sup guys! so i bought the theatrical release edition of the banshee & unicorn gundam, is there anything i could do to make it look more shiny/glossy? out of the box they look dull and flat.
think the standard reply would be use a really high gloss clear coat or future floor polish, but since these kits are clear I don’t really think you should do that so I really don’t think there is anything that you’d really want to do to them. clear kits are kinda tricky like that.
well i guess if u want u could give up the clear psycho frame and made a silver base over clear color to produce more shinniess but overall the idea of using gloss clear is not good ull fog up the clear color so dont do that
I’ve heard of some people dipping canopies of model planes in Future Floor Polish. But if this gives this the result you are looking for…..?
There is an other option, you could try finding some normal pearl powder. I say normal, because most come with a color shading. This means that some pearl powder come with a pigment which gives a green,…[Read more]
no if it was pand it would have black around its eyes the color takeing after a black and white house cat with a pink nose and pads as well the inner ear being pink.
Well @teetee580 I thought customs would hit me for holding it but it turns out that they were just holding onto it for some reason, no tax whatsoever.
I love that along with…
Though if I did have to pay a customs fee it would have been a good $100-150 NZD. I do recommend shipping LEDs separate from the Unicorn itself to save money.
That’s great to hear!!! This is my first Unicorn, so seeing the box compared to the MG and HG ones makes me realize how big of a kit it is.
I know how you feel, hope the LED’s come in really quick. I have to wait to get the paint in, gonna paint all the parts individually except the psycho frame of course, so it will take some time before it is…[Read more]
Unfortunately I’m no good at painting so this’ll just be a straight build but I’ll be sure to take a picture of all the unicorns together.
The Unicorn is probably my favorite design in Gundam along with the Turn X and Z’Gok so I’ve picked up every retail release of the Unicorn/Banshee except for the MG Phenex. A little excessive I know :P.
acutually i was thinking about that psyho frame would it be possible to paint up the pink with a clear red to make the clear peices darker i mean wouldnt it have a nicer effect instead of that pink i always see
I recently bought a Gundam LED kit and a couple of MG Kits (Strike Rouge and an older version of the Freedom). These are my first MG kits. I thought they would have a space for the LEDS, but they don’t appear to. Does anyone know what MG kits can take the LEDs?
The MG Nu Ver.Ka., the MG Hi-Nu Ver.Ka., the R/E100 Nightingale, the MG Sazabi Ver.Ka., the MG Gundam RX 78-2 ver. 3.0, the MG Geara Doga, the MG Jesta, the MG 00 Raiser, the MG 00 Seven Sword, the MG 00 Qan(T), the MG Gundam Exia Ignition Mode, the MG Gundam Exia (and the Trans Am Mode), the MG GN-X, the MG RX 75 Guntank. and the MG RMS-108…[Read more]
Thanks! I’ll do that. Will take some time though, as I have to finish the MG Hi-Nu Ver.Ka first. Only the fin funnels have to get a spray of faded purple….
Hope your one gets quickly to you. Hope you’ll enjoy it as well
Thanks man. Yeah I’m working on the HGUC Full armor Unicorn at the moment to set things off. This is going to be my first PG how about yourself? I was going to pick up the MK2 for an Xmas gift for myself then they announced this and I was like yeah MK2 can wait another year.
Looking good, it’s looking like I’ll be waiting a little longer on mine as customs may be trying to charge me for the Unicorn. Fortunately not the LEDs as well.
This will be my 2nd PG. The first was the Astray Red Frame. And at the same time, it was my 1st Gunpla. I was also thinking of picking up an other PG, but couldn’t decide LOL. There are too many awesome PG’s….
Damn, that’s a shame. Hoped you could skip taxes all together by shipping them separately.
Dutch customs did a good number on me as well. About $100 US. Had to pay taxes over the kit, as well as over the shipping costs… And they billed me for “calculating” that amount. And then there is the postal office. They want money too for picking it up at…[Read more]
nice load im gunna wait for until next month or february to get it ive still got my own hi nu gundam i gotta do and my sazabi i gotta paint up might i ask u @teetee580 how r u planing on doing the faded purple i was thinking maybe do a section for the funnels line them all up and then use the airbrush to spray up the purple so it looks even and…[Read more]
Thanks @thebanshee13! Hahaha, I know I’ll have fun with that beast LOL.
I was thinking doing it the same way, but only starting with the white first. Being that the purple is a stronger color than the white, it’ll take more coats of white to cover the purple.
I hope the Unicorn will be in stock when you plan to order it, gonna order the LED’s…[Read more]
I love this exia 🙂 Took the legs from MG Qan[t] so it’s kind of like a custom, maybe hehe..weapons are painted with gun metal and that’s about it. Put some sticker and did…
Heya guys , I just got an airbrush ,painted parts of my kit in flat black ,but it gets damaged too easy, how can I protect the coat ? Will letting the paint dry for 2-3 weeks help in that ? Tnx for the help
If you want to have the color stay matte/flat, you definitely shouldn’t use “Future Pledge” as this gives the paint a gloss coat. In other words, the flat black paint will turn into a gloss black.
If you used a enamel paint, let it cure for 3 to 4 days. Enamels take long to cure, but are very scratch resistant.
Lacquer paints are tough too and…[Read more]
Apparently, your gunpla backlog gets prrretty bad when you keep buying stuff but don’t build anything for close to a decade, haha. After helping out my cousins and niece build…
Sooooooo excited!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just got the payment request for the PG Unicorn and LED set! Payed right away and got it in my Private Warehouse a minute later!
Had it send out A.S.A.P. All bills payed, now waiting for my early Christmas present to come in. Thanks to the great folks at HLJ for the fast replies and early “In Stock”…[Read more]
Mines has been shipped so it says several hours ago. May I ask, are you in the US? If so, have you ordered from HLJ before? FedEx shipping says 2 to 5 days, I’m curious ad to how accurate that is. Congrats though! Can’t wait to find a beast being delivered to my home!
Congrats to you too! I hope you’ll enjoy it. Unfortunately I don’t live in the US, but in the Netherlands, so can’t say how accurate the shipping estimations are for you. However, this is my 5th order from HLJ, and for me the estimations are rather accurate. Not in two days, but mostly in 4 days. But you’ll get a tracking code via your mail, it…[Read more]
You’re welcome! Yeah, HLJ does a great job!!! Hope you get the money for the FA soon, guessing it’ll be sold out soon. Wish you all the luck with it. And of course, hope you’ll enjoy your build.
I just set mine up to ship, though I shipped the Unicorn and LEDs separately to try avoid NZ customs. The minimum price for customs fees to incur varies between NZD $300 and $400 so often it’s hard to know if anything will make it through…
it must be nice you two to have money for Gunpla as I ended up having to cancel my order because I had zero money to even pay for my PG Unicorn which really doesn’t amuse me at all
I’m very sorry to hear that. I hope things turn out for the better. It wasn’t my intention to offend you or anyone else. Hope you don’t hold a grudge against us. And if it makes you feel better, I worked my #ss off to get the extra money……. I sincerely hope you’ll be able to order one from the next batch and have a nice holiday despite your setback