The little woman bought me the MG MS-14s Gelgoog for my 35th. so far the frame is together.. i might leave it this way.. such a nice frame, better looking than the Zaku…
Ps, I only paint the inner frames. No detailing. On all heavy industrial equipment all the components are sprayed in one color, this only to prevent rust. Pistons and e.g. drive belt of course not. So I follow that trend, as a giant robot is a huge piece of military equipment. But that is just my opinion…
i like to do some detailing on the frames but it really depends on the kit for me. my next big build will be rather extensive with the level of inner frame detailing but its still in the planning stages at this point. I agree with teetee about “undercoating” of industrial machinery so i will be going with one or two flat grey colors for the frame…[Read more]
id really like to see how you work pink into the nu-gundam. please keep us updated on that.
thanks for telling me how you go about it. i was thinking of just detailing it without any kind of finish coat.
Very nice frame! I have my gelgoog on the way! I like to add nice little details to give the kit more life! i dont paint the frame tho but i do detail pistons, ankles, elbows and thrusters! The gelgoog has a lot of thrusters and I just keep dreaming about what i’ll be doing with them.
Its true to a degree. The moment when they are out of the factory and they are serviced by mechanics the one color goes away due to various reasons. The chances of the spare part having the exact same color are slim (more than one factory building the suit is one example), also sometimes parts of different suits are used for repairs. Not to…[Read more]
Just finished my first Diorama! Master Grade RB 79 Ver Ka as Construction Pod. I wanted to portray it in a sort of repair situation with the beautiful inner frame exposed….
Very nicely done! Love the weathering on the ball. Even the thrusters are beautifully weathered. If I may ask, how did you perform the paint chipping? Is it done using the hairspray technique or using a sponge? It looks really realistic. Again, great build!
Thanks! The chipping is grey painted on top of the base yellow with a torn section of dish sponge; the yellow portion of those ubiquitous yellow/green scrub ones. I then in-painted on some of the chips with a metallic color to give them a bit of depth.
I wanted to use the hairspray method, but my testing did not go well, so I went with my…[Read more]
Well taking a break from the Crossbone – technically its finished but i want to do the wash on it (i suck at panel lines) so i still need to do some gloss coats for it. So in…
well before i was using aditional layer of gloss acrylic varnish and used the humbrol enamel thinned with petroleum ether. It somehow did work but the thinner was evaporating super fast so it was hard to get the right mix. Now i want to check a store bought wash (which strangely enough is acrylic based) . The preliminary test i did on the…[Read more]
Its been a couple of months since i put a kit together , so as its miserable outside today im making a start on this 1/100 NG Cherudim gundam designers colour version which comes with some nice markings , clear polycaps and an led for the head, a great value kit.
@corn-wizard thnx for the compliment though i did not place, but the kits that did win were really top notch @frankon when i dropped my kit off on friday there were a few kits that looked good but goin back on saturday i was amazed at the kits that showed up. There was some VERY good builders showing off their amazing skills. yeah and being…[Read more]
I use Vallejo air for most of my projects and I find they generally don’t need thinning. If they do, I stick with the Vallejo thinner. I’ve tried isopropyl and the Tamiya thinner, but they turn the Vallejo into a clumpy mess. Something about the chemistry just does not mix.
With that said, I’ve never seen this ‘Metal Medium’ before. How’s it…[Read more]
Hi, I use Vallejo Model Air because I’m a beginner and you can use them without thinning (well.. almost all of them but not all).
When I have to thin i always use Vallejo Airbrush thinner (i tend to follow the rule: same brand for combinations).
The metal medium is used to give metal shine to a given color. Instructions says 50% color and 50%…[Read more]
Oh and I got the feet and shoulders done so ill finish the wings and wait on the correct batteries and my decals from samuel decal to get here so it’ll probably be a 3 week build from start to finish
Just finished the chest,waist,and head of my PG wing zero but when I went to put in the batteries and finish screwing in the back ,I had the wrong size batteries ,I have lr41…
And the part that’s under the chest light and above the waist is rubber and when you assemble it you have to fold it down to screw in some pieces so its not very good on painted parts especially painted rubber
I’ve been doing my second PG for week ,it was smooth sailing until I got to the chest and the lights ,some of the pieces wasn’t lining up like they should so the screws were…
MG Destiny Gundam Ver. OB, Custom Repaint Build in RG colour scheme. I have now finished this build completely… i am very very pleased about the outcome of this build as it is my first ever completely fully custom, fully painted build. I have repainted the whole gundam in the original colour scheme, but in the two tone RG style. I panel scribed…[Read more]
P.P.S – i painted it completely using tamiya spray cans, and mixed my own blue and blended them together with different layers of spraying ( as it was the only way i could get the blue i wanted for the kit, and i didn’t know how else to do it with spray cans). For the armour I used tamiya brilliant blue and tamiys blue violet to make the final…[Read more]
That looks really great! Excellent job! Love the colors, the extra panel lining and the detail painting. Sorry to hear (actually read.. LOL) you’vr had some issues with the build. But rest assure, I’m having tons of issues with it. Paint cracking, gloss coat frosting out, chrome turn silver…. So I didn’t got as far with it as I hoped… Seems…[Read more]
Looks pretty good I really like the extra panel lines and the gray you added to break up the color very nice job especially since its your first custom I’ve got the extreme blast destiny sitting in the box on my self waiting on me to build it ,I’m waiting on my waterslides I ordered for it and to finish my wing kit and then I going for it I’m…[Read more]
Hi guys. I am currently building the 1/144 RG Strike Freedom and I have come across a big problem. I am cutting the black and blue parts and the nippers are leaving stress…
Use hobby knife to scrape the excess nubs..but do it gently..for a more clean surface clean with few grade of sandpaper and use wet sanding to have a clean surface.
This one is ready to go to comic con. Time ran out so no funnels and more than likely no weapons unless i can get a beam saber done in the next few hours. I will be finishing this kit to completion once i get back, but for now the suit is done. Now i have to figure out how im going to pack it up for the ride.
well i didn’t place at the con but i did learn a lot about what the judges look for in a build. thnx for the compliment and i plan on getting better quality pic up once i finally finish the funnels and weapons lol.
Congratulations. Best of wishes to you in good health, love and lots of Gunpla
Ps, I only paint the inner frames. No detailing. On all heavy industrial equipment all the components are sprayed in one color, this only to prevent rust. Pistons and e.g. drive belt of course not. So I follow that trend, as a giant robot is a huge piece of military equipment. But that is just my opinion…
as always, thanks teetee!
i like to do some detailing on the frames but it really depends on the kit for me. my next big build will be rather extensive with the level of inner frame detailing but its still in the planning stages at this point. I agree with teetee about “undercoating” of industrial machinery so i will be going with one or two flat grey colors for the frame…[Read more]
id really like to see how you work pink into the nu-gundam. please keep us updated on that.
thanks for telling me how you go about it. i was thinking of just detailing it without any kind of finish coat.
Very nice frame! I have my gelgoog on the way! I like to add nice little details to give the kit more life! i dont paint the frame tho but i do detail pistons, ankles, elbows and thrusters! The gelgoog has a lot of thrusters and I just keep dreaming about what i’ll be doing with them.
thrusters galore.. only the sazabi has more i feel.. lol
Its true to a degree. The moment when they are out of the factory and they are serviced by mechanics the one color goes away due to various reasons. The chances of the spare part having the exact same color are slim (more than one factory building the suit is one example), also sometimes parts of different suits are used for repairs. Not to…[Read more]
Dont forget Nightingale and Rick Dom