Most of the inner frame is cover except for the joints. But the frame is so nicely detailed I had to paint it. At least the barbatos frame is more exposed
lookin forward to the full mechanics vidar. It seems that the frame is quiet visible on it. If I think about all the work I spent on the shadow fox’s frame, that is not seen at all…
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!