thaliarchus

@thaliarchus

The poet they probably shouldn’t have sent. I watch anime and am sometimes accused of reading books. I'm writing a long gay giant robot story in verse—probably this millennium's best yuri mecha epic poem, through lack of competition.

'Now praise those names on tombs of steel engraved | And toll this rotting country’s countless bells.'

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Cohost Zeta Build Club (January 1 to February 29)

Hello! The 18th fuckin sneaked up on me so here we are with our theme announcement (apologies for no fresh Eggbug, maybe by actual kickoff). This time around I'm giving everyone a two-week headstart to plan their build and pick up everything they need.

That all said!

What better way to follow-up early protagonist mechs than with:

Rival mechs!

Break out the red Zaku, a Flag Fighter, or the Vidar and get ready to do something extremely wicked.

As always, rules are as follows:

  • Any grade and any scale is welcome.
  • You're encouraged to try something new! Part of the idea is to challenge yourself to try new techniques or go more in-depth than you're used to.
  • Non-Gundam kits are allowed!
  • Anyone is welcome to participate! Yes that includes you!
  • **new!** Rules are for bending!

Share your posts with the tag cohost build club so everyone can see it!

Support your local shops if you can!
I cannot speak highly enough of International Model Toys in Seattle for those of you who are out in this area. Drop recommendations for shops near you in the comments!

We'll be running January 1 to February 29. I strongly encourage sharing WIP pics and any thoughts/journaling you do along the way.

At the beginning of March I'll post a survey and gather whatever data I can from y'all who participate. People seemed to like the one month break in between themes so I'm gonna keep it up and start round 3 in April!

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transistor
@transistor

for anyone in norcal i highly recommend Anime Store Near Me in walnut creek! (yes that is its actual name.) great selection and very reasonable prices. inside SF there's also Ying Hobbies & Toys in chinatown, which is just wall-to-wall gunpla, including a ton of the owner's display pieces.

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Hunter-JE
@Hunter-JE

Hmmm, probably easiest to just get around to the HG Pharact that's been sitting on my TBP (Elan kinda functions as a rival for mid-series WFM as much as anything in that series fits as simple a label as "rival") but also could be time to pull the trigger on MG Char's Zaku? Much thought needed.

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