Some Assembly Required

A Gundam Assemble podcast from Shadowlight Works, hosted by Nate and Dev. We cover the tabletop game, the Gunpla and painting hobby, the Universal Century and the community around it.

New episodes every other Monday. An independent fan podcast, not affiliated with or endorsed by Bandai or the Gundam franchise.

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Stream every episode below, or follow the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Buzzsprout, or join us on Discord.

Watch

Full episodes, unboxings and rules explainers on our YouTube channel.

Meet the Hosts

Nate

Nate is the founder of Shadowlight Works and the show's producer: an award-winning miniature painter and sculptor in the San Francisco Bay Area with 15 years at the bench and medals from KublaCon and ReaperCon. You'll find him on staff in the KublaCon painting area every year. More about Nate · See his work

Dev (Raggy)

Dev is the painter behind Raggy Paints, offering painting tuition and commissions, and teaches painting classes at conventions across the country, including CaptainCon, Adepticon, KublaCon, GenCon and ReaperCon. He also hosts the Listening to Paint Dry podcast.

Raggy Paints · Listening to Paint Dry on YouTube · Dev's KublaCon Fall classes · Dev's CaptainCon classes

Theme Music

Our theme songs are by Phoenix Ash, America's own Japanese rock band.

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