You see the colorseparation a bit better, but I am sure its not the real truth. Especially with shiny finishes it is hard to catch it

the white gold highlights are hard to see with pictures too. i thought the kit was too garish with bright gold. also the blue tint silver on the piping and underframe doesnt really pop out in the photos…..ah well its been posted enough.
onto the next kit, cant say that im enthusiastic.
that was a fun build and i dont think there will be many others out there that peak my interest.

Another winner in the contest in my book.

Try Sinanju MG.

It is not that massive, but sure same in style. If you like complex mechanics in a build, you really should have a look at a HMM Zoid. The details of those Koto-kits always blow my mind.

the sinanju’s were sold out when i did my last order and the postage to Australia is horrendous. i was hoping for a re-release of the yamato 2199 kit but its been over a year and even with the new series nothings come up. maybe i can sneak another order when the missus is away. zoids are interesting but not really my thing but i have a bootleg astray bust that might peak my interest.

Nice. mine is still one its way.

best i could do with buying metal parts

“without buying parts” i hate that i cant spell check my posts

Wooo nice job ! I like this colour !

cheers mate, i went through a 50 pack of plastic spoons testing to get the 3 different shades that the kit has

Just 50? Not 51? lol.

It’s ver ka? You’ve done it justice. I’d change the metallic red to blue.

Really nice finish of one of the most awesome kits. With a Sazabi on the workbench you have to go all out. And people went crazy on it. It is still something that is not crossed ony todo list. I like your dark shiny interpretation of the red.

cheers guys. yup otaku its a ver ka (200+ fiddly decals)….. and it was over 50 spoons its just that i stopped counting after i used a whole pack.
trying to mix auto and hobby paints had some issues. clogged airbrush and some of the thinners for the top coat ate the test decals.
you cant really see the different reds so i’ll try for some outside photos once it stops raining

Auto paints can be on styrene. It must be primed first.

Plum ain’t exactly Bandai. BTW, a freaking creative color scheme. You could swap the color scheme out for another and have a totally different look.

Looking super sweet,yeah nice work.

Thats one shiny gundam. O_O

Nice work though.

haha… Shiny indeed. thanks.

I like it. Shiny kits are great.

Thanks. 🙂

Magnificent.

If you’ve been doing pre-shading panel lines for a while, you might wanna try something new out. Black basing. Youtube has a few clips. It’s more work. Prime black then shoot worm-like lines in various grays, and lastly thinned color coats. The goal is to NOT have a uniform coverage. More realistic.

If it’s commission builds, then pre-shade panel lines to please the crowd.

Thank you SO much ! I was recently wondering how this kind of effect was done ! So this is called black basing, it seems to be a simple but efficient technic ! I must try it 😀

You’re welcome.

Yeah, I’m gonna JUST DO IT. 🙂 on my next Flanker D from Zvezda. Will be posting WIPs here.

There are other kinds of preshading like black basing + marbling in various colors as well. Mostly gray & earth (= dirt).

It’s not looking good for you now,you have caught the gundam building bug. 😉

The initiation of your son to the gunpla is coming soon? ^^