Thursday 22 August 2013

Ryofu Gundam #4

And here we go!!

The complete build, sans the flying platform thingy. As mentioned on my previous post and as you can see in the pictures, the red paint on the weapon came off scratched. Looking at it now though, it doesn't seem too bad after all.... kinda like a faded effect?! :D


The horse fully assembled beside LuBu.


And here, the horse into a motorbike.


I will probably fully finish it by the beginning of next week.

edit 08/09/2013:
Added Tags. :)

Wednesday 21 August 2013

Ryofu Gundam #3

Here's a quick update before I go to sleep.

The horse/vehicle thing is almost done. I just need to panel line around the gold thingy on the hip then I'm done with it. So the only thing left for me to do is the other vehicle... dunno what it's called.

Also, the spear weapon is done too. Unfortunately, the paint on it still wasn't dry when I slid it inside the hand so I scraped it and the colour came off... kinda sucks. :)

So here are the legs. Just need to panel line around the gold(used gundam markere here) markings.


And here's the horse that transforms. I didn't panel line according to the picture on the box
because it would simply be too hard and my liner is not thin enough so I left out a few.

Tuesday 20 August 2013

Airbrush stuff

I have to say... every time I finish airbrushing things, I always impress myself with the work I've done (even though it was a simple paint job :) ).
Those Vallejo paints works pretty neat. It does work, out of the bottle but I'd recommend thinning the paint a wee bit for much better flow. I'm using an airbrush with a nozzle size of 0.35mm so even though it works, the paint doesn't flow as it should... might be better using a bigger, 0.5 nozzle though.

Another thing, panel lining. The recent pigment liner I just bought, IMO, is as good as the Gundam (GM01-200) marker the I (and most likely other people who panel lines) use. It is made by Uni(Mitsubishi) and it's called "Uni Pin" with sizes from 0.05 to 0.7 I believe. Oh, and it's in 5 different colours too. I only have the black though.

Another update probably tomorrow or in a few days.

Saturday 17 August 2013

Just an update

Finally got the paints I ordered. Tried out the gloss top coat and it seems to work quite well. Although I should've done it once I finished painting the whole piece.... well, you learn something new every once in a while. :)

Will probably post a gundam-related update on Monday/Tuesday cause I'm not working on those days. Oh and I'm still working on that horse/vehicle thing.

Oh and I ordered the Vallejo Premium paint as they seem to work straight out of the bottle for airbrushing... at least according to the articles I read. I'll find out tomorrow once the base primer dries.

Wednesday 14 August 2013

Something

No Gundam update today. Hopefully tomorrow but definitely sometime this week.

Been recently watching Harry Potter. Not a fan at all, just curious why almost everyone I know likes it. Currently watching part 6, The Halfblood Prince, and I have to say that I quite like it so far.

On another topic, I bought some crocodile clips and some bamboo sticks for airbrushing. Never really thought about buying them until a couple days ago.... even though I've started airbrushing for more than a year now I believe.
The bamboo sticks I bought are 14"(!!). I knew they were long but they seem to be longer seeing it in person. There are shorter ones but not thick enough to "slot in" to those croc clips. For less than £2(50 pcs), IMO, it's a good deal.

Bought them on eBay btw.

Bamboo Sticks, ebay item #: 221249728571
Croc Clips, eBay item #: 110654630069

Tuesday 13 August 2013

Ryofu Gundam #2

Right... a 2nd update on the same day.

The figure is finally done, except for a few panel line here and there. The only thing left is the weapon, the horse/bike vehicle thing and that hovering vehicle thing.
I originally did not plan to paint the whole thing or at all but ever since I started working on the figure again, it just looked too plain and couldn't help but make it at least look good as it is now.

I ordered some more air brush paints so I will most likely just prime it until I get the paints. Hopefully I'm still interested in continuing. :D


Here's the mighty Lu Bu with armours on.

Hello 2nd half of 2013!!

I welcome myself back :)

It's been more than a year since I've updated this blog. Just gotten too busy mostly at work, is all. It seems a few things have changed as well on Blogger.

Anyways, I've finally finished my 2nd PG, the RX-78-2. Last year actually, I just wasn't into posting it here so here are some pictures I've taken.

This was nearly finish

Just a pose with the hatches open.

And this with the Core Fighter

So, that's finally done!!
Went to the next one, the mighty LuBu. From the SD Sangokuden series, #306. Well, I stopped working on it after a couple of days and only started doing it again today... after months of leaving it incomplete. Hopefully, it'll be done sometime this week.


Here's the one shot I took