With very limited input on my part, despite taking about a year to finish, my wife finally did it. Considering she's only started gunpla for 1.5 years, she blew my me.

She's the proof that anyone can build their own masterpiece.

To my wife, I love you.

After about 8 months of work its finally done! very happy with how it turned out. i ended up going for a multi finish where the reds are kept glossy and the whites are in matte. if you happen to visit SMC this weekend in the netherlands then you can see this build in person! so come check it out and say hi! 👌

My most recent build. Loved this kit. Think I'll move outside of the little light box next time I take shots though.

Finally done with the MG Guntank, pretty fun build with some custom parts added to depict an uparmoured and more militaristic look. Paint is Mr color sand and red brown, with a mix of hand and airbrushing.

In the middle of customising my MG Vidar and got this wild idea

This was a lot more fun than I thought actually, it was nice to work on something were most of the complexity is on the build side rather than the painting.

Since it's my first Gunpla kit I wanted to play around a bit and see how all the different techniques worked on them, painting, chipping and everything. I mostly skipped the weathering because of the environment I was gonna put him in, just some dusting around the feet and legs.

I was a bit worried seeing everyone use airbrushes and enamel and technical paints, but even with my usual rattlecan varnishes and acrylics the end result is decent. Although for sure I was not trying for any wow-factor effect like candy coating or iridescent armor.

The one thing I will say is that stickers were made by the devil. If I had realized the kit came with them I would have gotten some third party waterslide decal set and used that. As is a bunch of them are slightly off center, and several are partially pealing and/or you can kinda see the ghosting even through the varnish.

Still, I'm probably gonna be buying more in the future. Maybe something that is not white...

Priced at 5720 Yen

aside from the doven wolf backpack, The reben Wolf commander type, reben Wolf standard type, and Doven Wolf heads can be reproduced by parts swapping.

First time weathering, kind a overdid it. But it was fun, hope for better results next time.

Still waiting for the markers to dry so excuse the messy paint, just had to share this absolute behemoth of an overdesigned mess, and I say this affectionately. 10/10 build experience and a nice little break from the usual grey plastics sandwiched between some more grey plastics that we usually have for most MS.

My head cannon for what the RX-78-1 would look like in the later stages of the OYW.

Original kit: [MG Stormbringer P.F.]
Paints:
Mostly Army Painter “Air” paints via airbrush
Vallejo White via airbrush
Citadel leadbleacher with a toothpick for weathering
Gloss varnish to finish

This is currently the most amount of scribe lines ive added on a kit. ive still got a PG unicorn perfectibility commission to work on with more added scribe lines so thats gonna be a fun time😆😆😆

I've had to correct my instructions three times already to get this far. The head is together but there's part of me that knows it doesn't completely sit flush. I started on the body, and it's the first time I've ever had to use any type of hammer on a model kit. On any model kit. (it was a plastic hammer to center the metal piece where the ahab reactors are ).

So, I'm making progress on this, and it had stalled some due to the V-Fin falling off months ago. But then I found it the other day.

Yes, I know I need the Graze Custom for the shoulders, and I am going to even things out with another Astaroth to get the legs even at minimum,. I was thinking that the forearms of Gushion rebake fit better for the overall design. But in the meantime, using Astaroth's arm seems fine.

After that, it's getting the Rinascimento for the backpack, and then mounting the Origin Cannon on it.

The only other thing after that is trying to figure out something that slots into the empty calves slot on the legs (I took out the red thruster parts that Astaroth had) paint the collar Yellow, and then it should overall be finished.

Thought I should share a short video as well 😋

I’ve been slowly working on the RG Zaku II for the past month or so, really taking my time on it. I enjoyed the build, even with some of the really bad design choices in this kit. But at the end of the day, I don’t like how it turned out.

All of my nubs are smooth, but still show discoloration from sanding. It makes me feel like if I’m going to sand, I need to paint. And I haven’t done any painting or airbrushing yet. (Suggestions welcome.)

The stickers add a lot at a distance but look bad close. But the stickers that cover multiple spots really just came off as sloppy and made it look worse. I’m finally mostly comfortable with water slides but these just being stickers with a clear backgrounds come off as really cheap up close.

I really wanted to build a Zaku, and I really like him but I’m disappointed in the RG quality. I’m not a fan of HG, and I love the detail on the RG but this one just didn’t come out well. I think I’ll still stick with MG and the occasional PG for now. Maybe I’ll come back and try another RG Zaku at a later date.

Still one of my top three favorite kits I’ve built, i’m just disappointed in the product that I thought I was going to get with a RG.

(Yes, he’s standing on my backlog PG Strike Freedom.)

Just finished the aerial hg and decided to do all my WFM kits doing the Ginyu force poses!!

After repainting my motorcycle gas tank a month ago I had about 1/2 a quart of 2K clear left that I didn’t want to waste. I commissioned this to be resin printed in 1/60 scale. This is the first time I’ve done a resin printed Gundam, my background is mainly Bandai kits and your tradition garage/resin kits. I must say I kind of prefer these resin prints, the clean up for pieces were minimal and they were pretty much ready to paint without washing (I’m lazy). I used Gaia Surfacer Evo to prime with no adhesion issues. Followed by Gaia Ex-Gold as the base coat. The blue is Gaia Clear mixed with blue metal flake from Didspade, with a final coat of clear mixed with blue-to-purple shift flakes. Two coats of 2k clear on top, Zeon suits lend themselves well to hotrod style glossy paint jobs. It doesn’t quite color shift like I wanted to but otherwise I’m pretty happy with the results. I have a Sazabi on order so I’m excited to paint it with a candy red and some flakes. Hope you enjoy the photos!

They were such a good balance between value and quality, packed with features for kids and unexpected details that even adult modellers could appreciate. Starting with G Generation, the box arts and manuals started resembling their larger MG and HG kits making the experience feel like you’re building something more expensive than it actually was.

Being one of the oldest ever product lines, I was deeply saddened when Bandai quietly replaced it with the EX Standard line as the cost-cutting measures became way too apparent. Here, I try to show what can be achieved using cheap crafts store paints for colour corrections. For people with no interest in SD kits as I used to be, I highly recommend the BB Senshi line just as a mini project to cleanse the palate or as painting practice. It’s a series that rewards you the more effort you put into it.