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mickey· Oct 12, 2026The board was too quiet, so we built something
Hi all. It's been pretty quiet in here, so we figured we'd go first. This is a custom MODEROID Queen Cideron that we built and painted ourselves. The painting took a lot of trial a...
+1komplete_assembly· Oct 2, 2026[News] Bandai FULL MECHANICS 1/100 Graze Ein, January 2027
Graze Ein arrives in the FULL MECHANICS line in January 2027 at 7,150 yen. Product details Manufacturer: Bandai Grade: FULL MECHANICS, 1/100 Price: 7,150 yen, including Japanese co...
Blow_BuildVerified· Sep 30, 2026Kreators, Lend Me Your Energy! (The Server Bill Spirit Bomb)
Can you hear me, Kreators?! It's me, Admin! I'm talking to every single one of you out there in front of your screens! The Minovsky particles might mess with the signal, so listen...
komplete_assembly· Oct 2, 2026[News] Bandai MGSD 00 Raiser, March 2027
00 Raiser joins the MGSD line in March 2027 at 6,050 yen. Product details Manufacturer: Bandai Grade: MGSD Price: 6,050 yen, including Japanese consumption tax at 10 per cent Relea...
komplete_assembly· Oct 2, 2026[News] Bandai RG 1/144 Ground Type Gundam, February 2027
A Real Grade Ground Type Gundam is listed for February 2027 at 4,620 yen. Product details Manufacturer: Bandai Grade: RG, 1/144 Price: 4,620 yen, including Japanese consumption tax...
komplete_assembly· Oct 2, 2026[News] Bandai MGEX 1/100 Mighty Strike Freedom Gundam, March 2027
The most expensive kit on Bandai's schedule between now and the end of March is an MGEX, listed for March 2027 at 26,400 yen. Product details Manufacturer: Bandai Grade: MGEX, 1/10...
komplete_assembly· Oct 2, 2026[News] A new Gundam series: Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO, and the HG Gundam ZERO
Bandai Namco Filmworks has announced an entirely new Gundam series for 2027, and a High Grade kit of its lead machine along with it. Image: (C)SUNRISE, published by Bandai Namco Fi...
komplete_assembly· Oct 2, 2026[News] Bandai MG 1/100 Gundam Liberty Astray Red Frame, December 2026
The first Master Grade on Bandai's schedule for the rest of the year is Gundam Liberty Astray Red Frame, listed for December 2026 at 8,250 yen. Product details Manufacturer: Bandai...
komplete_assembly· Oct 2, 2026[News] Bandai HG Scopedog Valkyria II Front Line Spec, Desert Colour, November 2026
A Scopedog variant arrives in November 2026 at 4,730 yen, in a desert colour scheme. Product details Manufacturer: Bandai Grade: HG Price: 4,730 yen, including Japanese consumption...
komplete_assembly· Oct 2, 2026[News] Bandai HG 1/144 Gundam Ashtaron, November 2026
Ashtaron follows Virsago by a month, listed for November 2026 at 3,960 yen. Product details Manufacturer: Bandai Grade: HG, 1/144 Price: 3,960 yen, including Japanese consumption t...
komplete_assembly· Oct 2, 2026[News] Bandai HG 1/144 Gundam Virsago, 31 October 2026
Gundam Virsago joins the High Grade line on 31 October 2026 at 3,190 yen. Product details Manufacturer: Bandai Grade: HG, 1/144 Price: 3,190 yen, including Japanese consumption tax...
komplete_assembly· Oct 2, 2026[News] Bandai launches GUNDAM ASSEMBLE, a tabletop game, on 31 October
Bandai is putting four GUNDAM ASSEMBLE products out on the same day, 31 October 2026. This is not a Gunpla kit. It is a tabletop miniatures game, and the whole line arrives at once...
komplete_assembly· Sep 27, 2026[Review] Bandai HGUC 1/144 RX-93 Nu GUNDAM
The MG Ver.Ka of the same machine came up earlier. That one was 1/100 at 7,350 yen on release; this is the 1/144 HG. What was taken out and what was kept is how to read this kit. P...
komplete_assembly· Sep 27, 2026[Review] Academy Gasshin Robo Mechander V
A Korean manufacturer releasing a Japanese robot anime design under a proper licence is not a common thing. Academy's Mechander V has (C)2024 Wako Production printed on the box. Th...
+1komplete_assembly· Sep 27, 2026[Technique] Lacquer, enamel, acrylic, and choosing paint to suit PS, ABS, PE and PC
Buying paint, the first thing you look at is the colour name. The first thing to look at is the type. The same grey behaves differently as a lacquer, an enamel or a water-based acr...
komplete_assembly· Sep 27, 2026[Technique] Panel lining: Gundam Markers, enamel washes, and the ABS warning
Panel lining means putting a dark colour into the recesses already cut into the sculpt, to make a shadow. You are not drawing detail that was not there; you are making detail that...
+1komplete_assembly· Sep 27, 2026[Technique] Starting to paint: brush, rattle can or airbrush first
Modern kits come close to their show colours unpainted. People still start painting, and usually for one reason: a colour has come up that assembly alone will not give them. The gr...
komplete_assembly· Sep 27, 2026[Review] Bandai PG 1/60 GUNDAM ASTRAY RED FRAME
The Astray is a machine whose own fiction has its internal frame exposed. Build that machine at 1/60 and the frame stops being decoration and becomes structure. Product details Man...
komplete_assembly· Sep 27, 2026[Review] Bandai PG 1/60 GUNDAM EXIA
Released on 2 December 2017. Perfect Grades kept coming after it, and from 2020 PG Unleashed starts a separate line again, so this is not the most recent generation. What is worth...
komplete_assembly· Sep 27, 2026[Review] Bandai PG 1/60 W-GUNDAM ZeroCustom
There are four wings, in two pairs: large main wings, and sub-wings carrying thrusters. Each main wing is then built up from many separate feather blades. What looks like a lot of...
