WiP #6. I snapped the rest of chest and waist together last night. And found that the waist looks horrible on the AGE-2’s chest. (IMO that is). So to fix this I’m going to build up the AGE-2’s waist section and use it instead.
WiP #5:
I have the head, and rifle completely assembled. I’ve had to repaint the beam parts cause my masking tap stripped it all off. In terms of what needs to be done to finish it. The beam weapons need to be detailed, and the shins need to be clear coated. The action base also needs painting. Tonight I hope to get a few of that addressed and…[Read more]
I’ve finally finished all the masking, and I’m ready to lay down my final layers of paint. So hopefully I’ll have some assembly photos to post up over the weekend. But for now, check out the AGE-2s rifle in Tamiya Gunmetal. I have found a new love for that paint.
Straight plastic. No primer used. For this I love the way it looks. It looks awesome for a weapon. Would putting a black primer under it make it darker?
Yep, a black undercoat will make it darker. Remember my Evil Qan[T]? All of the originally blue parts were painted with Tamiya Gun Metal with a gloss black undercoat. Came out a grungy black-ish metallic compared to a slightly grungy metallic grey.
I think no undercoat for those rifles looks tasty, though.