Even its the classic Gundam colors you did a great job making it not look like a toy. I first thought it was a bit over the top weathered, but in detail i comes out with an almost perfect Illusion of a heavy armored machine in small scale.
Thanks for comments..i had plan not to do weathering on that because to make it shine & give it glossy .. mybe i should try doing that technique on clear parts in future.
My first attempt weathering gunpla kit… just playing around with Real Touch Markers & pastel dust. Not the best looks but half way decent for my taste.
Great result!!! If you don’t mind me asking, didn’t the Modelmaking Guru post pics of your work on FaceBook? Could have sworn I commented on this build over there (very positive of course) 😉
Just started building the OVA version a day ago (gonna take a few months I guess)…. How did you do the sleeves if you don’t mind me asking, they look great!!!
That sleeves had made me crazy. I tried to apply reverse wash but not good to me, then do masking & paint it but not so pretty either. Lastly i go direct handpaint suprisingly its look better!
If you hadn’t mentioned it, I wouldn’t have noticed there is something off…. Was it a post-shading job?
If that was the case, a little tip for the next time, first do the darker tone for the edges and then fill in the large surfaces with the lighter tone. Did that same technique as you did on a Zaku once, my ldumb luck was that the colour lended…[Read more]
@Daverb _ You’re absolutely right. In my early days of building gunpla i do like the kit with the clean looks but now not much. Post shading is much better than nothing it should make your kit more realistic even it’s not painted.
As a teetee580 first said he do a dark tone like grey along the edges & give a fill light shade of white on large surfaces. For more tips & tutorial please checkout in youtube, you can always find a many great videos from the pro.
Such a great idea with even better results. I should try this myself one day!