We’ve been busy building this past weekend and Syd is set to show off the newest Master Grade while Lindsay and Anna have some Kotobukiya kits they had the pleasure of assembling. Plus Ryan drools over the […]
totally thought i would hate the dark matter… but after this episode… i desperately want it…why do you do this to me!!!!!!!!????????? seriously love this show and am hugely greatful for it! keep up theawesome work and get me all the gunpla news i can take! Syd have a good Holiday!!! build till your heart is content!
Hi Syd and Ryan, I have a question, how can I identify a waterslide decal? Because I’m pretty confused between the Regular stickers and the waterslides. Great show, keep it up. And one more thing, ” GUNPLA IS FREEDOM!!! ” ^_^
Waterslides have a light blue backing on kits done by kotobukyia and Bandai. (I am unsure of what other companies do but I think they all use the same color.) Stickers are on a green backing and foil stickers have silver backing.
You won’t be able to get the waterslide off of the backing. And you will be able to do so with the sticker. Once you try working with waterslides you’ll get the hang of how to differentiate one and the other just by a glance. I don’t use regular stickers any more and go for waterslides whenever I can. When there’s no waterslides I tend to wait until someone makes a set and then continue with the kit itself. One other thing, I’m a painter so waterslides look much, much better. With the unpainted kit, I guess the regular stickers work just as good. It would sure make your life easier.
The stickers on a sticker sheet are bordered by unused sticker material. Waterslide decals have no such excess material; each decal is self-contained. Also, like Daniel said, waterslides can’t be peeled off their backing the way stickers can.
Nice episode Syd, ryan, Anna and Lindsey!And thanks to Lindsey I’ve now realized Soul Caliber 3 has a Cosmos costume and not a random anime costume.
Syd and Ryan after your debacle with R2D2 and C3-PO It reminds me of this awesome star wars parody done by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5W8EBHNsLc
All of the new kits look great 😀 Gundam Exia with Dark Matter colors would look awesome, first MG of the year is a success!! Great to see another episode, keep it up 🙂
I am really impressed with the Exia Dark Matter seeing it built now. at first I though with only the 2 main colors, both being kind of dark, would make it muddy looking, but not at all. Iw ill definitely have to get one of those now.
Oh and Dark Matter comes from Nibblonian poop and is super heavy.
Thanks for another great show.
It’s a shame you’ll be leaving us for a few weeks Syd, but you deserve the time off. I wish you a great vacation and hope you’ll have lots of fun with your family and friends back in Canada!
Will the MG Exia Dark Matter destroy its HG version in terms of quality? Buy both to find out! I already have the HG model of the Exia DM and I absolutely love its design.
I have a questions for the MG Exia Dark Matter:
Does the neck have light piping for the head?
I noticed looking at scans of the manual that I found online there’s a transparent light piping that feeds through the chest area where the GN Drive LED is and leads to the neck. So I was wondering if the eyes would light up too if you put in LED.
Great episode guys and gals. Much appreciated as always.
Syd… have a safe trip, and a fun, relaxing (and much deserved) vacation. I’m sure the great white north misses you. And don’t forget to watch the Sharks kick some Vancouver butt tomorrow night!
so it comes with exia parts? that means this one can be customed into the amazing exia by simply custom painting ~~!! looks like I know what to get my brother for his birthday this year.
Nice episode. I was actually considering getting the KOS-MOS kit, so seeing it was nice. I will probably get it next month. The Exia Dark Matter also looks better than I thought… though I am unsure if I should get the MG or HG.
If you had to choose, which would you take? Is the MG really worth it?
Also a question if anyone knows: I want to spray the yellow / cheap gold pieces of my HGUC Banshee Norn Destroy Mode in a proper HD gold. I already got the can of it. Question: Will I need to prime the pieces first or will just a coat of gold work? I was going to test on a piece of the runner, but if anyone has done something similar, let me know.
Also a question for gold: How would you coat it? I have an HG Shiranui Akatsuki waiting as well. I don’t want to flat coat them, would a gloss coat work? Or should you not coat gold at all?
Priming is always a good first step. It textures the plastic and provides a surface for paint to grab hold and stick as well as a nice, neutral color from which to work. You don’t HAVE to prime first, but priming will definitely help the final look.
(Try out both styles on a gold runner if you still have it. Compare/contrast the finishes and go from there.)
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The technique I see used most often is actually
1) prime black (or prime gray then spray flat black), then
2) spray silver, then
3) spray thin coats of clear yellow/orange/etc. until you get your desired gold (or other metallic color) finish
But since you’ve got the gold, there’s no harm in using it.
As far as coating goes, you can do whatever works for you. Gloss coats are fine. The major thing to make sure of is that the chemicals of the paints and clear coats don’t adversely affect each other. Again, practice on a spare piece of plastic would be good.
hay guys i just want to tell you i found you on youtube and im impressed with what i seen dont worry i did subscribe, (this is my first video ive seen) and ill start getting my gundams from you. i did want to ask what (PG) model you would recommend for some one that has not made one yet? cant wait for the next video till next time peace bros
Hi Syd and Rye…
Nice show as always…
I think the red color of Dark Matter should be a little darker bloody red color and a little bit like sinanju but darker…
I don’t really like that pinkish kind of red cause it making the kit somewhat less aggressive…
Well just a thought…
Thanks Syd and Rye…
Say hi to your yellow Sinanju Syd…
Hi,
the model is now primed and I hope to airbrush it soon..
Meanwhile I worked on the base.
Started by cutting a piece of wood, and adding som foamcore to it to make it a bit…
It no gundam but its a plastic kit non the less, its DMK06 optimus Prime from age of extinction, I stripped the inner frame apart and completely repainted it, the decal was a…
Couple pics of the Hyaku Shiki from the Gunpla Expo. The gold seems to be like the HD version, I like it. I’m also fond of the details, especially on the wings/binders.
Also a pic of the Red Zeta because I think it looks bad-ass, pity it’s an online exclusive, don’t feel like spending extra to get it.
Interesting if Bandai does it. Chrome was the normal version of 1.0, and the matte gold like the 2.0 was the HD version, which was limited and more of a premium at the time.