Getting back on the RG RX-78-2 after finishing up the epyon. Lots of details packed in such a tiny kit. I think the water slides look so much better than the RG stickers.
Thanks HF. I do think I am getting better because I am fooling the advise of those that came before me. I’m still prone to stupid mistakes when I rush a kit tho.
Just a small update on one of my current builds and a HUGE thank you for everyone who helped steer me toward the RG line. The amount of detail in these kits is staggering and…
Gloss coat it and do a grey/black wash. You can get a ready wash paint from ex. Vallejo (love and hate those paints) or MIG.
Or you could do it yourself. Acrylic gloss coat and then dillute a emanel paint with zippo lighter fuel.
The Sword Impulse is done. This is my very first painted MG kit and it has some flaws but I like how it turned out. Definitely the most time consuming build I have done so far.
PG chars zaku 2 wip. Finally got the eye to light up after much swearing at the wiring 🙂 slow progress due to work and other commitments but its a great build and highly recommended if you can get hold of one at a good price.
It was mostly a fun build, and at the end, I just built towards the transform mode I wanted to display in. The end result looks pretty good so I’m happy.
The recipe for the metallic blue is: Tamiya Gunmetal, Createx transparent blue, Tamiya clear blue.
The Tamiya gunmetal I used wasn’t very well mixed and was coming out quite bright, so you might want to go with a aluminum or similar to achieve the bright blue effect. You can see what better mixed gunmetal looks like on the sides of the legs where…[Read more]
thanks I actualy use gun metal alot, but I never tought of applying clear coats over it, I usually do silver chrome and clear colours over it, (i think it’s called candy finish) but that gives the illusion of tinted glass instead of a metallic colour. ill try your technique on the future, thanks for the tip!
Yes, it’s very much like a candy coat, but with darker results with less bling. I also do the clear Tamiya colours over the Createx pearl colours which also produces a great result. You can see that on the red pieces on this kit.
Got those last parts top coated, finished the assembly and applied the water slide decals today. Everything is back apart and ready for one last spray of dull coat.
First, I sprayed them with a clear lacquer dull coat so my paints would stick. Next, I sprayed Tamiya clear red to change the original pink color. After that, I carefully sprayed some Tamiya white on the ends of each beam effect part followed with some more Tamiya Clear Yellow on top of the white fading into the red. This is the first time I’ve…[Read more]
Just waiting for the top coat to dry so i can finish the assembly of the head. I couldn’t get the water slide to look right to me, so i used a sharpie to color in the lens on the mono eye. Testing with an LED light seems to have a nice effect, so hopefully the LED i order will work.
I’m using some crappy acrylics but with pretty solid results. The light green is called palm leaf, the dark green is English ivy and the purple is purple pansy. They are cheap crafting acrylics, but i have been thinning them and getting them to work out for me. also I’m using krylon crystal clear acrylic top coat if you were curious.