unrelatedly i just finished the hg gundam calibarn, which is a really nice build. very clean design, the white plastic has a nice feel. i wish the show and its role in it were better but the gundam itself leaning into the witch aesthetic with the big broomstick gun jet thing is extremely good. stickers are always a pain but this time the only truly problematic stickers were the green ones on the gun broomstick thing. pain in my fucking ass, but outside that a really great build as expected from the wfm line

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  • pooh [she/her, any]M
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    3 months ago

    That looks awesome!!!

    stickers are always a pain but this time the only truly problematic stickers were the green ones on the gun broomstick thing. pain in my fucking ass

    I only recently discovered water slide stickers for the first time, and it’s amazing how easy they are to put on in comparison. I really wish everything used those.

    • Cromalin [she/her]M
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      3 months ago

      water slides are better but you have to buy them seperately and also you need mark setter and softer. also for the gun broomstick ones idk that that'd help lmao, those stickers are deep in the groove

      • pooh [she/her, any]M
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        3 months ago

        I came back to say that, after today, I take back every good thing I previously said about water slides. sadness

        There was a huge water slide that went around a tube and it stuck to my fingers and basically destroyed it.

        • Cromalin [she/her]M
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          3 months ago

          boohoo that sucks, i haven't had that problem with waterslides but i believe it. i use tweezers, but idk if that'd help there

          • pooh [she/her, any]M
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            3 months ago

            I use tweezers too but in this case that was tough. This is what the decal looked like:

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            And then the really tricky part is that the piece it attaches to is indented, and so you have to line up the indents with the decal which is difficult because you can’t really slide it around. Even if it hadn’t ripped in half, I don’t think it would have worked out great anyways and I just really don’t understand how anyone is supposed to apply that correctly. Sorry for the rant.

            The piece doesn’t even show but I’m still a little bummed. I have been getting better and hand painting stuff so I might try that. Or I might just leave it.

    • Cromalin [she/her]M
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      3 months ago

      it's cool as hell! not quite as done dirty by the show as the other 2 big finale mechs but still not given its due imo

    • Cromalin [she/her]M
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      3 months ago

      well ok it was well after 2 but that's not important

      and yeah, wow-cool-robot. my only complaint is that it should have a big witch hat too