Thank you for finally getting around to including Gunpla on this channel. I would like to recommend the core gundam series if your looking to do a custom build.
Been doing gunpla for around 20 years give or take. Bought my first Master Grade back in 01, the kit was produced back in 97 it was the MG GP01 FB from 0083 Stardust Memory. The amount of advancement ive seen come and go over the years for plastic injection is astounding. It is one of the reasons why I became a Engineer.
Hey, been in it for 5 years now too! IBO was the revival of my love for Mecha and anime, I got my first Gunpla 11 years ago but I only thought of it as any other toy robot I have. Now I have a full catalogue of useless lore and have inhaled numerous paint chemicals, it's a thing I guess lol
To anybody reading this, the time and detail here is indicative of Master Grade gunpla, which are of a larger size. For most beginners I'd suggest a High Grade kit for their cheaper price tag (with some army builder type kits being ten dollars or less per mech) and ease of build
To be honest almost every gundam kit is easy enough to build that people should primarily go for the designs they like. All it takes to build ANY kit is to be gentle and patient, hell, some of my friends had a PG (1:60 scale 36 centimeters tall gundam) as their first kit
@@va5780 I agree. I don’t think there much more skill in a HG to a MG, basically just more parts. I’ve been building Gunpla off and on since the early 00’s and the kits made today are so easy to assemble. I agree to just go with what you like and learn from there.
@@va5780 part of my reason for suggesting a simple hg is the price. A Warhammer army builder will be familiar with expensive plastic, but it's still easier to try gunpla out with a cheaper model kit rather than spending upwards of 100 usd and disliking it
The thoughts Dave had regarding pricing on Gundam kits vs Warhammer is exactly what took me so long to get into 40k. Also, nice first choice and welcome to Gunpla
After taking some time with the gunpla hobby i can only imagine it's that it's the Games Workshop brand. There's a whole game attached to it and there are locations where you can play that game for free and all that stuff, which is GW using that value to justify a higher price point. When compared to a a Real Grade or low end Master Grade gunpla, an Imperial Knight should cost about 20-40 dollars depending on the type you get, if you're judging it exclusively by the hobbying itself and not the added brand value. I'm not supporting or justifying anything on GW's end here. I don't like how horrifyingly their prices are marked up.
i used to build gundam but fell into zoids model kit lately, the pricing doesnt bother me cause i get more hours in the build compared to gundam , i could build 2-3 gundam a day whyle i build 1 zoid a day so its fun for me but yeah its fun to see people get into model kit building
@@ExTrEmEStOrW were you only building HG Gundam kits then? Because I couldn't even finish my MG Rx 78-2 in 2 days. My recent RG Force Impulse took me 5 days. Mind you that I wasn't even busy on the days I've built them.
This is me! I built an entry grade Nu Gundam and now I have 4 more kits, two of which I haven't made yet. I'm also watching multiple shows simultaneously
I love the idea of you guys customising a gundam, but honestly what I'd love to see is a converted gundam for something like imperial knights or T'au. I know that personally I'm considering using gundams as a basis for stormsurge conversions and I'd be really interested to see your take.
Late response but if you can get your hands on a 1/100 Tieren, it might work well as a conversion for a Stormsurge. Has that wideness and stockiness you'd expect of Tau. Unfortunately it's an old kit that isn't produced much, so it may be hard to find. In lore it's also quite low tech, so you may want to do some customizing for its weapons.
Seeing the clash of these two types of modelling hobbies is fascinating, especially from my perspective as a Gunpla builder, exclusively. I'm interested to see these techniques or approaches I wouldn't know anything about.
Glad you enjoyed it! Perfectly fine to just pick "the one that looks cool" as your first Gundam, or "the one from the only show I saw" instead. High Grade kits are cheaper and faster to build, so you might enjoy futzing around with paint ideas on those more!
Started with the Justice Gundam, but I got screwed because his "glassy" hip joints (which I gladly changed with metal hips and solved). Last year when Eclipse launched i felt nostalgic when I saw this freaking f******* joints again HAHAHAH
@@vernondelacruz7812 I will second this in a heatbeat. The waist plastic they use where they leg pegs into the waist, it can be stressed easily and snap.
Id of course love a custom paint one, but seeing how long it took to put together made ME go crosseyed! Lego in steroids! The touches of personalization really brought a lot of life into the model!
@YellHeahTris try an HG (High Grade) kit, they can be put together much quicker than the MG (Master Grade) kit. They are the normal entry point to Gunpla, cost about $10 - $35 USD, and only take a couple hours to build.
Some take longer than others, HGs (High Grades) are much quicker and can be done in two hours if you really focus while MGs (Master Grades) usually take a day. But even between the same grade there can be a lot of difference in how complex they are. I would actually consider the Barbatos a relatively quick model to build since the armor is simple.
@@ZhysaytheBandit theyre remaking Entry Grade rn so maybe HG wont be the "Entry Grade" anymore with the new Entry Grade Strike Gundam, and Entry Grade Granddaddy (RX-78-2) Gundam. we should update this kind of... policy(?) for beginners now and that beginners should start ACTUALLY start with Entry Grade like Bandai always thought of xD
May I just say, my heart fecking stopped beating as soon as I saw the thumbnail and title… this is literally my favourite channel and I just started properly getting to Gunpla (planning a kitbash)! The coincidence is amazing so I am one very very VERY happy mech obsessed hobby starved Pole Looking forward to perhaps more content on Gunpla on the channel!
Yes more gunpla!!!!!!!! I can't wait for your customization on your model. Just a friendly tip is that streaking grime or any enamel wash might make the plastics to become brittle especially when u apply in the panel lines.
Wait till they see Custom Gunplas, also try looking at High Grade kits(HGs) instead of Master Grades(MGs) for customs. What would be really interesting is if you painted maybe a Zaku platoon or a Gundam Ground Type Platoon into a 3-mecha unit and give them stats for playing in Warhammer. I have been working on a personal project to make a tabletop wargame based on Gundam mixed with Flames of War and Bolt Action rules, so it would be interesting to see what you guys come up with. I might just base it off of WH40k rules if I find it to be suitable for mecha-tank-APC/IFV-Infantry-Aircraft combat.
Using the example minis as "labels" for the streaking grime versions is a stroke of genius! And I love how posable the Gundam is. I wouldn't mind more videos like this.
I had the same realisation when it came to the price to plastic ratio when it came warhammer vs gunpla. Was building my custodes army but probably won’t get into warhammer because of what feels like a major over pricing of gamesworkshops side. The only way I can see them justifying the price is that they are game pieces while gunpla are models….. regardless my main hobby is gunpla and for anyone who lives around Townsville Queensland, we have a Gunpla group that loves to share builds!
The way they justify it to themselves is we're shouldering the cost of making the metal master templates for each kit. The reality is that in times past they were the only majorly successful wargame miniature company. They'll realise in the next few years though that their price range needs to be be lowered before they fully lose out to custom 3D printing for a fraction of the price.
My main hobby is gunpla, but minis are fun for me because I can see tiny stuff easily, like I can count the pixels on a 8k TV, yet I can't see from a far without glasses. I wish warhammer was cheaper. But then again I could just probably play gundam skirmish if I want to fill that war gaming void.
1:05 “if you’re into mechs you’ll be into “ Me waiting for him to say Battletech. For real though I would love to see them painting some mechs from Battletech.
I also came from 25+ years of Games Workshop and built by first Gandam kit about 3 years ago, the mechanical functions of the kits just blew me away. I would love to see a fully custom paint Gundam, as I've only done 1 custom paint job (all brushes, no airbrush) and I'd like to see how you fair.
nice to see Warahmmer modelers touch gundam kits, coloring mono colored models isn't so beginner friendly, and I'm amazed at the coloring on some warhammerkits, would love osee more kits done by you, especially some of the "waifu' or anime girl kits like megami device or frame arms girls
You could do a gundam fight (maybe 3/4/5v5 units) on a larger scale diorama with some war40k or other gameset rules? That would lead to plenty of content (army, diorama building, actual fight, etc.)... Or you could do a Cogent roleplaying session in a gundam universe, with each player having their own model? Make it a mini series, and after each episode you have to paint/deform your mech if you sustained injury? So they "evolve" as the story goes?
Daaaaang, it came out incredible! Better than my first to be sure. Just a word of warning though, they don't call this hobby "plastic crack" for nothing!
It’s about time! I couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve spammed the comments on all the miniature guys about them building gunpla! There’s no way that cost that much, must have been for the total haul, probably closer to 60
@@cyridath right now it’s like 55 on USAGS and they aren’t the absolute cheapest place to buy kits in the states (but still my favorite and preferred seller) and it’s one of the most common kits I see from site to site so if you pay more than 65-70 bucks your kind of getting ripped off in a major way. So if these guys have to pay 160 at a brick and mortar store to get that same kit I truly feel sorry for them because that sucks! Even if they bought it from usags the shipping would still kill you and it would probably be close to 80-100 bucks at least. Probably better to order from japan at that point like hlj or the likes.
As a Gunpla fan for 6 years, here are the basics High Grade (HG) is a 1/144 scale with somewhat of a limited articulation and some kits often comes with a lot of stickers but here are some good ones HG Moon Gundam HG Infinite Justice HG Gundam The Origin kits and HG Char Zaku 2 Revive. for Master Grade (MG) 1/100 scale always comes with an inter-frame great articulation (builders love this line of kits) here are some of my favorite ones MG Freedom 2.0 MG Justice MG Jesta MG Dynames MG Kyrios MG Strike Remaster MG Buster and MG ZZ Ver. Ka. Perfect Grade (PG) 1/60 scale the biggest and the most expensive a lot of mechanical detail I would recommend PG Strike PGU RX-78-2 and PG Astray.
You missed RG, combining the 1/144 scale and affordability of HG with the Inner frame and gimmicks of MG, and the high parts count and exterior detail of PG. Real Grades aim to replicate the appearance of a suit as if it was built in real life (in fact all of the life size Gundam statues in japan and the freedom Gundam in Shanghai are based on the RG designs. The exception to this is the RX-78 F00 in Yokohama which is an original redesign of the RX-78). RG is also known for the ‘Advanced MS joint’ where some single parts are able to articulate, this was cool but it lead to stability issues in early RGs since they relied on the advanced ms joint for most of their inner frame and they had a tendency to get loose over time. Recent RGs however, have been absolute masterpieces. Since Bandai phased out the Advanced MS Joint frame, they’ve become more like mini MGs but sometimes they even surpass MG. The RG Nu, Sazabi, Crossbone, Unicorn and Wing TV are some of the best kits I’ve built.
My first Gunpla was a "Deathscythe Hell" back in like 1998 :) loved that little kit i also had a "Wing Zero" too bought at the same time (basic kits not masters). I never truly got into Gunpla, sadly I stuck it out with GW... wish I had of switched to Gunpla now.
What's cool is they have special 'flow" type markers for Gundam that do the paneling wash you made but in the convenience of a marker. As well as a marker remover maker too.
This is great as someone who recently got into gunpla themselves. In case anyone is interested there is a tabletop wargame that you can use your gundams in called gamma wolves and its awesome!
So glad you got the opportunity to put together a gunpla model...I have the RX-78-2 (MG) and the Strike Freedom (MG) which is my personal favourite gundam. Would love to see you guys fully paint and maybe diorama a gunpla model...might give me the confidence to do the same with mine!
I was at an Japanese import/hobby shop one day, my friend was building Gundam, I was painting warhammer, and I ran out of warhammer to paint... so I started posing my friend's models. The shop owner liked chatting with customers, and he came over and saw the models I was posing and was enthralled. He asked how I had managed to get the Gundams to stay in some insane freestyle poses without any stands, and asked my friend if he could photograph them and use them as promotional material for the shop. Was a neat little experience. Never got into the hobby though, too poor between college and WARHAMMER!
Awesome, I'm so happy to see Gundam getting the love it rightfully deserves here! This gunpla is pure joy, I just finished customizing my own battle damaged Barbatos and even made my first diorama with it.
I like to think of the gunpla community as a very welcome and loving place that brings you to A VERY FANCY AND VERY EXPENSIVE HOTEL and then locks all the exits once you go in.
Love me some gunpla. Pro tip if you want a battle torn gunpla - a soldering iron will be your best friend. Beam rifle holes, shell blasts on shield or armour plating, deep cuts from a laser blade or the more archaic weapons of IBO (would need to use nippers or a stanley as well for best effect). Theyre all gonna look great once you get the technique downpat. And while youre mastering it just sacrifice a few SD models
Its really nice to see worlds come together like this. Ive been building gunpla for just over two years now and painting them for just over one year. I took most of my inspiration from the armor model guys but it's nice to finally see these worlds being bridged.
ATM the entire world is experiencing a gunpla shortage thanks to the pandemic; all gunpla comes out of one single factory, and japan's state of emergency absolutely destroyed their production.
Got gifted the exact same model kit, first Gundam ever too and coming from a 40k background, I was blown away by the thing. The articulation was just super cool, the push fit as well although I have used some thin glue just to seal some gaps (mainly on the gun) and I'm looking to paint it up as well.
I don't know much about Gundam, but I LOVE building the Evangelion model kits. You should totally give those a shot too, and maybe even custom paint one of your own. (You know, considering you sang lyrics from the OP and did an entire Gendo and Shinji skit) Actually, let's go to the next level. Get an Eva model kit and make a diorama with it. Shinji and Eva-01 destroying NERV HQ, a battle with an Angel, 01 and 02 fighting the twin angel together, 00 with an N2 mine, there are so many possibilities. Do it Tabletop Time. Get in the robot.
I got into Gunpla a couple of months ago because of some internet friends talking about them. My first build was HG Blaze Zaku Phantom, and I've done a couple since. Once able, I want to look into paints and try doing some custom work. Take the light purple, and make it a REAL dark, almost black, purple. Ooh, yeahh...
Gundams don't usually come with katanas, it's only the barbatos and the astray, only these two have katanas, the rest have beam sabers, which are basically lightsabers.
Its awesome to see you guys branching out I Started collecting gunpla a few years ago and just recently started painting tabletop models. I've wanted to paint one from the beginning but haven't gotten around to it yet.
Well done, kids! I would love to see how you store and display all of your models, and yes, more mechs please! A squad of mechs to help disabled soldiers would be very cool.
I have a few in the basement from 25 years ago. They were my 1st forray into models when I was a teenager. Sweet Baby Jesus that hobby store. One of the kits I still have could transform into a jet to a standing Gundam, and 25 years old could transform!!!! There is a chic painting gunplay and did airbrush candy paint and mind blowing process. Basically same technique as on cars O_o
I come from a basic W40K background and the wife got me some Gunpla SD for xmas. Today my first 2 RG kits arrived and i can't wait to build them! Hope you do more
Yes ! Finally a crossover video ! Fantastic video guys, I love it. Oh ya and yes please do more Gunpla builds / videos this one was excellent ! Thank you
been building gun dams since I was 7 years old!!! I started from the SD series now I'm just turned 18 yesterday ,I well suggested y'all try the OLD/ vintage models or series like the MG side the ZAKU ll 2.0 z'gok the Gyan and gun tank ..... Those who from the2003~2009 is the time Bandai decide to focus on the in side frame and also the real grade NU Gundam was crazy too so come to the end I guess over 11 years later I still Can’t get tired of building them 😅
Really fun to see you try something new. It took a true stroke of genius to apply the streaking grime in moderation. Would love to see more customization!
I started building Gundam a couple of years ago, sticking with mainly RG and HG due to the smaller size but this MG kit is on my build list. Looks good!
And oddly enough some HGs are better detailed than non-grade 1/100s, like the Dagger L. But yeah, perhaps one of each major grade would have been good, especially since he immediately began contemplating the GW pricing by comparison; Bandai's grades are very different experiences for their price points. HG with its low cost and simple assembly, MG with his high detail and larger scale; PG with its sheer volume of parts and detailing, all with the appropriate pricing. And then we have RG with the balance of the prior 3, HG's scale, MG detail and price point, with PG's quantity of parts.
Ha this was exactly like when I did my first Gundam, got it, made it, did the panel lines and said done. Showed a guy at work that was into them and his comment was "are you planning on painting and weathering it?"
I'd love more Gundam model videos! This was a great surprise because I'm just starting to try to get my partner into Gundam models, starting with the Hello Kitty/Char's Zaku II, and am hoping to get back into model building myself at the same time.
Friendly tip for anyone new to the hobby, Tamiya Panel Liner/Panel Line Accent Color will *crack* untreated plastic. It's great, but you *have* to topcoat it first
So happy to see you guys build what is to this day my favorite Gundam (tho not my favorite version of this particular gundam) And I think seeing you guys tackle other models would be a lot of fun
I've been curious about Gunpla - I used to be a military scale modeller but just over a year ago I had a stroke and although I am on the mend I have lost the ability to do the minute and precise fine painting and weathering and modding skills that I used to have. 😒 However, I like the fact that Gunpla, while scratching my need for detail, is pre-colours and doesn't need glue... In short it removes some of the issues I now have with traditional kits. So, I'm going to give one of these a go, and see if it right for me. Thanks for a great video.
I would love to see you guys put together multiple kits to make your own custom Gundam. I would also love to see the rest of the TTT crew do that and run a small Gundam RPG
Last and only time I built and painted a gundam was over 15 years ago. That tip with the liquitex paint 😱😱😱 dude I used a fine liner. It was so satisfying to watch the lines get filled in. Super dope 👍
I had a half-finished kitbashed custom Gunpla that was lost during a move. I really need to give it another go now that I have more hobbying experience and better tools. Actually, I should finish my current Gunpla backlog. I haven't built a new Gunpla in years.
