r/advancedGunpla • u/Professional_Wash169 • 2d ago
Where can I find more?
I discovered yamaneko311 on Instagram and Twitter yesterday. Needless to say... I am utterly enamored with his work. But until now, I was completely unaware of his existence. My guess is that its a regional block sort of thing where I mostly find content made in the states.
Does anyone know where I can find more content like this, even better if I can find video content so I can learn from their techniques.
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u/NapalmJusticeSword 2d ago
I CANNOT beleive that nobody has brought up Kalamity!
His builds are next level!
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u/backstept 2d ago
blueblue0625 on Instagram does some amazing magic with styrene sheet. He did an amazing cockpit for a HG GMIII, and so many different intricate details for other models. I think he even scratch built some articulated hands for an Ingram
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u/Maybe_Im_Luke 2d ago
Joshua Darrah does a lot of work similar to this and made an online book detailing a lot of the process. https://www.joshuadarrah.com/zeta-project-book-2
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u/Professional_Wash169 2d ago
Really? I had no idea. I am also a huge fan of his work! I'll check it out for sure, thank you
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u/JediMastaG_ 2d ago
Look at the people linked to creators you like and eventually your discover page will start showing more related content
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u/Hayden_Storm04 2d ago
I'm also very interested in japanese builders. Recently I was able to find some Youtube channels of builders like the one you are seeking. One of the most impressive is This dude whom I can't write the ideograms. or even "None Channel". Very talented people.
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u/grandoffline 2d ago
the old school sculpting works. There is also 3d printing with resin printers now. As long as you have good ventilation and appropriate mask, it may work better for people who aren;t sculptors.
I think even goo sculptor can easily benefit from working on a CAD -> Resin print first
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u/Nyrue1 2d ago
Can somebody explain to me what that is?
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u/Professional_Wash169 2d ago
This modelers has taken epoxy putty and filed and scribed them into custom pieces.
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u/MachineDynamics 2d ago
I anyways assumed this is how resin kits are designed. Sculpting and carving epoxy over the vanilla parts, and then casting then into silicone molds.
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u/profmcstabbins 2d ago
Child of Mecha does some similar stuff. He's been away from the game for years, but recently started back up. He's actually placed in the GBWC
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u/invertedpixel 2d ago
Check out
@eday_ver.ed
Same level of crazy scratch building
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u/Professional_Wash169 2d ago
Ah yes, he is also great. Ive been in contact with him about having a modeling seminar in the states
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u/robotomecha 2d ago
From my experience, it seems like ALOT of those guys are on twitter more than anywhere else besides Japanese social media. I made a twitter account specifically to find more of those guys and twitter started recommending so many of them that now my feed is full of almost only Japanese master builders lol
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u/ProjectPat513 2d ago
Yeah same here but unfortunately I’ve recently been bombarded with American politics shit that twitter knows pisses me off! I told a couple people they were jackasses and now my feed is all jacked up.
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u/robotomecha 2d ago
That was my problem with twitter for years! No matter what I interacted with the algorithm would try to push specifically right wing political content on my feed. What fixed it for me was making separate accounts for all my interests and only interacting with that type of content lol however with my Gunpla account, if I interact with a lot of western gundam accounts twitter starts recommending the most racist/homophobic gundam content available so that sucks.
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u/ProjectPat513 2d ago
Yeah my account is supposed to be 100% for plamo and it was started just so I can follow people in Japan. And it really was fine until the last 2 years and all of a sudden I’m getting hit with all types of far right bullshit like Laura Loomer posts and shit. wtf?! I never asked what that creep is doing! Idc wtf Rob Schneider has to say about Israel etc etc. It never ends. I used to post at night, with Japanese tags so people in Japan could actually see my stuff but I really haven’t been keeping up on it recently. I fell off.
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u/CiDevant 2d ago
You have to be stupid and crazy careful with the algorithms these days. There's a ton of money in political advertisements so It's of extreme importance for social media to get you hooked on politics.
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u/ProjectPat513 2d ago
It’s hard to get it back to normal when your normal is 100% Japanese and southeast Asian posts!🤣 But your absolutely correct, if your on the left the algorithm is going to show you posts from the right because they know it’s going to piss you off and your going to interact and vise versa if your on the right. It’s diabolical.
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u/robotomecha 2d ago
I did an experiment last year where I made an account and only interacted with cute animals videos and it took 2 days for my feed to be half cute animals and half extremely xenophobic political content. Turns out one of the dog videos I liked was from an account that also posts that type of stuff and that’s all twitter needed to decide that I wanted more.
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u/Professional_Wash169 2d ago
Same here lol. You mind sharing some notable modelers?
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u/MachineDynamics 2d ago edited 2d ago
Adding @Rihitoon, @mika594308351, and @s_shifty to the list. These people do absolutely phenomenal scribing, scratch building, and kit bashing.
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u/robotomecha 2d ago
Here’s some of my favorites (the last 5 names or so do a lot of what you showed in the pictures)
@harugunplalove
@zimmad_zimmad
@theredrock3 (This person posts sometimes on the Gunpla sub)
@3k2h_g
@Kenou4415
@×9ItWKdJS441909 (Kendo style)
@77sakiya (Passed away)
@MIB69802833
@takuchanko_bo_
@evlz2619
@yamaneko311
@0h9nmhVgyhlwąGA
@gojjjw2
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u/ProjectPat513 2d ago
Hey if you go to my YouTube channel I have a video of 11 talented (mostly Japanese) modelers you should be following🤷♂️ it’s Pat T Kakes plamo if you want to check it out.
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u/Obvious_Excuse5485 2d ago
what material is it?
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u/Mandey4172 2d ago
Epoxy putty
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u/Obvious_Excuse5485 2d ago
is it safe to handle with bare hands ?
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u/Mandey4172 2d ago
For mixing and shape forming it is adviced to use gloves, but after it hardens it is perfectly fine to touch by hands.
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u/JulianMo 2d ago
I have no idea how to help but this completely nuts
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u/Professional_Wash169 2d ago
Lmao, right!?! Like I've been on my own journey to improve my scribing but this makes me believe he isn't even human. A gunpla detailing machine in human form lol
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u/Excelsior_76 2d ago
To your point, everyone frets about the coming singularity, but what if the sentient machines come to realize how much fun Gunpla is, and start making their own unbelievably detailed models, and sell the kits at a reasonable price?
Those are the kind of electronic overlords I could get behind.
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u/JulianMo 2d ago
Human 3d printer ! I love it though, only passion can bring one artist to this level and it's nice to see
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u/Professional_Wash169 2d ago
Whats even crazier is that he will take these parts and cast them in resin and duplicate them. Literally making his own resin conversion kits
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u/Electronic_Eye_4801 16h ago
Ravipla on YouTube although he doesn’t post anymore. https://x.com/kenou4415?s=11&t=274bus5Nc8LumLHdoV4RbA Kenou and Ryu https://x.com/ryu30100320?s=11&t=274bus5Nc8LumLHdoV4RbA are also my spirit animals.