I added more clay to the back of the body and added more detail around the body.
I created the screw effect by pushing a hollow tube into the clay and then using a flat head screw driver I pushed the head into the middle of the circle to create a screw head look.
Since this is my first kit I didn’t have any weapons so I picked up the system weapon 02. I feel that the heat hawk will look good when I’m finished. I really like the huge sword that the Barbatos Lupus comes with but just one weapon to choose from for final pictures isn’t enough.
Painted the hair and face today. May need to touch up eyebrows. 1/20 Ma.K Red hair Ace.
Sigh Chin strap broke off and fell into palette. Will fix it tomorrow
The eyes really sell it. And you caught the expression well. One eye brow is a little longer but they don’t need to be exactly the same…
Folds on the towel are also great.
Learning a lot from this paint job, made a lot of mistakes. Everything is painted and awaiting decals. Gotta love Walmart bought spray paint( granted it isn’t Walmart brand).
More work in progress on thr NG Exia
Have finally got time to sharpen the blades. I stuck plastic card to lengthen and sharpen without loosing it’s length
If you are able to switch to an airbrush in the future you will get a lot more primer for your money – but you have the $100 to $200 for the airbrush set up…
Can we all take a moment to appreciate these Gundam Marker Sets? They were great for the inner frame details on this 1/100! Although one thing that made some problems was that the painted bits started running after the gloss coat.
Yeah these alcohol based markers will destroy the RG frames… but I don’t know if there is a paint that won’t damage them. GM are great for these hard plastics though!
That’s right, these are photo-etch. You can find sets of these for different scales/ time periods/ countries/ even army or navy. I prefer the ones that are made from brass more because they are easy to bend for a more natural look. Also there are paper ones that can be found sometimes.
Thanks I will go look for them, cos I am doing the Bandai, Star Wars 1/48 Snowspeeder, and am looking to add some details like seat belts in the seats.
I’m not a huge fan of Eduard’s new line of PE’s called self-adhersive which is a mess, IMO, cuz you’d still have to cut and sand every part. It sticks to tweezers & pliers. But sometimes there’s no alternative available.
There’s another kind of PE from China that’s ultra thin. Thinner than paper. Like for a warship. Way too easy to break. This is…[Read more]
Your best bet is to buy a generic 1/48 seatbelt PE sets cuz I don’t think there’s any Star Wars PE sets. Not popular enough. Most of the PEs are made for aircraft, tanks, vessels & cars.
You could detail the Snowspeeder with putty, tack-on (blue), masking tape as seatbelts, solder iron & electric wires.
So this’ll be my entry for the competition.
The Su-33 from Ace Combat 6 with the Idolm@ster skin.
I’ll be using the Aires resin Cockpit and Exhaust sets, the Wolfpack wheel bay set and replacing some of the missiles and parts of the pylons with the ones from the Eduard set for the Mig-29.
I’m currently doing the 1/100 Graze Custom.
I don’t think it’s really going to be competition worthy but I was gonna do it anyway so why not post it here until my main entry arrives!