#30MS

[acerby]

I love her vibe

New 30 minute sister looks cool

Edit more of her

[athena-gundampla]

30MS SIS-Dc88w Eliene-Elierica [Elegante Form]

It's been some time since I've done a 30 Minutes Sisters kit. Mainly because the tampo-printed faces have made the kits $50-60, rather than the $30 range of the 30 Minutes Missions line, such as with the Acerbys. However, for some reason this kit was discounted to $14, so it was an instant buy.

Eliene is an angel-aesthetic counterpart of Neverlia, featuring mostly the same parts in a slightly warm white, as well as a really nice sky blue and dark blue. Her "normal mode" form is very simple, although I do like the hairpiece design used, it's very cute and being shorter, doesn't limit head posing as much as some of the longer designs.

Eliene has two "armour-up" options, using these really well designed angel wing parts in pearlescent white, which I gloss coated to really bring out the effect. They're also partially transluscent, and thus they catch light super well whether you light the kit from the front or from behind.

I really like how the larger wing parts have been designed, and I found their stability and poseability much better than even the RG Wing Gundam (EW). You can attach the larger wings either to the back, like a traditional angel, or reconfigure them into a kind of bow weapon.

There's a cute little heart arrow that you can make Eliene hold, or clip into the bow. I wish there was a full quiver of these included, like with the 30 Minute Fantasy archer kits. I had initially planned to combine one of these kits with her, as I would've preferred a more traditional bow style that would let me keep the wings for her back, but I couldn't find any in stock anywhere. The shaft of the arrow is a metal part, which is super rare to see.

Overall, its a really nice kit, especially for the discounted price. I kind of wish i'd picked up an extra one for kitbashing purposes with the wings, and I definitely plan on coming back to the kit and customising it with one of the 30 Minute Fantasy kits later, to either give her a more magical girl look or maybe kit her out like a proper archer.

[homunculid]

My master grade Z’Gok is the designated Rishetta30ms supporter bc I am too lazy to pose her with a stand. Also they’re in love

[twelvekittensinatrenchcoat]

got a new 30ms kit (huzzah!) and i love her so much

bonus pic: Category 5 Yuri Moment

[wavesinereverse-blog]

30 Minute Sisters Replero-Propen (Scherzando Form)

the P-Bandai use of the bnnuy mold

the goggles and scarf are fun new parts, though the goggles are static

unfortunately the bun ears aren't compatible with the custom headgear ootb

also she has a friend

[joe-plamo-builder]

My 30ms Luluce custom Rx-78-02

[fishing-lesbian-catgirl]

30 MS chibis…

[virtualgirladvance]

time to make my first sister

[plastic-addicted]

bandai 30mm acerby cyborg/android.

used a spare 30ms head and shoulder parts.

[jaffre]

here's my current gunpla collection. im still working out exactly how to arrange everything with my other stuff

closeups:

here's flyguy and the gun brothers

orb. and microscopic char

the aminals (beargirl, doggie, honse). i do want to turn horsie to centaur but i want to finish building the acerby first

and i also have these by my desk cause they're my favourites:

dusty af

[l-crimson-l]

I'd love to get into girlpla, I'm just a bit too broke to afford any kits; however, if you'd like to talk about it as a whole, I'd be more than happy to hear.

So…let me try this again. I had a whole nice post written up and I swapped off for a moment to check something and I completely lost the post.

Mecha Musume has a pretty long history that I’m not going to go into but here’s a little video if you’re interested.

Now when most people think of Mecha Musume there’s basically one standout line above them all: Frame Arms Girl.

This line is a bit old now but its popularity has set the aesthetic style for the market as it stands now. The build of these are…ok. Kotobukiya was definitely learning with these kits but they’re still solid at the end of it.

Now if you’re like me you’re not too much a fan of the pantsu out look, and other kits in the line don’t exactly do anything to mitigate that feeling (looking at you Durga I).

The next line Koto would release would be better at this tho. The Megami Device line features all original designs as well as collabs from new and old mecha musume brands alike.

First thing off the bat this is that they’re pricey. At an average cost of $70 you’re basically buying a Bandai MG gunpla. That said, they all typically come with a bunch of option parts. These are usually in the form of unarmored limbs, different chest pieces, face plates (with water slides to make your own) and extra connectors to help with kitbashing. Koto also has released option body segments to let you swap any part of the body you might want to if the right option isn’t available in the box (~$12). It should be noted the newest kits in this line have brought the price down to $50 as well as reengineered the build to add a lot more articulation and pose-ability.

Also in this lines favor is the articulation and build quality. You’re going to get a nice range of motion with or without armor and some of the smaller details also sometimes come pre painted.

That said Kotobukiya is a company that favors more complex character design over an Out Of Box experience so there’s some smaller details that are etched into the kit but unless your paints them won’t be color correct. I would say this is pretty common across most Koto lines.

Both the FAgirls and Megami Device are scaled at 1/12 so Little Armory guns and the whole market of 3rd party accessories will work with these kits.

Next up is Koto’s Sousai Shoujo Teien which is simple girls as plastic models

A little cheaper and at 1/10 scale instead of 1/12. I’ve not built any but I do know they can bash with Megami Device and Hexa Gear lines just fine. If you take a peek at the JP girpla community there’s actually a niche but healthy group dedicated to taking nice photos of their kits dressed up in everyday scenarios.

Finally the newest line of Koto girl kits is the Arcanadea line.

Purely in a fantasy take these are Incredible kits. I’ve only built one (Lumitea) but it was far and away a much better build experience than the FAgirl kits. These are actually designed by a vtuber artist iirc which is why the designs are so different than other Koto kit lines. If you have the cash and want to try something different I would highly recommend.

Now finally we get to Bandai. After learning from their failures with the Hg Build Fighters girls they went back and designed something solid and what got me into mecha musume: 30 Minute Sisters

Right off the bat with an average price of around $30 the barrier to entry is much easier. While not as refined as the Megami Device line, these simple kits cram in a lot for the price. You’ll get an armored and unarmored form, as well as face plates. However the biggest selling point is How Damn Easy they are to bash. Being apart of the 30M line means they’re completely compatible with the 30MM line of mechs. Which also means all of those extra weapon and armor sets transfer over for the most part. And that’s not even talking about the dedicated 30MS option sets like hair parts, body parts, etc.

This is a Very beginner friendly line of kits and the place I would suggest most people starting if they’re looking to get into mecha musume.

This example I think uses about 5 different kits to build and I don’t believe any serious modifications were needed.

Another Bandai line to mention is the Standard Figurise line which you’ll be familiar with if you’ve picked up the Sulletta, Miorine or ChuChu kits. Typically pretty solid kits (uma musume excluded, only get the 30ms version of that one) they usually include characters from a variety of different shows. These are still of course bash-able but not without modification.

With the explosion of popularity with these kits means we have even more companies now joining in the race. ATK and MS General have a bunch of kits to offer and we see new companies pop up some really sick looking kits (see tgat Galahad)

We even have Plamax giving us the really cool looking GODZ ORDER kits and soon character kits from Blue Archive, Konosuba and others.

For these smaller/third party companies I would suggest doing plenty of research before buying one. The ATK kit that I made was Especially frustrating and required a lot of extra work to make parts fit right or to clean them up so they fit at all. Not to mention the extra detail work required to really make them look like the box example. Just do your homework.

I hope this helps!! It’s a growing market so there’s always more kits being announced. This should have covered the majority of kits out there but IMPORTANT! Check sites like AmiAmi for sales or resales on kits. You can sometimes find an unbuilt kit that retails at $70 going for $30.

USAGS will regularly get Koto kits in and new releases but by no means believe them when they say a kit is USAGS exclusive. Remember to check HLJ as well. Let me know if you have any other questions and I’ll do my best to answer them!!

[acerby]

Some Upgrade

So for some time now, I have been wanting to add more articulation and to fix some of her Proportions to my maid robot Acerlin.

Because she is using the 30ms body as a base, she lacks the non-human articulation that most 30mm kits can pull off. And her arms are simply the normal acerby arms plugged into the 30ms shoulder, which makes them look off when bent.

So I added a poly cap and the hip assembly of a normal acerby. Which made it able to plug into the 30ms Torso. This dramatically increases the range of leg motions she can pull off now.

For the arms, I simply trimmed the top part off with a nipper, so I no longer needed the light blue rings. But to have this edit match the legs, I had to cut off the peg to the upper hip and replace it with a 30mm peg extender piece. This also simplified her color scheme, removing a minor color.

Now, look at how she can pose.

She can do a lot now!

[oikatzo]

new pinned post so may just form an intro in looking for new fun mutuals! hey!

i'm ayayuuhi (call me whichever u want tho yuuhi is preferred when we're not irl friends) and this tumblr acc is my comfort place in the internet. my personal tag is #sunset usamin rambles !

all you can know with this level one of friendship is that i'm an autistic bisexual woman that's not a minor. also i'm a yumejoshi, the kind to make OCs to go with my favorite characters bcos i felt guilty of doing selfshipping with myself as a self insert bcos i have an irl relationship with my bf i really cherish.

my main interest at the moment are shangri-la frontier, uma musume, honkai star rail, anime idols (specifically idolmaster series and aikatsu, i rarely speak of other series recently), precure, doing oshikatsu, girly kei fashion and bishoujo model kits / girlpla (30ms series mainly).

also; i honestly are someone who doesn't care what you like in fiction as long as you kept it with tons of warnings, keep it away from people who do not like it. and as long as you do not involve me to discourses when i'm not directly involved idgaf. i can curate my own space myself whenever i got an ick.

have a good day!

[rileyvthorn]

Bandai 30MS Luluce

[hobbystationerytagimi]

バンダイスピリッツ　30MS オプションボディパーツ タイプS03［カラーC］　30 MINUTES SISTERS　再入荷しました。

[wavesinereverse-blog]

30 Minutes Sisters Yufia

starting with her unarmored mode

she's on-par with Neverlia and Ilshana and the bunnies, keeping up with the design improvements in the line

it's neat that her symbol is a sword to contrast the animals most of the other Sisters have