Wings done and this kit looks pretty good. Its the first kit ive done in almost 10 years so its been a great learning experience, plus its the first kit ive done decals on. Just have to fight through this “weapons block” that im experiencing and this one will be ready for display.
How long have you been working on this now? This kind of awesome result makes me tempted to try get better at hand painting so I can give a full repaint a go.
I started this kit back in Feb and finished last night. Total time on the kit (yes i timed it) was roughly 85 hrs. That is not including paint dry time since i stop the clock when i put my brush down. The water slides alone were about 9 hrs worth of work. Lots of time in this kit but i think it was worth it.
When it comes to hand painting the…[Read more]
I’m sure some if not most of you will recognize this GX-9900 as the custom colored MS of Kai from After War Gundam X: Under the Moonlight. I’m using a Gunship Gray and a Gloss Black, then adding a top coat of matte finish.
Done with the main part of this kit, just need to finish up the wings and weapons. Decided to finish with a gloss top coat, really makes the kit pop. Can’t wait to finish this kit so i can get back on my custom color Sazabi Ver.Ka
No sign of silvering and i waited a day or two before i top coated with an acrylic gloss so looks like im in the clear. The only issues that i ran into were the larger spikes on the knees got some serious stress marks from me removing the parts to decal and top coat. also got a really bad stress crack in the shoulder armor joint that connects to…[Read more]
I have been building some unicorn high grades . The banshee norn gold plastic and stickers make it look horrid in its straight build form , something to fix at a later date ….
Building the MG Unicorn. Painted all the white armor parts with a light coat of pearl to add a little more character to them, can’t really tell in the pictures though. It’s been a really fun build so far