Gundam Modeling Official thread - Part 5

[Blusttoy]

I personally buy the Gundam magazines for the visual Gundam p0rn, seeing the works can inspire you, even if it's something simple like paint scheme and decal placements. Although the ones I got in MY always censor the figurines review [Use some stupid black marker some more], which I don't collect but I would like to see see

What's the kit you're working on Tanyieern? When I see other's DIY can roughly guess what they're working on but yours, so curvy the parts, reminds me of Calamity.

 

[tanyieern]

I personally buy the Gundam magazines for the visual Gundam p0rn, seeing the works can inspire you, even if it's something simple like paint scheme and decal placements. Although the ones I got in MY always censor the figurines review [Use some stupid black marker some more], which I don't collect but I would like to see see

What's the kit you're working on Tanyieern? When I see other's DIY can roughly guess what they're working on but yours, so curvy the parts, reminds me of Calamity.

AEU Enact Custom

And i screwed up the paint job. When Assembling, Paint chips off. F**k.
Almost done assembling. Will post some pics when done

 

[Knightrider3K]

RG is not a good kit for beginners to try painting coz there are too many parts, and the parts are very small. it is better to start with MG or HG. MG is good coz the parts are well separated, so less masking to do


btw, OG is selling RG zaku for $25

Which OG? RG green zaku or the red 1?

 

[sliver0503]

Which OG? RG green zaku or the red 1?

imho, green and red are equally good

 

[evilerniex]

Which OG? RG green zaku or the red 1?

shld be all OG i think... saw the OG ad in straits times. dunno wat color

 

[Knightrider3K]

sliver0503, its just a preference. maybe i'm a sucker for red stuff.

shld be all OG i think... saw the OG ad in straits times. dunno wat color

Oh, hopefully its nt a '$25 for members only' sale.

 

[sliver0503]

sliver0503, its just a preference. maybe i'm a sucker for red stuff.


Oh, hopefully its nt a '$25 for members only' sale.

char attack!

 

[aucheukyan]

wah $25, cheaper than the HAG promo..... must buy..... GSS fever

 

[tanyieern]

Hey, any1 knows when the HAW/HAG GSS promotion exactly ends? I am building 3 kits at the same time and worry that if i buy more, no time to finish. considering picking up a RG, and that takes alot of time to build...

 

[sliver0503]

Hey, any1 knows when the HAW/HAG GSS promotion exactly ends? I am building 3 kits at the same time and worry that if i buy more, no time to finish. considering picking up a RG, and that takes alot of time to build...

building 3 kits at the same time...
*thumbs up*
eh.. forgive me for being frank, why not do one kit at a time? slowly build up your modelling skills with one kit after another, then u will see the improvement/progression of each kit after another? not tat cannot do 3 kits at a time, but if you just started out, imho, might be good to do one kit at a time?


rg kits are very nice in details and has high degree of freedom, with painting and nice panel lines, it will look very nice imho

 

[tanyieern]

building 3 kits at the same time...
*thumbs up*
eh.. forgive me for being frank, why not do one kit at a time? slowly build up your modelling skills with one kit after another, then u will see the improvement/progression of each kit after another? not tat cannot do 3 kits at a time, but if you just started out, imho, might be good to do one kit at a time?


rg kits are very nice in details and has high degree of freedom, with painting and nice panel lines, it will look very nice imho

Yea, i agree with you. but June holiday only have 1 month. Not sure whether free after this holiday.So must practice as much as possible.

I ended up building 3 kits at once cos my plans jumbled up. Originally, I had 1 kit, Gundam Rapheal. Initial plan was to try out. So i bought and built the body. Watching videos of gundam models so painted well inspired me. So i decided to paint the Gn claws of my Rapheal. Reading through some forums, I came upon a thread selling model kits at rather low price. To try out, i bought the cheapest one, AEU Enact custom, and decided to learn how to paint. All my pictures previously posted are from this 2 kits. I did a much better job for the Enact compared to the Rapheal. It's unfortunate that i screwed up the paint job, by using wrong type of paint and poor painting skills. Couple more days past, i read another thread selling a Avalanche Exia pretty cheaply. Since I really liked the design of exia, i bought it. Thus i have 3 kits in the works. Got a built freedom today. I want to replicate destruction of freedom. But i need to clean up some poorly done parts from the previous owner.

BLEH, I'm over ambitious.

 

[aucheukyan]

Yea, i agree with you. but June holiday only have 1 month. Not sure whether free after this holiday.So must practice as much as possible.

I ended up building 3 kits at once cos my plans jumbled up. Originally, I had 1 kit, Gundam Rapheal. Initial plan was to try out. So i bought and built the body. Watching videos of gundam models so painted well inspired me. So i decided to paint the Gn claws of my Rapheal. Reading through some forums, I came upon a thread selling model kits at rather low price. To try out, i bought the cheapest one, AEU Enact custom, and decided to learn how to paint. All my pictures previously posted are from this 2 kits. I did a much better job for the Enact compared to the Rapheal. It's unfortunate that i screwed up the paint job, by using wrong type of paint and poor painting skills. Couple more days past, i read another thread selling a Avalanche Exia pretty cheaply. Since I really liked the design of exia, i bought it. Thus i have 3 kits in the works. Got a built freedom today. I want to replicate destruction of freedom. But i need to clean up some poorly done parts from the previous owner.

BLEH, I'm over ambitious.

being frank, yes you are......

try by doing a good surface prep first, learn to sand of nubs, remove seamlines, flashes, mold line, ejection marks first. Also try to plan out your painting phase at the same time and assemble those parts so that you dont have to do masking, essentially going towards a goal of one colour to one part. Primer on and see your mistakes, then rectify them. After that just spray paint on, handpaint if needed for details and do a simple wash over for panel lines can already.

Dont do many kits cocurrently, do one by one, so that you can see your mistakes in your first kit and try to avoid it in the next. Thats a learning process here, eventually you will get to the point that you can make wonders out of that plain plasticky kit.

If you are free then go read up on colour theories/colour wheel, scale effect of paints, paint types and properties and see how people do up their kits. Sliver has an large amount of WIPs in SGGunplaSociety that you can look through and learn, they are not to the extent of spoonfeeding you, but feel free to ask questions and we will do our best to help you.

 

[tarui04]

1 of my kits' wip

first time at airbrushing

 

[Spector1986]

Got a built freedom today. I want to replicate destruction of freedom. But i need to clean up some poorly done parts from the previous owner.

BLEH, I'm over ambitious.

May I know what do u mean by poorly done? Haha..

 

[Blusttoy]

May I know what do u mean by poorly done? Haha..

Hehe, did you sell the Freedom for his project?

 

[Knightrider3K]

May I know what do u mean by poorly done? Haha..

 

[tanyieern]

May I know what do u mean by poorly done? Haha..

Nubs not properly cut and sanded, Decals are poorly placed, Seam lines are very obvious, Glue stains from the shield, which i suspect is from decals being removed, etc. Essentially, exactly what i did when i first started. Loose parts too.

Some pics:

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Lousy pasting of decals.

Loose parts,

Glue residue

Nubs not properly cut and sanded.

BLEH, just realized how bad articulation is in HG.

 

[tanyieern]

Random Pic of my half built rapheal.

Note that i screwed up the panel lining. I used permanent marker, now cannot erase.

 

[Cleaver]

Random Pic of my half built rapheal.

Note that i screwed up the panel lining. I used permanent marker, now cannot erase.

This kit also have nub marks and seamlines not done wor...

 

[cyclonic23]

Nubs not properly cut and sanded, Decals are poorly placed, Seam lines are very obvious, Glue stains from the shield, which i suspect is from decals being removed, etc. Essentially, exactly what i did when i first started. Loose parts too.

Some pics:

,

Lousy pasting of decals.

Loose parts,

Glue residue

Nubs not properly cut and sanded.

BLEH, just realized how bad articulation is in HG.

Nubs mark on plastic are nothing compared to resin.
Try getting yourself a resin kit you will know what i mean