#painting gunpla

[magos-mallard]

Phase one done with the Schwartzette! Now to move on to making the minis style base. Really happy with how it turns out.

The sword even glows when I turn the brightness down.

[roboyfriend]

by sk studio

[bkyngw]

yeehaw

[canopiancatboy]

A fun project I took on after I realized I didn't have the shelf space for all the gunpla I would like. I'll just make em battletech scale instead. Here's my 6 standard Zaku ii I printed n painted

[yamada-ryo]

1/144 HG Gundvölva custom complete!

[athena-gunpla]

HGUC 1/144 E.F.S.F Mass-Production Locality Specialization Type Mobile Suit RGM-79D "GM Cold Districts Type"

More GMs!!! I had a lot of fun with the old 2001 GM, the new 2023 'The Origin' GM Missile Pod, and the GM Sniper II, so of course I had to continue the collection.

The GM Cold Districts Type is a suit that briefly appears in the opening scene of the OVA "0080: War in the Pocket". It's a pretty basic redesign of the classic GM, with the large star removed from the shield, and extra vents added to the face (resembling the GM Sniper II from the same series) and shoulders, and an antenna added to the back of the head.

This kit in particular is from 2003 and reuses a lot of the moulds from the 2001 GM kit. However, this kit seems to have a lot of drawbacks as well. While the shoulders have been competent redesigned in a manner that resembles more contemporary kits (and makes them much more secure), the actual shoulder joint is a peg directly moulded into the torso rather than being a ball joint or hinged peg like most other kits. This gives the shoulders very limited range of movement.

The kit also has the disappointing old solid plastic beam saber, with the hand itself moulded into the saber hilt as well! This is a really bizzare choice even for 2003, so I discarded the beam sabers that came with the kit and re-used a spare from my Origin RX-78-2 alongside a beam effect, which looks a lot better.

I spent a lot of time detailing this kit. I used the old waterslide decal sheet for the 2001 GM rather than the limited foil stickers that came with the kit. I also tried a weathering method @radiofreemagica told me about where i sponged on black onto the sharp angles and high points, then drybrushed over the top with gunmetal. I also sponged on Vallejo pale brown and light rust in key areas to accentuate the weathered effect.

This was my second time using the Tamiya weathering set D on gunpla as well. I used the orange and blue on the gun to give a heat blueing effect, and the "oil stain" pigment worked great over rust areas to even out the light grey plastic.

I think the overall effect worked especially nicely on the darker torso and shield. I also had to paint the face vents, rear camera, back of the shield, and shoulder vents, as well as the yellow waist V logo and the grey border on the bottom two chest vents, so be aware if you're not a fan of colour correcting kits. Also, as always for UC kits, I did the inside of the booster jets in red.

This kit comes with limited hand options, with a single left open hand, left open fist, and right pistol grip, which was a little disappointing as I'm used to at least one open fist for each hand.

It also comes with a really neat machine gun with a large side magazine, triangular stock, and open bolt detail like a Sten MK II, but with an additional underslung grenade launcher.

Unfortunately the stock placement and large square forearms make posing the gun rather difficult, and there's only really one pose that works.

Overall I had a lot of fun building and weathering this kit, and I think I've really improved in making it look less plasticky. I think it's a great kit to round out anyone's collection, although I can't recommend it to gunpla beginners.

Thanks again to @radiofreemagica for the weathering tips!

[zazagundam]

Thought I'd try another method of weathering on one of my fav suits, the Gouf Custom, while working on my current comm :3333

[kaban-bang]

Working on the Aerial playhouse playset

[auxryn]

Finally finally finished the Tau gundam models.

The accessories took a heck of a long time.

I used the high-mobility zaku for a ColdStar SunForge unit:

Starscythe team:

Fireknife team:

I used Char's zaku for the Enforcer commanders. Prototype weapons used to fill out missing cyclic ion blasters and high volume burst cannons.

Group picture!

The project was pretty cheap and I'm very happy with the results. Now I can focus on orks for the rest of the month.

[eldritchpencil]

Tiny, messy paintjobs of the original three gundam protagonists!

[bagea]

finally got around to taking photos of my revamped/slightly kitbashed old 1/100th acguy kit

[magos-mallard]

Completed the body. Painting the guardian sword is harder than I thought it would be.

[roboyfriend]

9999

[tornadoarts]

THE WITCHES FROM EARTH✨🌙

[canopiancatboy]

My Master Grade Gramps has been taunting me at 90% completion for weeks while I fuck around with Magic card and MechWarrior so I finally finished him last night

I didn't really grasp the height difference between this monster and a normal 1:144 HG or RG kit, the sheer mass of the panels had put me off for a while after I built him

It's a good kit, but the dedication to having removable core section for the fighter means the midsection is a little iffy, I'd have preferred a solid skeleton

Anyways back to disappearing for another month or whenever I finish a project next

[yamada-ryo]

1/144 HGUC Zaku ii MS-06R-1A (Custom Tricolour Blue Camo) Complete!

2nd custom built and 1st time using polycaps, not sure if I'm a fan of them yet as it's too early to tell how they'll hold up. Mix of stickers from the kit and spare decals from a MiG-31.