Hey ho! Going through my older builds, thought I would show you the Geara Zulu I rattled off. Did this one for funsies, I wanted ot take a break for full repaint builds, so…
Actually there was no sponging on this at all – I used chipping fluid and Ammo Streaking Grime ^_^
I build in subassemblies – on a full paint job that can be a hundred parts on skewers being painted up, but for this build I detailed some bits before assembly, and then weathered the sub-units e.g. legs, arms, torso, head etc. I painted loads of…[Read more]
Chipping Fluid,gives you this result.. I always use a proxxon for chiping and put the fluid back into the box. I have to try it. Actually the two 1/35 scale mechas I built lately are perfect for this. Some tips or technics?
The trick is you are using enamels over the chipping fluid, not acrylics. Basically, spray on your chipping fluid as normal, then AS SOON as it is dry, I sprayed over a light coat of Ammo by Mig Streaking Grime (enamel). Then AS SOON as that is on the model, gently work over the streaking grime with a brush moistened in water, and it hopefully…[Read more]
I see Isee. So it is just the streaking you create with this technic. I thought the actuall chipping too. But this was made by drybrushing. But I found some other ejtertaining Playlists in your channel. I have an unpainted Stein on my shelf and a few Ideas in my head. Maybe your budgetbuild is giving me some insoirations. I would have all the…[Read more]
The Mig stuff is just really nice to use for weathering – it’s what Mig is known for. AK Interactive have similar products (Mig Jimenez used to work for them before he left to set up Ammo by Mig) and essentially they are designed for specific weathering effects so that you don’t have to make your own by mixing or thinning enamel paints. I haven’t…[Read more]
I have a c9mplete set of artist oil colors and always wanted to to try using it as washes. But as someone said… now you have to wait for at least 5!days… I lost all my interrest .. 😀
Never used Mig stuff, but I like the idea of having a metalball in the bottle. Vellejo has also a hughe set of effect and weathering paints. And far bejond.…[Read more]
Hey guys, got a question, besides the sticker sheet and dry transfers, what type of decals are included in both the Strike Rouge ver RM and the Unicorn OVA ver?
Hey folks! Thought you might like to see my recently completed 1/60 No Grade Strike, all painted up with acrylics, enamels, oils, and Mr Metal Colours for the frame. A fun build, if a little basic in the kit features. It’s not a PG but a little effort make make a fine cabinet filler ^_^
This is one serious build. In that scale you can go completely nuts with the paintjob. Surely took some tike, but the result is more that sattisfying. Great one!
The long combined axes looks cool but unfortunately due to the wrist guard, there’s not much posing options-they should have made the whole forearm rotateable to solve that and guessing by the pictures on the box, I’m sure they realised that too!
The axes lighting up in the Shield together with a Light up saber. I’ve made provisions to light up everything at the same time! As for the cables I think that if I use a dark background and arrange them properly, they won’t be that noticeable!
I’m quite pleased I was able to keep the distinct circle of the mono-eye. How I did it? I painted the clear part with black except the back(where the LED is placed) and the front.
I used the 0603 SMDs. I used tweezers held by elastic bands to hold the SMDs firmly then bluetacks to hold the wires in place while soldering. It can be quite tricky. All the best!
Seriously.. this is the 5th time I tried to upload my pictures, but they got lost allways. Its uploading em all, but in the End they disappear.
This sucks.. :C
Most Alclad paints are lacquer based. They have some enamels in their range, mostly the clear paints and they have a water based clear gloss.
They high shine paints from Alclad need a black gloss (white seems to work to, so I’ve seen that is) base coat. If this base colour is sanded and buffed before applying the main coat, the end result will be…[Read more]
Ok the usual gloss black primer. I have several chrome and silver colors, but am not absolutely sattisfied. I have seen Alclad high gloss clear used in several plamu tsugurou episodes, but never this polished aluminum. I hope i can get it in germany.
Du you spray a thin or thik layer? like a glosspaint, creating a single surface? Or do you even…[Read more]
I use an airbrush. I spray the gloss black base coat, let it dry overnight. Then I lightly spray the aluminum, it will start to look like metal after a few passes. I let that dry overnight as well. You have to use the aqua clear. If not, you loose the metal effect. It will look like a silver paint
Ok. I think I will do some testseries with combinations of different chrome and clear paints. Never thought about the clreargloss to be the most vital component. Always tried to get the finish out of the chrome/silver itself.
You need to use a gloss black first for alclad to get the most reflection for the shiny metals. I also have a powder you wipe on a glossy blue to get a polished stainless steel look
Finished applying the HG decals, or most of them, maybe like 95% of them. The decals are not numbered and I had to use the MG ver Ka manual Sinanju as reference to know what…
Forgot to mention that the decals fit well, meaning except for the opening hatches, the HG and RG are identical in appearance. I also bought fully articulated hands for my kit and fitted magnets to them. Those little hands are very fragile. Could have used the RG hands but I couldn’t glue the magnets to them as I believe they are coated with an…[Read more]
Jeez, that looks great!!!!
Got those hands too in 1/100 scale. On the MG Destiny they look great, tried them on the MG Wing Zero and they looked way too big.
As the Sinanju is a really big suit, the hands a just the right size in my opinion.
Bought the rounded fingers in 1/100 scale for my MG Sinanju, but the rounded ones from that line are way…[Read more]
Thanks. Yeah got the 1/100 square ones too. Bought the 1/144 and the 1/100 for the MG Sengoku and the RG Red Frame, but they were too big in both cases-I believe they are for big MS like Sinanju and Nu gundams. But they are really fragile-they should have used ball joints at the knuckles like the MG ver ka hands. There are better 3rd party…[Read more]
UUUuuhh.. metalic purple, shiny metalcolors and nice detailling. this might end up awesome!!
You have to show more of it during the process.
Love it already.
Also I did use some leftover waterslide decals from other gunpla for flavour, I think the MG Full Armor Unicorn IIRC.
Also I hate the fact you can’t edit posts to correct horrendous typing errors. SIGH.
Nice use of spongeweathering.
Dobyou paint during build, or do you drybuild first und paint it lateron in groups.?
Actually there was no sponging on this at all – I used chipping fluid and Ammo Streaking Grime ^_^
I build in subassemblies – on a full paint job that can be a hundred parts on skewers being painted up, but for this build I detailed some bits before assembly, and then weathered the sub-units e.g. legs, arms, torso, head etc. I painted loads of…[Read more]
Chipping Fluid,gives you this result.. I always use a proxxon for chiping and put the fluid back into the box. I have to try it. Actually the two 1/35 scale mechas I built lately are perfect for this. Some tips or technics?
The trick is you are using enamels over the chipping fluid, not acrylics. Basically, spray on your chipping fluid as normal, then AS SOON as it is dry, I sprayed over a light coat of Ammo by Mig Streaking Grime (enamel). Then AS SOON as that is on the model, gently work over the streaking grime with a brush moistened in water, and it hopefully…[Read more]
sweet thx
I see Isee. So it is just the streaking you create with this technic. I thought the actuall chipping too. But this was made by drybrushing. But I found some other ejtertaining Playlists in your channel. I have an unpainted Stein on my shelf and a few Ideas in my head. Maybe your budgetbuild is giving me some insoirations. I would have all the…[Read more]
The Mig stuff is just really nice to use for weathering – it’s what Mig is known for. AK Interactive have similar products (Mig Jimenez used to work for them before he left to set up Ammo by Mig) and essentially they are designed for specific weathering effects so that you don’t have to make your own by mixing or thinning enamel paints. I haven’t…[Read more]
I have a c9mplete set of artist oil colors and always wanted to to try using it as washes. But as someone said… now you have to wait for at least 5!days… I lost all my interrest .. 😀
Never used Mig stuff, but I like the idea of having a metalball in the bottle. Vellejo has also a hughe set of effect and weathering paints. And far bejond.…[Read more]
^_^
The more I go through your channel, the more l think that Vallejo and Mig is almost the same. ^^
Fairly similar I suspect ^_^