Just curious: Do you enjoy these broken down and longer videos that document my build process in more detail, or do you prefer shorter and more compact full build videos?
Like U, I tend 2 take my audience along with me 'on the journey' of putting my Kits together, as U can see in my Vids...I worry about talkng too much or givng too much detail. Being on the ASD Spectrum & ADHD, I can easily get lost n doing tht...(it's SOOO much fun tho!) I like your details & vry well-informed Demos; only my attention span is too short 2 watch a full Vid n one sitting if it's more than 15mins long. But I put forth the extra effort 4 yours b/c U do so well n your explanations, planning, methodologies & exuberance. Therefore, 2 answer your question.... Eh, IDK. It depends on my mood or environment at the time. Generally, I prefer more details & seeing the time invested n your wrk. Plus, I LOVE Video Editing & I always delight n how U & othrs put your Final Production together, noticing the A-footage frm the B-footage, etc... ...I think I answerd your Question.. I got lost n wht I was sayng. Happens.
I also use toothpicks for pieces that have small holes. Stick the toothpick in the hole so it's tight enough that the piece doesn't move (but not tight enough to damage the part) then clip the other end of the toothpick into an alligator clip.
I agree, but I just recently found that my original stash of blutack had gotten old, and super sticky, thought it would help, but ended up an utter nightmare to get off. Or to put in another way, there are still bits stuck on, because it has gone stringy and i cant remove every last bit.
Even after 2 years of building gunpla, I am amazed at the people who can cut every piece off the runners and be able to build the whole kit from that. I don't cut out pieces step by step. I usually cut out maybe a page's worth of parts at a time and follow instructions from there. As for painting, I don't have enough space to hold all the pieces. I prime, paint and coat inner frames first. Then I do the armor plates. I also like to completely build a kit before I do any painting and finishing. I think it just makes me familiar with the kit so I remember where all the pieces go after it's finished. Then I disassemble and paint. It's not efficient at all, but I don't mind being slow with my projects.
Same, ill do a snap build first, then i do head/chest prime/paint/coat then arms then legs and feet. Though, ive only ever did a zaku and wing zero ver ka. Everything at once seems...unorganized *for me, lol
It is always valuable to hear someone else's process to see if there's thing you hadn't tried that are worth experimenting with to see if they enhance your own process. Having said that from a channel standpoint doing it for every video would likely get a bit monotonous over time. Not every process will work for every person. For instance I have significant ADHD so the "handling so often you remember the part" is very unlikely to cement it's association in my mind. Unfortunately! But I for one definitely appreciate hearing your process and the re4asons behind it.
Love the video, ketchup chips! I separate all my parts by section into plastic divided trays, left arm, right arm, etc.. helps with deciding on what seam lines to work and what can be assembled before painting.
Yes! I know a builder who does that for just straight build live streams I guess to speed up the process but I don't have much patience at the beginning to look through the manual and sift through all the runners and look for parts XD
@frostedsnow awesome! You replied, you actually do read the comments!!!! Love your content one of the best gunpla builder/tutorial content creator out there!!!! Thank you soooooooooo much! From Jersey with much love!
@frostedsnow well I am honored that you took the time! Like I said before love the tutorials and work and time you put into your models and videos you make for us lil ppl trying to achieve them skillz! Lol
Thank you so much for this. I guess if I would have put a lot of effort into it, I MIGHT have figured out a way to keep organized for painting. Thank you
I do a similar style for clipping off the runners. The only difference is that I organize all the parts by body part. Then I put all the parts of each body into those plastic bits containers before working on the gates and nubs.
I'm so glad you said sanding is your least favorite part because it is absolutely my least favorite part too. I got a kit I'm gonna paint that has just been sitting there for like 2 months deconstructed because I haven't been able to get myself to finish sanding it...
I'd love to see some things covered in a future video aimed at beginners. I've been doing Gunpla for years now, but only recently (within last 5 years) began doing full paint jobs. Running into a few issues. 1) After painting, the paint job on some parts gets ruined while handling them in the final assembly phase. I've tried wearing gloves, but I lose dexterity, so I don't like wearing them in the end. 2) Painting often makes parts thicker, which makes assembly difficult. I've always thought it was due to using too thick of paint coats, or too thick of paints, but even when I uses really thin lacquer paints in thin coats, some parts still fit together poorly. Not sure what to do... and I only paint the sides I think will be visible in the end. 3) Clear coating... do you clear coat each piece individually before assembling, or assembled parts as a cluster (right leg, head, left arm, etc)? I find that when doing each individual piece before assembly, some parts wont fit together right. Especially sliding mechanisms, pegs, ball and sockets, etc. When doing assembled parts, sometimes the clear coats act like glue and seal up sliding parts, etc. 3.5) Continuation of question 3, do you just need to mask off parts that fit into each other or slide? Makes sense to do this using masking tape or silly putty. Just not sure of the "professional" practice. 4) Is it best to paint each piece individually and then assemble, or assemble as many like-colored parts together first and paint as a single chunk?
Thanks for the questions : ) I actually show a lot of my processes in my full build videos, which I got quite a lot of on my channel that answers a lot of those questions!
One thing I discovered when clipping parts onto alligator clips is how useful toothpicks can be. If you have a part that doesn't have any place to attack the clip, but does have a small hole then you can stick the toothpick into the hole. Then stick the toothpick to the alligator clip. So like the "mouth" part of the rg 2.0 doesn't have anywhere to clip onto. But it does have little grills that you can fit the top of a toothpick into. Don't push too hard else you can deform the part.
I go through the instuction, cut all the haed parts, remove the nubs, sand them and put them in a container marked Head! Then torso, arms, waist, legs, backpack and weapons. I can just go grab the legs box, paint all the leg parts and put them back in the leg box to keep dust away while I procrastinate before doing another section.
@frostedsnow I adopted this method mostly because I did not want to buy and manage a bunch of clips and stands/ foam. Back then, I lived in a small NY apartment, and you could not pick up anything in my room without finding an alligator clip!
Just a heads up, the booth's base is made in plastic, any paints and solvent will melt it a bit and doesn't look as good. I normally put paper tower on top so I can replace them when they gets dirty.
Hey congrats for your work, is amazing. I have a cuestión regarding pre-scribing before painting. How do you do for avoiding ink spread on your pieces when you did the masking? Cheers a lot!
Glad to see another video from you! Have you ever dealt with an older resin kit where the resin joint(round ball joint) did not lock in with the model kit? I'm using tack to temporarily hold the resin leg to the ankle/foot of the model kit. I'm thinking you might incorporate magnets but I'm not sure.
@@frostedsnow Thanks for your response. When you clip the resin ball joint, in place for the plastic ball joint. Would an adhesive like Loctite do the job or do you need something more specialized between resin and plastic contact?
Nice! Will definitely be saving this for when I eventually tackle my first painting project.. it's intimidating to think about. By the way, how's the ultrasonic cleaner? I'm also considering buying one to clean my parts and my airbrush. I'm using water-based acrylic to paint, and I hear washing your parts gives a better result.
my issue is say when i cut out all the parts from the A runner and those runners usually have multiple colours and once you prime them with grey say how do you know what colour to paint which part now?
When I prime, I will line the ones in the same runners by a line of the same color. The first piece of the line will probably be the biggest and the most obvious of what that color should be. A small kit like this, easy to remember : )
Extra parts that are not used in the build. Lots of kits share runners and as a result, extra parts will come with your kit sometimes. They will have a big X on them in the manual
Junk parts are pieces that won't be used in the build process. In the beginning of the manual, they are X'ed out where it shows all runners. Some kits have none, and some have lots. Hope this helps.
@@Real_Name_Redacted And don't throw those extra parts away. Keep them all in a box or ziplock bag. Maybe in the future you will want to do some custom work and those extra parts are great for kitbashing. Also you could use them to replace parts you lost. I recently lost a polycap (those small rubber parts) While I didn't have an exact replacement, I was able to juryrig a replacement from a part in my bag of leftovers.
Hi, I’m just curious if you may have any suggestions for my situation. I live also in Vancouver and unfortunately do not have access to be able to any airbrushing/spray cans indoors and have to go out doors for it… With the rainy season here now, anything I can do asides from waiting till next summer? 😅
@ i have been considering that as an option. Unfortunately my garage does not have a place where I can setup for exit air from the booth. Though I have seen ideas to make a filter system with a pail and carbon filters. 😉
What are your go-to shops in Vancouver? I've been going to Hobby Bee and MetroHobby the most (seems like the best price-wise), but curious what you think?
I don't shop in person much. I'm really an online shopper, mostly cuz I need paints and most in person shops don't have them.. oh and we don't have a car yet so!
@@frostedsnow follow-up question! Which online stores? I've only shopped in preson so far (fairly new hobby for me, just started in August) and would love to know what good options there are for Canadian shoppers
Now I wonder how people who prebuild and then disassemble the kit entirely before painting go about organizing the parts, that seems like it'd be a nightmare. (Also I'm more of an all dressed guy, but ketchup is still up there.)
They would clip the parts for paint by body parts : ) Check out the comments there's a lot of tips from viewers there! I'm not a fan of all dressed myself XD I switch between ketchup and BBQ : ) Also, can't stand vinegar!
Just curious: Do you enjoy these broken down and longer videos that document my build process in more detail, or do you prefer shorter and more compact full build videos?
as a beginner this format was amazing :) although the thought of cutting everything seems terrifying 🤣
please do your videos as detailed as you can.
Like U, I tend 2 take my audience along with me 'on the journey' of putting my Kits together, as U can see in my Vids...I worry about talkng too much or givng too much detail. Being on the ASD Spectrum & ADHD, I can easily get lost n doing tht...(it's SOOO much fun tho!)
I like your details & vry well-informed Demos; only my attention span is too short 2 watch a full Vid n one sitting if it's more than 15mins long. But I put forth the extra effort 4 yours b/c U do so well n your explanations, planning, methodologies & exuberance. Therefore, 2 answer your question.... Eh, IDK. It depends on my mood or environment at the time. Generally, I prefer more details & seeing the time invested n your wrk. Plus, I LOVE Video Editing & I always delight n how U & othrs put your Final Production together, noticing the A-footage frm the B-footage, etc...
...I think I answerd your Question.. I got lost n wht I was sayng. Happens.
Yes! Super helpful! I still struggle with losing parts when cutting them all out at first 😂
I love the detailed videos. If you ever have the chance please do a detailed build video, its so satisfying!
blue tack can work wonders for parts that are hard to clip or just super small. Made painting RGs much easier for me personally!
It's my go to for parts that wouldnt otherwise stick on a alligator clip.
I also use toothpicks for pieces that have small holes. Stick the toothpick in the hole so it's tight enough that the piece doesn't move (but not tight enough to damage the part) then clip the other end of the toothpick into an alligator clip.
Nice tip!
I agree, but I just recently found that my original stash of blutack had gotten old, and super sticky, thought it would help, but ended up an utter nightmare to get off. Or to put in another way, there are still bits stuck on, because it has gone stringy and i cant remove every last bit.
Bluetack is the stuff of modeling magic!
Love the longer videos as I picked up tips how to improve my cutting techniques... Still need to learn to sand from the beginner level
Even after 2 years of building gunpla, I am amazed at the people who can cut every piece off the runners and be able to build the whole kit from that.
I don't cut out pieces step by step. I usually cut out maybe a page's worth of parts at a time and follow instructions from there.
As for painting, I don't have enough space to hold all the pieces. I prime, paint and coat inner frames first. Then I do the armor plates.
I also like to completely build a kit before I do any painting and finishing. I think it just makes me familiar with the kit so I remember where all the pieces go after it's finished. Then I disassemble and paint. It's not efficient at all, but I don't mind being slow with my projects.
Sounds good too! Whatever you are comfortable with : )
Same, ill do a snap build first, then i do head/chest prime/paint/coat then arms then legs and feet. Though, ive only ever did a zaku and wing zero ver ka.
Everything at once seems...unorganized *for me, lol
EXCELLENT video for new and seasoned builders alike. We're always learning.
That's such a great mindset I try to keep as well!
It is always valuable to hear someone else's process to see if there's thing you hadn't tried that are worth experimenting with to see if they enhance your own process. Having said that from a channel standpoint doing it for every video would likely get a bit monotonous over time. Not every process will work for every person. For instance I have significant ADHD so the "handling so often you remember the part" is very unlikely to cement it's association in my mind. Unfortunately! But I for one definitely appreciate hearing your process and the re4asons behind it.
I agree. It is always interesting to see a different process. I have learned much from watching different styles.
Thanks for your perspective! I do also have pretty good memory so it helps
Love the video, ketchup chips! I separate all my parts by section into plastic divided trays, left arm, right arm, etc.. helps with deciding on what seam lines to work and what can be assembled before painting.
Yes! I know a builder who does that for just straight build live streams I guess to speed up the process but I don't have much patience at the beginning to look through the manual and sift through all the runners and look for parts XD
Damn! It's like you was reading my thoughts!!! I have always wonder how to go about this. Thank you!!!!!
Yeay!! glad to hear!
@frostedsnow awesome! You replied, you actually do read the comments!!!! Love your content one of the best gunpla builder/tutorial content creator out there!!!! Thank you soooooooooo much! From Jersey with much love!
@@accordance73 I do always read everything though it's hard to reply to all! The only things I don't read are long troll comments :X
@frostedsnow well I am honored that you took the time! Like I said before love the tutorials and work and time you put into your models and videos you make for us lil ppl trying to achieve them skillz! Lol
I have the same spray booth. The smaller cutting mat is a great idea!
Yeah! I always used my cutting mat everywhere
Thank you so much for this. I guess if I would have put a lot of effort into it, I MIGHT have figured out a way to keep organized for painting. Thank you
I was looking for how to organize the part and preparing and here you are 🔥
Amazing timing!
I do a similar style for clipping off the runners. The only difference is that I organize all the parts by body part. Then I put all the parts of each body into those plastic bits containers before working on the gates and nubs.
I know some organize by body parts!
definitely therapeutic to see each individual sticks prep on the foam lol :)
Haha I find painting more therapeutic!
now this is the kind of video we've been waiting for! thanks mom!
Haha welcome my child!
I'm so glad you said sanding is your least favorite part because it is absolutely my least favorite part too. I got a kit I'm gonna paint that has just been sitting there for like 2 months deconstructed because I haven't been able to get myself to finish sanding it...
I understand! I have multiple projects too more cuz I get distracted and tempted elsewhere easily!
Good to see you uploading again! Hopefully we'll get to see your amazing work soon
Yeay thank you!
I'd love to see some things covered in a future video aimed at beginners. I've been doing Gunpla for years now, but only recently (within last 5 years) began doing full paint jobs. Running into a few issues.
1) After painting, the paint job on some parts gets ruined while handling them in the final assembly phase. I've tried wearing gloves, but I lose dexterity, so I don't like wearing them in the end.
2) Painting often makes parts thicker, which makes assembly difficult. I've always thought it was due to using too thick of paint coats, or too thick of paints, but even when I uses really thin lacquer paints in thin coats, some parts still fit together poorly. Not sure what to do... and I only paint the sides I think will be visible in the end.
3) Clear coating... do you clear coat each piece individually before assembling, or assembled parts as a cluster (right leg, head, left arm, etc)?
I find that when doing each individual piece before assembly, some parts wont fit together right. Especially sliding mechanisms, pegs, ball and sockets, etc.
When doing assembled parts, sometimes the clear coats act like glue and seal up sliding parts, etc.
3.5) Continuation of question 3, do you just need to mask off parts that fit into each other or slide? Makes sense to do this using masking tape or silly putty. Just not sure of the "professional" practice.
4) Is it best to paint each piece individually and then assemble, or assemble as many like-colored parts together first and paint as a single chunk?
Thanks for the questions : ) I actually show a lot of my processes in my full build videos, which I got quite a lot of on my channel that answers a lot of those questions!
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One thing I discovered when clipping parts onto alligator clips is how useful toothpicks can be. If you have a part that doesn't have any place to attack the clip, but does have a small hole then you can stick the toothpick into the hole. Then stick the toothpick to the alligator clip.
So like the "mouth" part of the rg 2.0 doesn't have anywhere to clip onto. But it does have little grills that you can fit the top of a toothpick into. Don't push too hard else you can deform the part.
Nice tip!
I go through the instuction, cut all the haed parts, remove the nubs, sand them and put them in a container marked Head! Then torso, arms, waist, legs, backpack and weapons. I can just go grab the legs box, paint all the leg parts and put them back in the leg box to keep dust away while I procrastinate before doing another section.
That's great you've got a process figured out!
@frostedsnow I adopted this method mostly because I did not want to buy and manage a bunch of clips and stands/ foam. Back then, I lived in a small NY apartment, and you could not pick up anything in my room without finding an alligator clip!
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Love to see you posting vids!
Glad you like them!
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ultrasonic cleanser, I need to buy one.
Just a heads up, the booth's base is made in plastic, any paints and solvent will melt it a bit and doesn't look as good.
I normally put paper tower on top so I can replace them when they gets dirty.
I do plan to cover it once I start painting : )
Hey congrats for your work, is amazing. I have a cuestión regarding pre-scribing before painting. How do you do for avoiding ink spread on your pieces when you did the masking? Cheers a lot!
Somewhere in the long run I'll do a masking video : )
Glad to see another video from you! Have you ever dealt with an older resin kit where the resin joint(round ball joint) did not lock in with the model kit? I'm using tack to temporarily hold the resin leg to the ankle/foot of the model kit. I'm thinking you might incorporate magnets but I'm not sure.
Yes, I replaced it with accessory parts you can buy plastic ball joints. Easy to find in Korea, not sure about NA
@@frostedsnow Thanks for your response. When you clip the resin ball joint, in place for the plastic ball joint. Would an adhesive like Loctite do the job or do you need something more specialized between resin and plastic contact?
Nice! Will definitely be saving this for when I eventually tackle my first painting project.. it's intimidating to think about.
By the way, how's the ultrasonic cleaner? I'm also considering buying one to clean my parts and my airbrush. I'm using water-based acrylic to paint, and I hear washing your parts gives a better result.
I always used a sonic cleaner to clean my airbrush. This one works just like my old one. Nothing fancy about them tbh long as it turns on!
my issue is say when i cut out all the parts from the A runner and those runners usually have multiple colours and once you prime them with grey say how do you know what colour to paint which part now?
When I prime, I will line the ones in the same runners by a line of the same color. The first piece of the line will probably be the biggest and the most obvious of what that color should be. A small kit like this, easy to remember : )
I like to cut and build at the same time. Then break back down to paint and by that time I have better understand were everything gos.
That's great you got a process figured out!
am watching this while building my rg 2.0
Nice!
I usually group parts by runner and color. I try to do all the same colors at once
0:37 I'm pretty new to gunpla.
What does she mean by "jump" or "junk" parts ?
Are these extra parts?
Or connection parts?
Extra parts that are not used in the build. Lots of kits share runners and as a result, extra parts will come with your kit sometimes. They will have a big X on them in the manual
Junk parts are pieces that won't be used in the build process. In the beginning of the manual, they are X'ed out where it shows all runners. Some kits have none, and some have lots. Hope this helps.
sometimes kits come with more of the same parts or alternative parts
Thanks everyone with your helpful responses!
@@Real_Name_Redacted And don't throw those extra parts away. Keep them all in a box or ziplock bag. Maybe in the future you will want to do some custom work and those extra parts are great for kitbashing.
Also you could use them to replace parts you lost. I recently lost a polycap (those small rubber parts) While I didn't have an exact replacement, I was able to juryrig a replacement from a part in my bag of leftovers.
can i ask where can i find that foam you use to hold your bamboo sticks?
All my Painting Products listed on my Amazon storefront! Link in vid and description
So do you recommend sanding all parts 400 - 800 - 1000 before primers ?
I don't sand every part with all 3 grits, especially the ones that don't show much.
iam watching this will airbrushing my astray heresy of fate(yes the daban one) into an blue frame astray.and then iam gonna build it !
Awesome!
Hi, I’m just curious if you may have any suggestions for my situation. I live also in Vancouver and unfortunately do not have access to be able to any airbrushing/spray cans indoors and have to go out doors for it… With the rainy season here now, anything I can do asides from waiting till next summer? 😅
Perhaps consider getting an airbrush spray booth? You can paint indoors any season.
@ i have been considering that as an option. Unfortunately my garage does not have a place where I can setup for exit air from the booth. Though I have seen ideas to make a filter system with a pail and carbon filters. 😉
What are your go-to shops in Vancouver? I've been going to Hobby Bee and MetroHobby the most (seems like the best price-wise), but curious what you think?
I don't shop in person much. I'm really an online shopper, mostly cuz I need paints and most in person shops don't have them.. oh and we don't have a car yet so!
@@frostedsnow follow-up question! Which online stores? I've only shopped in preson so far (fairly new hobby for me, just started in August) and would love to know what good options there are for Canadian shoppers
Atm I'm sponsored by Argamahobby.com so I do all my shopping with them! Esp paints which r hard to find elsewhere
I do the same process as u but I separated them in a sandwich bag or some sort of container😅
Works great too!
My method is a little slower since I have a bit of tape on the sticks with the runner letter and number on it.
Whatever you are comfortable with is ok!
When you air brush, do you wear a mask?
Yes!
Now I wonder how people who prebuild and then disassemble the kit entirely before painting go about organizing the parts, that seems like it'd be a nightmare.
(Also I'm more of an all dressed guy, but ketchup is still up there.)
They would clip the parts for paint by body parts : ) Check out the comments there's a lot of tips from viewers there!
I'm not a fan of all dressed myself XD I switch between ketchup and BBQ : ) Also, can't stand vinegar!
One step @frostedsnow doesn't seem to do is pre-build then disassemble for painting. "Straight to Sticks" is what I call this method.
That's how I do things. I think it gets me more familiar with the model. So it's easier for me to rebuild it after painting + finishing.
I was gonna address this but the video was already long! Maybe in the future : )
It also makes it easier to design new panel lines on the kit
You don’t preassemble before painting?
Not for original paint jobs cuz there's no need imo : ) I'm gonna talk about this in a future build : )
You make my least favorite part of Gunpla look fun.
Sanding is my least favourite.. the rest I don't mind!
U make sanding looks fast 😢
It's miserable in real life :X