Hello there and happy new year! Welcome to the second part of this series! My name is Anthony and today I want to share with you some techniques and ideas on how to paint the walls for Kotobukiyas Mechanical Chain Bases A and B. This is going to be a short guide since we are going to use the same techniques we used for the floor tiles back in part 1. So, without further ado let’s begin! Prim...
Hello there! Welcome to a new guide, my name is Anthony, and today I want to show you how to build a hangar bay for your kits! Two years ago, I built the MG 1/100 RX-0 Unicorn Gundam HD color with MS Cage and have it on display inside the cage. A few months ago, I bought a new M.S. cage to use to display some 1/144 scale kits. One day, I came across this Mechanical Chain Bases by Kotobukiya and im...
Hello there! Welcome! My name is Anthony and today I want to share with you a few more tips for converting a “generic” Zoids model kit into a custom mech from the anime. In this case, we’ll finish the conversion of a Kotobukiya 1/72 scale Gun Sniper with Wild Weasel Unit into Naomi’s Red Gun Sniper Special from the popular 2001 anime Zoids: New Century/Zero. This will be the final part of this ser...
Hello there! Welcome! My name is Anthony and today I want to share with you more tips for converting a “generic” Zoids model kit into a custom mech from the anime. In this case, I’ll convert a Kotobukiya 1/72 scale Gun Sniper with Wild Weasel Unit into Naomi’s Red Gun Sniper Special from the popular 2001 anime Zoids: New Century/Zero. Last time we talked about references and the building process. ...
Hello there! Welcome to a new series! My name is Anthony and today I want to share with you some tips I used while converting a “generic” model kit mech into a custom mech from a movie, anime, or game. In this case, I’ll convert a Kotobukiya 1/72 scale Gun Sniper with Wild Weasel unit into Naomi’s Red Gun Sniper Special from the popular 2001 anime Zoids: New Century/Zero. Sometimes, the manu...
Hello there! Welcome to a new Vic Hobby review! I’m Anthony, and today I would like to talk about the new Mecha Basic Colors sets by Vic Hobby. Each set includes four different acrylic paints with a semi-gloss finish. And the best part is that these paints are water-based, which means they can be sent via airmail! Now, for this article, I used all eight acrylic colors to paint a Gunpla and a...
Hello there! Welcome to a new “How to” guide! This is the last part of this Megami Device series! Let’s finish the 1/1 Megami Device Asra Archer*, shall we? * Unfortunately, by the time this article was published the Asra Archer kit has been discontinued, but in this link you will find all the Megami Device kits that are available. Until now… Up until now, we already have the...
Hello there! Welcome to a new tutorial! Today, we’ll be working with the Dress Up Parts Crash Mantle by Kotobukiya. I found it on the hlj.com site while searching for some cool accessories for my action figures. And I think this will be an awesome add-on for the Megami Device Asra Archer we painted in the last tutorial. What I love about this item is that it’s also a model kit, and jus...
Hello there! Welcome to a new “How to” guide and the second part of this Megami Device series! For now, we’ll keep working with the 1/1 Megami Device Asra Archer*. * Unfortunately, by the time this article was published the Asra Archer kit has been discontinued, but in this link you will find all the Megami Device kits that are available. Where we left off last time… In par...
Hello there! I’m happy to be back and ready to start with a new series of tutorials! This time, we’ll be working with the 1/1 Megami Device Asra Archer*. * Unfortunately, by the time this article was published the Asra Archer kit has been discontinued, but in this link you will find all the Megami Device kits that are available. In this first tutorial I want to share with you the proce...
Part 4 – Metallic Details Hello there! Welcome to a new “How to” article! This is the last part of “Liger Zero- The Stray Kitten Series”! I’m Anthony and today I’m here to share with you a few more painting techniques I used to build the 1/72 Scale Kotobukiya Zoids: Liger Zero. Today, we are going to be focusing on painting the last details for the mech. I...