren Lagann is very obviously based on samurai armour too. 😀

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~AyaMachi~ said:
I might just as well ask in this post, but did you get a chance to look at those links I posted in DMs of those figurines of Heero Yuy and Releena Peacecraft @Neil.T ? That's over a couple of hundred pounds per figure right there! :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
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I did, but I didn't realise they were so expensive. Crikey Riley. 😅
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*hyperventilates, being a thrifty Scot and all *
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They're impressive pieces, though.

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Patient-X said:
A guy I used to work with was an amazing model builder. He used to customise loads of the kits he built. He built a few kits for me but the best he did was a vinyl kit of Judge Death.
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That is a seriously impressive bit of customisation there. That guy has some formidable talent. 👍
 
HWR said:
Well I’ve just finished University, submitted my dissertation so now I’m done. Graduation is in July iirc.
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Got the first half of my grades back for the Final Major Project (FMP) that I had to do (the six articles I posted on here and a reflective report that was a pain to write) and got a B+ which is equivalent to a 2.1. I imagine my dissertation grade will come along next month.
 
HWR said:
Got the first half of my grades back for the Final Major Project (FMP) that I had to do (the six articles I posted on here and a reflective report that was a pain to write) and got a B+ which is equivalent to a 2.1. I imagine my dissertation grade will come along next month.
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Congratulations 😃👍

Best of luck with the dissertation grade too 🙂
 
HWR said:
Got the first half of my grades back for the Final Major Project (FMP) that I had to do (the six articles I posted on here and a reflective report that was a pain to write) and got a B+ which is equivalent to a 2.1. I imagine my dissertation grade will come along next month.
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Is a 2.1 good? I've got 7.1 and that sounds great 😜
 
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