my first crack at the Real Grade line. also my 3rd painted kit, so i’m still figuring out a good workflow for building, painting and finishing. tried post-shading on this one…
Looks really nice and clean, how did you get around painting the pre molded inner frame parts? I’m thinking about using some gold leaf on my RG Strike Freedom.
thanks! just the usual primer and metallic paint. i airbrushed Testors Metalizers and some Tamiya acrylic metallics to break up the parts colors. just make sure to apply a thin coat of primer since you don’t want to make the frame too thick and stiff. also i painted the individual frame parts before putting them together. for the moving parts, i…[Read more]
damm another person who has the same problem as me lol i cant get anything else like mr color besides tamiya. Looking at urs reminds me about my troubles too. Anyways nice job with the exia can i ask wht kinda blue that is i seem to be unable to get that mixture of blue for my own kits with tamiya so its annoying lol 🙂
thank you! ahh someone who knows my pain… a price to pay for me to live in the islands where everything goes by air or sea and extremely tight regulations. anyway regarding the colors, i mixed up tamiya royal blue and sky blue as the bases to get the 2 tones of blue i used on this. and then, touches of tamiya white and tamiya blue to make them…[Read more]
This is my first try to do painting on a kit so its definitely not in the same league as some of the awesome Gunpla I have seen in this group. Model is SDBF Star Winning…
What do you mean by you couldn’t do a clean job? Are you applying the paint directly with markers, or are you bleeding them into a tray and then brushing it on?
This is my little HG 1:144 Exia that I have completed just recently.
I have been practicing masking and the white lines came out a little messy. But it was a fun build. And am…
A few weeks ago I posted a wip of the plamo I am working on to make my custom spartan armour, and now I have it primed and ready for clean up and filling.
lol thanks! this was a cheap organizer i found at the tacklebox section for fishing at the big box store. i bought all 3 sizes and this biggest one was originally intended as my upright paint bottle organizer (4 rows when the dividers are removed) but later found a better paint organizer. it was a metal grill cutlery organizer which i figured was…[Read more]
I’ve always liked desert camo. I thought it would look good on the Mark II. I also just wanted a Gundam model that wasn’t so brightly colored, but a little more muted.
It’s a great idea IMHO! Had to look at it a few times, and I have to say, it looks better and better the more I look at it. It’s also a very original color scheme.
If I may, it’s like a fine wine, you have to acquire a taste for it, but once you do, you’ll appreciate it more and more over time!
Good luck and happy building!
Looks really nice and clean, how did you get around painting the pre molded inner frame parts? I’m thinking about using some gold leaf on my RG Strike Freedom.
thanks! just the usual primer and metallic paint. i airbrushed Testors Metalizers and some Tamiya acrylic metallics to break up the parts colors. just make sure to apply a thin coat of primer since you don’t want to make the frame too thick and stiff. also i painted the individual frame parts before putting them together. for the moving parts, i…[Read more]
damm another person who has the same problem as me lol i cant get anything else like mr color besides tamiya. Looking at urs reminds me about my troubles too. Anyways nice job with the exia can i ask wht kinda blue that is i seem to be unable to get that mixture of blue for my own kits with tamiya so its annoying lol 🙂
thank you! ahh someone who knows my pain… a price to pay for me to live in the islands where everything goes by air or sea and extremely tight regulations. anyway regarding the colors, i mixed up tamiya royal blue and sky blue as the bases to get the 2 tones of blue i used on this. and then, touches of tamiya white and tamiya blue to make them…[Read more]