My backlog is... monstrous. I let myself go a little crazy because of holiday sales last year, plus the tariff scare. I have enough kits to probably last 3+ years.
Color-correcting stickers make good precut masking. Decal stickers go in the trash.
The inner frame is completed and painted. I am about 1/3 finished with painting the armor pieces.
It's well worth picking one up if you're into plamo.
I've got Captchas the last few times I've redeemed GOG codes. They're annoying, but I've yet to get any that I couldn't solve.
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Are you sure you're not a robot?
I had something similar for my Game Boy, but it had a built-in magnifier as well. It made the thing top-heavy, so my hands got tired pretty quickly.
This is the 30MF Liber Knight with the Holy Knight upgrade. I painted the armor pieces and blue parts, panel lined, and applied a gloss topcoat. These guys are highly articulate and fun to play around with.
Don't skimp out on things that separate you from the ground. Shoes, chairs, beds, etc. Those things can affect your posture and bad ones can put you in pain, and you'll likely be spending a lot of time in them, so it's worthwhile to spend extra on quality ones. I'd say getting 4 years out of a pair of boots is a steal.
On the subject of boots, I bought a pair of Wolverine leather work boots for about $120 back in the early '00s, and wore them for 10+ years, albeit only during the colder months and casually. The only thing that wore out on them were the insoles.
This is one of the last kits I built before I got an airbrush. I don't think it really shows in the pic, but I applied a craptastic topcoat that had a bit of frosting. I really liked how this one came with a custom stand for displaying the fin funnels. I'd really like to see all of the higher-end kits (ver.ka, MGEX, PG) come with at least a basic stand, if not something bespoke. I'd like to get another of this kit and paint it up nicely, buuuut... maybe some day down the road.
A lot of folks think that tech people are wizards, and maybe there was a chance. Source: I work in IT.
My instance only allows one pic uploaded to the post (or I haven't been able to figure out how to do more), so I put the others in a comment.
Poster board and tv tray from Walmart, the rest from Amazon, cost maybe $75 total?
I wasn't happy with my existing lighting setup, so I got some poster board and some LED lights to improve my shots. I grabbed a few built models off the shelf for some test photos. I would appreciate any feedback as I am a noob photographer.
Gunpla and other mecha model builder, here. 1k Euro could get you anywhere from 4-75 model kits (likely more if you really wanted to stretch it), a sweet airbrush setup plus all the tools you could need, or a few nice display cases to show the finished models off in.
Nothing too fancy with this one, just panel line, a bit of paint marker on the leg verniers, used the included water slides, and matte topcoat.
My current WIP, PG Strike Rouge. I managed to score it in a damaged box sale for nearly half off. HG Strike for scale.
This is my latest project, another custom made with mostly 30MM/S parts. The lance is a MSG kit.
This is a custom I made with 30MM/S parts and 3rd party ZeroPlan Wolf Claw.
This is a custom made of 30 Minutes Missions parts. I grew up building with Lego, so combining that concept with model kits has been great fun, and bad for my wallet.
I built this one a while ago. Despite being from 2001, it was still a good build. The hangar is custom built, using an AB1 and some 30MM hangar kits, and painted with spray cans. The Gundam is just panel lined, sticker decals, and matte topcoat.
Sometimes I think my main hobby is collecting boxes, and my secondary hobby is building Gunpla.