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For a quarter of the price!

I'll wait until the perfect grade.

What Gundam and what size would be appropriate to make into a Tau RIptide? I have a lot of extra Tau bits, and could use them to make it look more Tauy (ex. weapons, riptide shield generator, heads, support systems etc.). I just dont know which one would be the best for modifying and what would be very close to the Riptide height etc. I was thinking about the Tieren Ground Type, but I have no idea what scale. Help?

You want high grade 1/144 scale.

As far as individual mobile suits that could work in a Tau aesthetic, I'd suggest:

Asshimar
Dra-C
Gerbera Tetra

I would say go with ones that people would have less familiarity with. The Asshimar is a great choice and a great kit, but probably too big. Same with the Ankusha. If it were smaller, I would totally recommend the Doven Wolf since that seems like it would fit the aesthetics and look pretty well.

I might recommend the Rick Dias
http://dalong.net/review/hg/h33/h33_p.htm
Gabthly
http://dalong.net/review/hg/h58/h58_p.htm

And if you don't mind putting in a bit of work, there's a pair of old ZZ Gundam kits from the glue-together era
Galluss J
http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN06148/Gun
and the Ga-Zowmn
www.hlj.com/product/BAN06611/Gun
both are pretty obscure these days, but you can generally get them dirt cheap. Despite being older kits, the ZZ ones are actually halfway decent. Though, if you're planning on putting them in anything resembling a dynamic pose, you may need to chop them up a bit.


In other news, Kotobukiya announced that they're going to make Majestic Princes kits... several months after the show has ended.

What's the deal with the 'grade' system?

They're really just a way of classing the various scales, though the grades also relate to the quality of the items. Basically, all you need to know is this:
No Grade- generally refers to the old kits that needed glue and paint. 00 and SEED had 1/100 releases that were No Grades though and they were about HG quality.
First Grade- meant for younger modelers, these have limited articulation and very little premolded colors
High Grade- 1/144 scale, full colors, but needs some stickers - meant for casual and intermediate builders, though this is arguably the most popular grade
Real Grade- 1/144 scale, full color, super detailed, internal skeleton, no stickers - generally meant for experienced builders due to number of parts and details
Master Grade- 1/100 scale, full color, some internal parts, no stickers -meant more for experienced builders
Perfect Grade- 1/60 scale, full color, full internals, no stickers, super detailed. -meant for experienced builters

Not only Japanese kits have higher quality at lower prices than GW (even taking into account the so called GW´s exclusiveness) but they can do this for a instant noodles' promotion! Two different colors on the same sprue on the cheap! Why GW refuses to learn from other makers (even if they apply higher prices)?

M.

I hadn't heard about the Real Grade kits up until now. Wow, they look absolutely amazing.

 Miguelsan wrote:
Not only Japanese kits have higher quality at lower prices than GW (even taking into account the so called GW´s exclusiveness) but they can do this for a instant noodles' promotion! Two different colors on the same sprue on the cheap! Why GW refuses to learn from other makers (even if they apply higher prices)?

M.

Hey are those MK2 power armor legs?

Beats me. I'm an IG player things like power armor confuse me

M.

Yeah, I found that the details and parts that one can get from Dreamforge blow the IG kist of GW's out of the water. They are more Hasegawa/Tamiya quality soldiers in details and options in command kit. I was very impressed with Dreamforge soldiers.

Went to pick up my Volks Edelweiss tank

Let us know how it turned out, that things looks brilliant! I wouldn't mind adding some Vic minis and building a small Imperial Guard force around it.

Looks sweeett! Please do post pics!!

Sure no problemo.

Damn that is some nice box art. I wonder if there's prints of that available?

That's some nostalgic looking box art. Reminds me of all the painted box covers when we were little.

If Koto ends up making some of those later Majestic Prince kits, I might have to look for them.

On a whim I did some searching for those Digimon kits... I guess they actually did make the Omegamon one. Of course he's now a few hundred thousand yen....

 Miguelsan wrote:
Not only Japanese kits have higher quality at lower prices than GW (even taking into account the so called GW´s exclusiveness) but they can do this for a instant noodles' promotion! Two different colors on the same sprue on the cheap! Why GW refuses to learn from other makers (even if they apply higher prices)?

M.

That is exactly what I have been saying for several years. I've seen larger kits with five colours of plastic in them.

Imagine if GW tooled their kits for moulding in multiple colours. They could offer figures like Space Marines that would easily assemble into chapter specific patterns without any painting. The surface detail could be added with markers and stickers, as done on Gundams. An absolute boon for newbies, and soothing to the eye of people who dislike grey armies.

Back on topic, here is what I think must be a re-issue of one of the old "Dougram, Fang of the Sun" series kits.


http://www.hlj.com/product/max01010

This mech was featured in first edition Battletech as the "Griffin" -- one of the "Unseens" of course.

I used to have a butt-load of 1/72 scale mecha for playing Battletech in the garden, but I sold almost all of them. (Another source of regret...)

Many of them are now being re-issued, so I could buy them all over again.

That looks like a whole new kit, rather than a reissue.

The mouldings look sharp but there isn't a lot of detail. Could they have cut new moulds from an old master?

I got rid of my original kit 20 about 20 years ago, and I don't remember much about it.

I had a few of those Kits from Dougram, love the 4 legged and 6 legged tanks.

To see my progress on my Edelweiss tank go here
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/30/494910.page#6680307

Currently I have the following from Dougram (using the btech naming conventions) a new kit Shadow Hawk, an old Scorpion and a revoltech Griffin.
I'm praying that the Battlemaster gets also a new kit.

M.

Back on topic, here is what I think must be a re-issue of one of the old "Dougram, Fang of the Sun" series kits.


http://www.hlj.com/product/max01010

This mech was featured in first edition Battletech as the "Griffin" -- one of the "Unseens" of course.

I used to have a butt-load of 1/72 scale mecha for playing Battletech in the garden, but I sold almost all of them. (Another source of regret...)

Many of them are now being re-issued, so I could buy them all over again.

Nope. That Soltic kit is entirely 100% brand new. Max Factory, the company that makes Figmas is doing it. I believe theyalready released theor Dougram kit.

On order ready to ship
Gifts for my "knights"

Second rate plastics of inferior quality and design that clearly profit from GW's IP and are more expensive to boot. You should be ashamed of yourself Sas

M.

 Miguelsan wrote:
Second rate plastics of inferior quality and design that clearly profit from GW's IP and are more expensive to boot. You should be ashamed of yourself Sas

M.

What? these "knights" have full posabillity, are awesomne plastics, and I just need to work on attaching the new weapons to the left arm is all, and well actually with the weapon kits plus the actual Leynos kits the only way it was more expensive was if the EMS shipping costs are added in, but I have paid about half the cost of a GW knight with the base cos of the mechas including the new arm weapons? I am pleased. I can play Apocalypse etc more happily now

He was joking.

KK got it. I guess I fail at humor but then it's not been a good day.

M.

Love the Edelweiss tank. Love to see some pics when its done. Can't find it for sale in uk :( Not appearing on the Hobbylink Japan webstore


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Love the Edelweiss tank. Love to see some pics when its done. Can't find it for sale in uk :( Not appearing on the Hobbylink Japan webstore

Kilkrazy wrote:He was joking.

Miguelsan wrote:KK got it. I guess I fail at humor but then it's not been a good day.

M.

The funny thing is GW is deadly serious when they make claims that any other models or miniatures are not as good as their products.