my first RG build
Gundam Exia
I didn’t do all of the stickers/decals cause it felt like it’s overkill
it was an overwhelming experience because of the many small parts but at the end it’s all worth it
It can be a little tricky because you’ll have to paint the frame in one position, then move it (to expose more pieces) then paint it again.
Hand painting is okay for this but you have to be sure to paint very thin. You may want to sand down parts a bit.
Because of the multiple colors on the Astray spray painting with rattle cans could be difficult…[Read more]
The next badge. Still a GM RX-78-2 2.0(Every Gundam collection needs the grand daddy IMO) and the MG Aile Strike R.M. in private warehouse at HLJ. Damn those restocks LOL. Thanks to HLJ for creating me a backlog 😀
Oh, and why not the Strike Freedom Full Burst Mode? Going to do ‘Mechie Plating’ myself. With the FBM there are a lot of parts that need to be plated anyways and this way I don’t have to strip the Bandai plated parts….
@tehbanshee13, well, that’s rather simple. First a gloss black enamel in preparation for the Alclad chrome. Then a mix of 85% clear yellow with 15% orange. Used it in the past for the yellow parts on my MG Destiny and MG Nu Ver.Ka. (on the latter it was hand painted, didn’t have an airbrush at the time). The only tricky thing is not to spray too…[Read more]
thanks but i had the idea of what u meant i meant was i was curious to see if u were using that metal powder stuff for the strike freedom because that would be even nicer lol 🙂 but happy building