Over my summer holiday so far I’ve finished the MG Sazabi Ver.Ka, MG Char’s Zaku II 2.0, and PG Unicorn + LED set.
Over all, I’d rate the PG Unicorn 11/10 and I’d build it…
Looks great! Thanks for posting a picture with the other scales of Unicorns. Currently still building mine, and I have to agree with you, it’s a really great and fun build. But the cleaning up and painting of all those parts…… Forgot how many pieces a PG has. I guess that’s what they call a selective memory. LOL
Hey guys! So im new to painting(hand painting btw) and was wondering with those acrylic paints(e.g. tamiya) do i apply the paint directly or do i have to mix it with paint thinner or water???
You can apply it directly, or thinned. Make sure that you use the right thinner though, as enamel thinner will cause acrylic to glob up. Acrylic paints you should be more and fine without thinning it out.
Hello there.
Firstly, Tamiya and other Alcohol based “acrylics” need to be thinned with alcohol or Tamiya X-20A.
Acrylics like Vallejo can be thinned down with water, but I suggest using distilled water or the thinning agent made by Vallejo. Some people even use Windex or any other Ammonia based cleaning agent for it.
And second, it all depends on…[Read more]
About the retarder. You dont have to use the same brand retarder as the paint. You can use general retarder for acrylic paints and it would work good. Im using retarder from Talens with both Tamiya and Vallejo paints (from non Air lines). Vallejo Air paints already have retarder in them so there is no need to add more – also despite being…[Read more]
Ok so… I recently spent like WAY too much on gunpla lol any who I have several kits now and 3 of them are Ver Ka. I got the sazabi, the Nu and the Full Armor unicorn(all ver ka) then I have a shin musha, an Astray red frame, andthe PG Unicorn… which should I do first??? I just don’t know lol oh and i have an hg unicorn destroy mode and the bansh…[Read more]
your back log is starting to look like mine 🙂 i would recommend the FA Uni first. then the PG YOLOcorn, then the rest of the ver ka stuff. Sazabi is a monster and a shelf destroyer so make sure u got space, now that i think about it so is the FA Uni… and i think the Nu is as well but i havent finished mine yet. I don’t do HGs… so yeah my vote…[Read more]
Haha I just bought a shelf that hopefully will hold them all! I started out doin HG.. but prob not painting cause I don’t have skill haha. I will possibly paint the shin musha but waiting on an airbrush lol my pastors gonna let me borrow it!!
Do the HG’s first. Then Red Frame (should be easiest MG of the bunch), then Shin Musha and then the Katoki hell….. Start with FA Uni, then the NU (some parts are tricky) and then the Sazabi
Ok so… I recently spent like WAY too much on gunpla lol any who I have several kits now and 3 of them are Ver Ka. I got the sazabi, the Nu and the Full Armor unicorn(all ver ka) then I have a shin musha, an Astray red frame, andthe PG Unicorn… which should I do first??? I just don’t know lol oh and i have an hg unicorn destroy mode and the…[Read more]
I understand what you are saying . I also had a huge back log of kits and did not know which one to start but i would recommend you to do the Hg banshee norn
Do i need to make a new post to post more picture’s. My Outta the box build is done. But i have 6 runners of extra parts i didn’t even touch yet and i’m going to throw some of the nice yellows and reds in the BSG-FP, Trying to figure out how to get additional Pics on my already created post, so i don’t fill up the timeline and keep it more neat…[Read more]
yeah there really isn’t too much you can do if you want to keep the factory gloss finish. just do you’re best to only cut away the nubs without damaging the rest of the surface. I wouldn’t use an xacto knife, though use a modeling knife and.or a sanding stick. xacto knives are just too big.
Anyways a bunch of the nubs won’t be visible with the…[Read more]
The problematic thing about these types of kits as you said is that sanding it would remove the special finish.
Personally the only way I know of dealing with these special finish kits is being very slow and careful with a hobby knife (exact o knife) to shave off the nub without touching the finish. It can be done, albeit very slowly. If this…[Read more]
Just have to do one arm and the head. Then it’s on to the weapons. I’ll post some pictures soon. Have some difficulties uploading the pictures from my phone to the laptop.
I’ve painted all the parts so far, and I have to say, there are no issues whatsoever with parts not fitting or sanding parts to get them fitted after painting as is the case…[Read more]
Enjoy! this is a great kit. I built and applied the decals and topcoat. It looks great, paint isn’t needed but I would say to paint. Just to add that extra level of detail.
Oh, and I’m quite a big fan of the Unicorn if you didn’t guess.
No Phenex?
Looks great! Thanks for posting a picture with the other scales of Unicorns. Currently still building mine, and I have to agree with you, it’s a really great and fun build. But the cleaning up and painting of all those parts…… Forgot how many pieces a PG has. I guess that’s what they call a selective memory. LOL
Not yet, I’ll get the MG eventually but I really want to find the HG around somewhere for a reasonable price.