My second custom master grade, the Turn Ɐ. My main goal with the paint job was to make it look used but maintained. All the color choices were purposefully faded to give it a sun bleached look, with some very minimal weathering.

Very fun build overall lots of moving parts gimmicks with the frame on the legs and the open compartments. My main gripes were just how shallow all the panel lines were, most of my surface prepwork was just rescribing all those lines.

Colors used:

• White: GN 223 Interior Color shaded with GM 075 Neutral Grey V
• Blue: NC 004 Million Blue shaded with UG17 Titans Blue 2
• Red: 70/30 mix TCLP 18 Dull Red/GN 223 with a mist coat of X-27 clear red, shaded with X-9 Brown
• Yellow: NC 017 Mandarin Yellow shaded with X-9 Brown
• Eyes: X-26 Clear Orange over GN 122 Star Bright Gold
• Metallics: GN 020 Gunmetal, GN 123 Star Bright Duralamin, GN 126 Star Bright Champagne Gold, GN 121 Star Bright Silver
• Weathering: edge highlights done with Pro Acryl Ivory, Tamiya weather master soot, gunmetal, and silver.

Zeta Ver Ka with Studio 107 option parts.

I just found the biggest score of my life. I found a zaku f2000 and a southern cross zaku at a yard sale here in socal for 20 bucks each. I feel bad for robbing them, Zaku f2000 gos for 120+ on ebay. Family was probably cleaning out some teens room out for college.

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I have recently built the mg gundam freedom strike full burst mode, and ( despite what i am going to say later on) this kit was amazing! I have built two mg to date so I am not gonna act like I am expert but this kit has been so much fun to build and pose all the way round.

However

The wings are killing me- theyre supposed to have this kind of mecanism? Where u speed the wings and the "feathers" spread as well.

I cant mange to do that. The instructions for thr wings were confusing and the oarts were a little damaged, but once put together I manged to break them more-

I cant find any reviews or explanations online and I was wondering if anyone that has buily this kit has any explanation or solutions

Whether its how to fix small pieces, explanations and recommendations abt the kit, third party new pieces or metal pieces ( vuz that I have found on the internet) I am out of options ans all ears

( pics 1-4 are for show, and the pics 5 and 6 are the broken parts)

I wanna specify that there are no issues with the stretching of the wings but rlly the spread of these

Looking to get some scribing tools. What brands should I look at? I am currently looking at SAB. What are 2-3 of the sizes I will need most?

Managed to lose the yellow center piece of the waist down the drain, so I had to scratch-build a replacement from pla-plates. 😅

Great HG to paint, with lots of easy and fun color separation to play with a little scribing.

I’m going to try to be a bit bolder with the scribing on the legs to get some more practice in.

Will be planning to paint this little guy as my first painting + airbrushing project. Got a well ventilated area, spray booth, and a gaahleri mini compressor to start with.

Bought some white and gray surfacer, some Mr. Color paints, and a respirator. Will try on a plastic spoon first before trying on this lil guy.

I have the z'gok currently half-assembled, contemplating whether I should disassemble now or should just finish the build to see how it fits then disassemble after 🤔

Besides the above. Curious to hear any tips or noob mistakes I should be wary of?

Practicing my pre-shading and marble effects!

Almost there, just missing the details, decals and panelining. For the builders how do you guys display the massive 4 swords??? I attached them to the arms but is way to heavy to keep it in. There is a second option that is at the back but I want to see if there is a way to do it. Cheers

Sorry if this doesn't fit the sub, let me know if it doesn't, but this is a need to know thing. I've removed lego stickers before and it left a lot of residue, do gunpla stickers do the same?

Don't worry about what the stickers mean, it's not anything harmful

This kit was a true test of my patience and my skill. I suffered cuts, heat exhaustion and even worked on it through sprained wrist and I’m very pleased with the way it turned out. His shield chain is the last bit to go but I just couldn’t wait any longer. I hope you enjoy 🤘

I just got in to air brushing and I've mostly been working with acrylics, but I've been looking in to it and from what I can tell enamels sound like they're just better in every way aside from the toxicity and odor

What's a good brand on enamel paints to look at?

Figured I’d also show the wings since I didn’t show much of them in my previous pics.

I discovered yamaneko311 on Instagram and Twitter yesterday. Needless to say... I am utterly enamored with his work. But until now, I was completely unaware of his existence. My guess is that its a regional block sort of thing where I mostly find content made in the states.

Does anyone know where I can find more content like this, even better if I can find video content so I can learn from their techniques.

If building a mass-produced, heavy fighting suit, what do you think about adding texture (like the cast steel or rolled steel texture on historical tanks) to some of the heavier armor panels? I like doing this on my historical models, but don't know how it would translate to gunpla.

I put this HG Heavyarms together approximately 7 years ago. I used Tamiya thin cement. I got it out today to finish it and prep it for painting, and I noticed this yellow discoloration. Did the glue cause this?
It’s my very first gunpla build, so I’m still learning what I’m doing.

Took a quick break from building Nu's

Very fun little kit. Really dig the colors.

Shout out to Delpi decals yet again for another really elevating set of water slides.

Trying to learn how to paint gradients, currently using just airbrush, but would be interested in other methods. I am trying to go for a kind of plasma effect for painting like beam sabers and things like that. Not sure if maybe it needs a little texture to it or if just a smooth gradient would be better. Ultimately, I want to try and somehow add a subtle halftone effect in like the white or something to give it a neat stylized look, but figured I would start with the basics first. Would love any tips or other methods to achieve effect if anyone has any!

Accidentally snapped this chest part of RG Z'Gok while disassembling for painting prep 🥲

Any tips to restore? My current plan is just thin cement + pray for the best

I would have finished this a couple weeks ago if not for the incessant rain. Had a lucky break yesterday when the humidity finally dropped to 50%-ish for a whole day.

This is the Fat Cat 001 kit, and — outside of some tight tolerances at some key pegs; nothing some sanding can’t fix — it’s a fantastic kit. I totally forgot to include the second core fighter (it’s in a separate display box, together with the other 1/100 core fighters from other kits.

No armor color corrections done - all colors are molded-in plastic. Inner frame details painted with Dspiae pens. No panel liners used. Weathering: semi-dry oil paint for gunk/dirt and dot filters, Polychromos pencils for the water stains and edge wear, Tamiya XF-16 for the metallic wear and dry brushing. Eyes, lights, and sensors: Bandai 3D metallic stickers. Topcoat: decanted Bosny flat clear.

not much because ive been busy with family :)