#pgu

[thatonelesbianthatbuildsgundams]

It begins!

Been putting off building this kit for a while but I think I'm finally ready to get started. I've been itching for the same kind of build as the MGEX Strike Freedom and it looks like this is gonna be it.

[sylviegunpla]

Gunpla: Completed Collection of Minis Part 1: EFSF Alliance

Here's all the minis i've painted over the past few months!! They are as complete as they're gonna get and also top-coated and everything now. Let's run down the list under the cut! I've also rephotographed them on a matt that has scale, and using a ringlight. Each square on the matte is half-centimeter square, to appreciate the tiny scale of these guys. You'll notice that i have some duplicate figures above. Various people have gifted me some figs, so you can also see the evolution of my mini painting techniques in some of them. Because of tumblr post image limits, i'm splitting this up into multiple galleries. I will start with a gallery of minis associated with the "EFSF" (Earth Federation Space Force) group from the Gundam series.

PG Unleashed RX-78-2: Amuro Ray and Sayla Mass

I've already posted these guys but let's ass some scale, for fun.

I don't have much new to say about these guys, except that they were the first figures i painted in my "second run" of figure painting. I'll go into more detail about this later. I painted them and the others according to the color guide provided in the manual, as best i could. I think Sayla's collar badges could be done better and tbh, i can still fix that. I'll give an update if i do. Anyway, this kit came with TWO pilot figurines that sit inside the core fighter / cockpit. I present to you images of them in their homes:

This also serves as a preview for some parts of the PGU! I don't believe i made a post yet about the final build. I still need to do that, as well as edit the VODs of the build (the painting was also done on camera! ... mostly. I did some touchups off camera). This is the core fighter, and if you want you can put it inside the mobile suit, but there's no reason to. So i prefer to have it displayed outside, because there's a separate "core block" that you can also put inside the gundam, and it also has its own pilot!

Let's move on. I have many more Amuros for you. But first, a diversion! (EDIT: Turns out tumblr posts can only have 30 images at once. I was originally going to put Tobia Arronax here, but then i wouldn't be able to include the full set of EFSF characters here. So go check out the first entry of the part 2 post here: https://www.tumblr.com/sylviegunpla/753409506351939584/gunpla-completed-collection-of-minis-part-2 and then come back to this post)

MG 2.0 RX-78-2: Amuro Ray

This is the civilian outfit Amuro from the MG 2.0 kit. This was one of the "first runs" of minis i painted, i think in Fall 2023. I was convinced i could panel line it and make it look good. Honestly it looks fine at a distance but with the details blown up... well you can see it's a mess. Still, not bad for an early work. The rightmost image is when it was WIP, before being panel lined. TBH that might have looked better if i kept it that way, but you live and learn! This kit also had a pilot outfit figure:

This was also one of my early paints. Here you can see the panel line colors just running wild. I think the civilian outfit has less bleed at least. The helmet is also messy as hell. And as for the pilot that sits in the core fighter... well the actual model kit is currently disassembled for painting, but i can show you the pilot figurine.

Once i finish the MG 2.0 RX-78-2, i'll include an additional picture here. {NOTE TO SELF: INCLUDE PILOT IN COCKPIT PHOTO LATER}

I still have yet more Amuros though! At a local build jam, i've been gifted some minis that people don't want to paint. I got two extra figures of Amuro Ray, that match the sculpt above. I'm not sure if they're from the MG 2.0 or the MG 3.0 RX-78-2, but i referenced the color guide specifically from MG 3.0 for these. I also painted them this year, so you can begin to see the difference. Why not get the extra practice in, ya know? The biggest differences between my old minis and the more recently painted ones are two fold: 1) I started properly thinning my paints (which i did for the PGU figures, they were the first of the "new" line). 2) Eventually, i began using a pair of binocular magnifying goggles i could wear on my head, giving me a better ability to see mini details. I think the difference speaks for themselves:

For the one on top, i did a basic paint with flat coat, no panel lining or anything. Since i had two, why not experiment a bit. THe second one, i coated it in Mr Super Clear Gloss and then used some Citadel Paints Nuln Oil (gifted from a friend who's into warhammer) to achieve the "panel lining" / "shading". I think it turned out okay ultimately. I think the nuln oil works as a better panel liner over the super clear than some other pigments i've used, but it depends on the technique and precision involved. Oh yeah, and all these based were also custom made. Here's all 3 standing together!

Lookit those boys!!

MG Hi-ν (Hi-Nu) Ver. Ka: Amuro Ray

I think he's supposed to be older than in the previous kits here? You can see i opted NOT to panel line this boy... well except the line down his back which imo kinda turned out not that great looking. I probably could have used some nuln oil to highlight some of his facial details and give the impression of having eyes. ANd then here is the pilot figurine:

I'll get pictures of this kit entirely in a separate post, too. Right now the kit is disassembled and i need to re-assemble it. It's not a "WIP" kit, the kit itself is all done, got water slide decals, even has the "Heavy Weapons System" setup. Here, i DID use nuln oil, to try to highlight some of the suit details. I'm not sure if the lighting is blown out here, but it's also accurate to say that the suit details didn't come out as nicely highlighted as i'd wanted them to. Still, he's gonna live inside a clear green plastic sphere once he goes inside, so it won't be easy to see anyway.

BONUS: Watch this boy get Cask of Amontillado'd (and additional pics) I have to admit, sometimes when painting i'm having trouble finding the actual details through a layer of paint. I suspect the Mr. Hobby Aqueous Line may not be as useful for hand painting tiny boys like this, but it's also the set of paints i decided to slowly acquire over multiple years, so it's what i'm using. The Citadel acrylic paints seem to not glob up as much.

MG RB-79 "Ball" Ver. Ka: EFSF Workers

These boys were also among some of my earlier paints in 2023. You can see i globbed up some paint on one of the faces and kinda ruined it. I think the panel lining is mostly okay, but yeah. This kit also didn't have a color guide, so i basically eyeballed the colors. This kit is also one of the ones i have fully disassembled in the process of painting, so the whole build will eventually be its own post too. This thing also has a pilot figurine that lives inside the ball. I took some pictures highlighting the pilot, but i haven't applied decals to the inner ball yet.

However, i did get some duplicates of the standing workers from someone at one of the first build jams i went to! Which i used as an opportunity to just... get more practice, and try to paint these guys again.

Here, i used slightly different shades of yellow and orange. I think the details stand out a lot more. I also used nuln oil here for the shading. I think overall these look a lot better than my first attempt, and i'm rather proud of them. I'll have four workers able to hang out with the Ball once it's completed! This concludes Part 1 of my minis gallery. Continue to Part 2 by Clicking This Link!

[swnamii]

just finished lovecraft investigations s4. going kinda mad rn ngl

[lograndolo]

Asignación Familiar y Maternal

La Asignación Familiar es un monto en dinero que se paga, por cada carga familiar reconocida, a los trabajadores dependientes, independientes, pensionados y pensionadas, monto se paga mensual y puede ser desde $21.243

La Asignación Familiar es un monto en dinero que se paga, por cada carga familiar reconocida, a los trabajadores dependientes, independientes, pensionados y pensionadas, además de las personas beneficiarias del Subsidio de Discapacidad para menores de 18 años, Subsidio de Cesantía, Subsidio por Incapacidad Laboral (SIL), Fondo de Cesantía Solidario, entre otros. Las trabajadoras embarazadas y…

[friendlycursedspaceotter]

Hiiiii very interested in PGU stuff! But your Discord link is broken, are you still looking for folks?

Absolutely! Let me make a new one: https://discord.gg/hK4p37Np3k

[savycon63]

@meluisart. Parker/Lairre #97 please

[savycon63]

Love these pics so much! 😍

Photos by Julian Simpson 

[omegamechanicum]

I know I don't post much, but I am live again building the PGU.

[farminglesbian]

quick swim in traunsee between 7 and 8... then big cloud in front of the sun

only peeked through again on the train home

[beeffilledshark]

Apparently there's alleged gunpla leaks/rumors going around and if any of these are real, I will fucking explode

A PGU Nu and MG Bael would put me in the ground, I just want more IBO MG frames, how could they make the MG Barbatos and not do every gundam from the series

[savycon63]

Many thanks to @meluisart for giving us yet another visual of a Nicola character🥰

DR. FALLON

"I saw the angel in the marble, and carved until I set it free. I changed him to it, I'm not sure about the gender identity of angels."

Fugue State was my introduction to the Pleasant Green Universe by Julian Simpson, so it was about time I drew Dr. Fallon. Had a relisten of it today, since they're all available for free on Simpson's Soundcloud. This was the state of the canvas by the time I was done. The only thing I actually had to look up was what Haumea looks like.

[samsimisauser]

Lastly on the Gallette idea. I'd like to think it's not the tikki possessed ladybugs invading the dimensions it's just the tikkis.

Thousands of reveals throughout the multiverse as Tikkis just leave left and right with no regards to anything except the Gallette

So much confusion and panic when Tikki is suddenly nowhere to be found...

[sylviegunpla]

VOD: Building the Perfect Grade Unleashed RX-78-2: Episode 1

So I started building the PGU I got for christmas. It's gonna be a long project. I've been panel lining as i go because the inner frame is so detailed and has so many shiny parts accompanying it so i figured i should give them the treatment they deserve. Here's a large picture of the finished leg!

[swnamii]

anyway once again thinking about what i would give for a pgu story (i don't really mind which series, but i think one of the more supernatural/horror ones would fit best) set in breckland...

[heartshyuck]

did jaem really not love her in PGUS :”>

I really want to say he does 😭 but it was all to punish reader and no I don’t ever imagine a part two where he would come back for her :( sorry

[savycon63]

That would be brilliant!! I’ve already got Caroline & Gillian’s IKEA trip in my head😂would love Parker obsessing over IKEA.

I need to write a one-shot where Parker's caught obsessively researching the possibly magical liminal properties of IKEA like