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  • Zarwin posted an update in the group Group logo of Beginner Modeler – Modeling Competition 2013.Beginner Modeler – Modeling Competition 2013. 9 years, 3 months ago

    HGUC Sinanju – WIP #1

    Here’s the snapfit. I tried to do some nub management as I was working on it, but I lost my sandpaper somewhere, so I didn’t get all of it. I’ll have to grab some more for the particularly annoying nubs, but the nice thing about sinanju is the nub marks don’t stand out as badly as on a lot of other kits I’v put together.

    • I honestly can only see one nub, and that’s on the shield. It looks nice. Is this all that you’re going to do with this kit?

      • No, I’ve got some more stuff to do. Normally this is where I’d stop with a kit, but I want to try some new stuff. I hate the gold stickers that came with it, so I’m in the process of painting the gold trim by hand. Then I’m going to attempt to panel line it. Then I’m not sure what I’ll do.

        • I see. Be careful with the hand-painting process.

          • It’s going fairly well. I messed up on the shield a bit, but I think my black gundam marker should be able to cover it up without too much trouble.

            • Excellent. Glad it’s going well.

              • Any ideas on what I can do when I finish up the panel lining and trim?

                • It depends. Are you painting the trim with Gundam Markers? You could flat coat the kit, though pretty much everybody else is doing that. Panel lines are very minimal on this kit. There are already three other HGUC Sinanjus in this competition, and pretty much all of them are doing a “Titanium Finish” sort of look. I would recommend flat-coating the kit. Since you built it already, there’s not much you can do with it, and I don’t recommend a candy coat, due to everybody attempting such a thing.

                  • Unfortunately, I live in an apartment in seattle, so I can’t really do any type of coating, since it’s cold and damp outside, and there’s no ventilation inside.

                    I did the trim with a gold gundam marker, and then a brush with paint to fill in what the marker missed. I’ll post an update in a few minutes to show what it looks like.

                • I would try finding some HGUC decals for your Sinanju. You can pick and choose which ones you want to put on and they really add a bit extra to the Sinanju especially if you like the look of the Ver. Ka style! Not to mention waterslide decals are pretty fun to put on.

                  • I’ve actually got some decals laying around from an RG Char’s Zaku, and I was going to see what I could do with those.

          • I’ve experienced problems with thinning the gold enamel; it tends to coagulate and cluster into one big piece and therefore, disabling me to paint. I end up using it unthinned as of the moment. 🙁