I show how I did it here: http://www.graemenattress.com/wp/1144-neo-zeong-part-3/ – basically lots and lots of masking, and I made a little template to help me keep the spacing right. The tricky bit was figuring the correct spacing to ensure that the design fit exactly.
@GN HOLY MOLY that’s nice! I kind of wish you removed the seam lines but that’s personal preference. Outstanding job man. This is the first Neo Zeong I’ve seen painted. What a beastly kit. Happy building!
Lots of masking!!! I was thinking of doing more, but I was happy with the added detail on the bland sections of the kit, and thought doing too much would detract from the overall effect.
excellent work. there’s a certain ratio of red to white to blue that makes it look almost Iron Man inspired. only criticism is a little to much silver for me, I like doing clear colors over gunmetal or graphites
that is quite the big beautiful monstrosity you have there. i fear that my mind would melt if i thought about the effort that went into your n-z for too long
Yes, it’s very much like a candy coat, but with darker results with less bling. I also do the clear Tamiya colours over the Createx pearl colours which also produces a great result. You can see that on the red pieces on this kit.
The recipe for the metallic blue is: Tamiya Gunmetal, Createx transparent blue, Tamiya clear blue.
The Tamiya gunmetal I used wasn’t very well mixed and was coming out quite bright, so you might want to go with a aluminum or similar to achieve the bright blue effect. You can see what better mixed gunmetal looks like on the sides of the legs where…[Read more]
It was mostly a fun build, and at the end, I just built towards the transform mode I wanted to display in. The end result looks pretty good so I’m happy.
The recipe for the metallic blue is: Tamiya Gunmetal, Createx transparent blue, Tamiya clear blue.
The Tamiya gunmetal I used wasn’t very well mixed and was coming out quite bright, so you might want to go with a aluminum or similar to achieve the bright blue effect. You can see what better mixed gunmetal looks like on the sides of the legs where…[Read more]
thanks I actualy use gun metal alot, but I never tought of applying clear coats over it, I usually do silver chrome and clear colours over it, (i think it’s called candy finish) but that gives the illusion of tinted glass instead of a metallic colour. ill try your technique on the future, thanks for the tip!
Yes, it’s very much like a candy coat, but with darker results with less bling. I also do the clear Tamiya colours over the Createx pearl colours which also produces a great result. You can see that on the red pieces on this kit.
The RG line is excellent. I think you’d enjoy almost any of the kits, but my favourites so far have been Justice, Freedom, Strike & Strike Freedom. They’re all nicely detailed and articulated, and indeed complex enough to keep you interested. The armour comes in many sections and usually with good colour differentiation to add real nice detail to…[Read more]
I’m looking forwards to the RG, and I got the PG 00 to keep me going at the top end of things. I thought the 1/60 Exia was fun though, and yes, it would make a lovely PG.
There’s definitely an interaction between top-coats and various pens we can use for panel lining: http://www.graemenattress.com/wp/panel-lining/ – so what I’ve ended up using is a combination of an oil-paint panel line wash over the gloss top coat, or careful use of a Rapidograph technical pen.
damm thats hot
Nice! May I know what paint you use for the red?
holy mama thats one awsome job
The main red is: undercoat: Alclad gloss black, a fine layer of Createx pearl red, and then a top layer of Tamiya clear red.
howd u do the hexagon design then thats hot
I show how I did it here: http://www.graemenattress.com/wp/1144-neo-zeong-part-3/ – basically lots and lots of masking, and I made a little template to help me keep the spacing right. The tricky bit was figuring the correct spacing to ensure that the design fit exactly.
Looking really awesome!!Very neat paintjob!It makes the kit look more detailed than an HG.
@GN HOLY MOLY that’s nice! I kind of wish you removed the seam lines but that’s personal preference. Outstanding job man. This is the first Neo Zeong I’ve seen painted. What a beastly kit. Happy building!
thats a S@!# ton of masking and work damm damm damm
Lots of masking!!! I was thinking of doing more, but I was happy with the added detail on the bland sections of the kit, and thought doing too much would detract from the overall effect.
excellent work. there’s a certain ratio of red to white to blue that makes it look almost Iron Man inspired. only criticism is a little to much silver for me, I like doing clear colors over gunmetal or graphites
Dam that is looking incredible! Better than my version.
Thanks for sharing!
that is quite the big beautiful monstrosity you have there. i fear that my mind would melt if i thought about the effort that went into your n-z for too long
HOLY SHEAAATTTSASAS