Hi all. new here and to this layout of “forum”. have recently started getting into some Gundam etc figures but still to start my first build.
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Woo finished my HG Pucchiguy ! Gave him a little dark flare. Designs and paint job based of concept art for The Flood in Halo 3. I’ll be entering this in a contest I hope I win something !
Hi all, i just started on this hobby (just finished my 6th kit). can somebody tell me is there the best way the apply the eye sticker on gundam’s head(especially those tiny ones on the real grade) . For me the head part is the soul of gundam kit. it’s always frustrated me when i cant properly aligned the eye sticker on the head it really ruined…[Read more]
Welcome to the hobby! Hope you’ll enjoy it as much as i do.
Myself, I use the hobbyknife”s point to peal off the sticker, insuring the blunt side of the knife is facing up, so I don’t cut in the actual sticker itself. I make sure the knife is placed on the long side of the sticker and as most in the middle of this side as possible. The knife is…[Read more]
Hi @teetee580, thanks alot for your detailed and informative tips, much appreciated. As i always line up my stricker from the side way of the eyes part of the kit and hope for the best, yours techniques makes more sense and minimize the chance of ruining the eye sticker.
I had no idea you can paint the eyes, especially on the 1/144 scale kit, it…[Read more]
Here is my finished Barbatos 1/100. Painted the inner frame, did some detail painting for the armour including some bronze and gold accents, added a Tekkadan symbol on the backpack (hand painted, not great but not bad), clear coated and then and lined/weathered a bit.
Here is my finished Barbatos 1/100. Painted the inner frame, did some detail painting for the armour including some bronze and gold accents, added a Tekkadan symbol on the backpack (hand painted, not great but not bad), clear coated and then and lined/weathered a bit.